Private Charter Sailing Tours
on Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia
Private Charter Sailing Tours
Explore nature, history, legends
Experience sailing
Open your senses to the sea
Private charter with Captain full or half-day Sailing Tours, Sail and Stay Packages with overnight accommodations, Celebrations Onboard. Join us during the 2021 Season: June 1 to October 15. Check out our offerings:
About Us
Our Sailing Area
Dotted with hundreds of islands and sheltered anchorages the unspoiled ocean playground that is Mahone Bay is widely known as a sailor’s paradise. With myriad natural habitats the Bay is home to a vast diversity of wildlife. On a typical day we sail among seabirds, seals or porpoises and if we’re lucky, we might even see a whale.
All tours start from the Mahone Bay Civic Marina in the town of Mahone Bay.
Our Sailboat
Oak Haven is an Island Packet 350, a full-keeled, cutter-rigged sail yacht built with comfort and safety top of mind and equipped for your safety in accordance with Transport Canada requirements for passenger vessels.
Oak Haven has capacity for ten but for a more personalized experience we limit our tours to a maximum of six guests, only you and your guests.
Our captain and crew are fully certified and we have all the necessary safety equipment on board. We participate in the Transport Canada Small Vessel Compliance Program.
Our Captain and Crew
Born at the seaside in Holland Captain Antoon was always interested in the water and sailing and progressed naturally from sailing dinghies to cruising yachts and professional training. A Transport Canada licenced Captain, Antoon also holds a Royal Yachting Association Yachtmaster Offshore certification. With over 40 years experience sailing Canadian and European oceans and inland waters he settled with his family in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia.
Following a career in higher education First Mate Robyn feels like she has come home to Atlantic Canada.
Tours are in English, but Robyn or Antoon also speak French, Dutch, and some German. Together they are eager to share with you their love of sailing and the wonders of Mahone Bay!
Guest Testimonials
Contact Us
Request a Sail and Stay Package on the form below or Book Now for a Half-Day or Full-Day Sail Tour.
In 2020 we introduced COVID-19 pandemic protocols and made a few changes to our operations to make our guests’ sailing experience as safe as possible. For the 2021 season, we will maintain these practices and related protocols as we continue to be guided by Public Health.