Our Story
We are a Costa Rican company dedicated to offering experiences at sea. We purchased the Island Spirit in 2019 as an operating USCG certified boutique cruise ship in Southeast Alaska. We took her to Vancouver, Canada for a quick refit with plans to sail within a few months to Costa Rica and start operating as the first Costa Rican flagged vessel of its type. At the end of 2019 COVID showed up at our doorstep and what was going to be a few months touch up work at the shipyard turned into a nearly 4-year complete refit project in Vancouver.
With the uncertainty that COVID brought to the world we decided we might as well do a complete refit and wait for the next right moment to start. This put a dent in our plans but we were anxious to start showing the world about the wonders Costa Rica has to offer in what makes up over 80% of Costa Rica’s territory: Ocean. By early 2021 we decided to start operations with our 73 foot vessel La Raya in Costa Rica’s Gulf of Nicoya offering charter trips and catering mainly to corporate clients and families. We very quickly realized that we were in love; we were in love with the ocean, with the amazing sights and sounds of our Pacific coast, with customer service, and with offering and delivering experiences. After having completed hundreds of charter trips for our clients we were ready to start a new era of small ship cruising in Costa Rica with the Island Spirit.