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Tropic Ocean Airways seaplanes can fly you directly to a yacht waiting in your favorite remote anchorage

Words: Bill Springer

Photography: Courtesy of Tropic Ocean Airways

“I’m a water guy,” says Tropic Ocean Airways founder Rob Ceravolo. "I love boats, fishing, sailing, free diving, and I obviously love to fly. That's why I joined the Navy, not the Air Force. Starting this seaplane airline is the same thing. It combines two of my passions aviation and the ocean. And seaplanes create the ultimate freedom.”

That “ultimate freedom” is just one of the many reasons why Tropic Ocean Airways seaplane service— direct to any yacht, anywhere in The Bahamas and the Caribbean—is such a game changer.

When it comes to chartering a yacht, seaplane service direct from the airport to your yacht in a remote location is the ultimate luxury.

Imagine you've just flown into the Bahamas from NYC for a week-long yacht charter. On the best day, you still need to clear customs and drive through island traffic to get to the yacht that's waiting in a crowded marina on the other side of the island. And then you’re still a day away from getting into the remote beauty of the out islands. Meanwhile, the smart people who arrive at their yacht via seaplane get whisked through customs at the airport and are landing on the crystal-blue water next to the yacht in some of the world’s most beautiful anchorages in minutes, not days!

PICTURED: Seaplane service to your yacht is the ultimate luxury.

PICTURED: Seaplane service to your yacht is the ultimate luxury.

While this may sound like it comes right out song, Ceravolo’s upbringing and Navy background is much more professional, disciplined, and safe than all the stereotypical cowboy-type seaplane services you’ve heard about.

“The Navy does such a great job of developing pilots,” he says. “We’re capable of landing on an so good. And we use the exact same discipline and concepts to fly our guests to yachts anchored off a beautiful cay in The Bahamas.”

But just because Tropic Ocean Airways is the most professional and safest seaplane airline Ocean Airways isn’t a ton of fun, too.

In fact, you might find rocking up to your yacht waiting for you on an outer island in The Bahamas on a Tropic Ocean Airways seaplane to be the highlight of the trip.

PICTURED: Tropic Ocean Airways founder Rob Ceravolo.