Sunset sailings · Dubai Marina & Yas Island
Forty people on a catamaran with a pool, a bar and a sound system that belongs at a beach club. Three hours, five drinks, R&B from the sunset and long after dark.
Launch night
FRI 30 OCT · DUBAI MARINA
The first After Tide sailing is a Halloween party. We leave the marina at half five, the sun goes down fourteen minutes later, and the rest of it happens in the dark.
Costumes encouraged, not enforced. There is a prize for the best one and it is worth winning. Forty seats, and this one will go before any of the others.
The season
Friday and Saturday. Boarding 17:00, lines off at half five, alongside at half eight. Forty seats a sailing and no more.
Seats are not on sale yet — card payments go live shortly. Everyone on the list gets the booking link a full day before it goes public.
The yacht
A 40-passenger catamaran — two hulls, so it does not roll the way a monohull does, which matters more than it sounds once people are up and dancing. Teak deck, a proper bar, and a sound system built into the hardtop rather than a speaker in a corner.
Tickets
One price per seat. The sailing, the food, five drinks and the music are all in it. You don't need a group and there is nothing to settle at the end.
Every Friday and Saturday.
Launch night and one sailing a month.
The whole yacht, your guest list.
Alcohol is served on board only by our licensed supplier, to guests aged 21 and over. Bringing your own is not permitted.
The night
Times are for the 30 October launch, when the sun sets at 17:45. Sunset moves later again after December, and the running order moves with it — check your confirmation email for the exact times on your date.
Welcome drink on the pontoon, bags stowed, costumes admired.
R&B, slow and warm. Food comes out as the light goes orange.
Fifteen minutes out. The set lifts. On Sax Sessions dates the horn comes in here.
R&B deeper and louder, skyline lit, alongside at half eight.
Two cities
Same crew, same sound, same forty seats. The only thing that changes is what you're looking at when the sun goes down.
Out past the Marina Circuit with Ferrari World on the beam and the W hotel lighting up behind you. Flat water, a short run to open sea, and the best sunset line in the Emirate.
Down the Marina canal, out past Bluewaters and Ain Dubai, then back in with the whole skyline standing up in front of you. The loudest view we could find.
Before you book
No, but most people will. There is a prize for the best costume, judged by the crew somewhere around the second hour. One rule: nothing that stops you swimming or moving safely on a boat — no full masks that block your vision, and think hard about that cape.
Shortly. Card payments are being switched on now. The list gets the booking link a full day before it goes public, and the opener is the one most likely to go first.
Five drinks from the standard list — beer, wine, house spirit and mixer, or any of the mocktails — served on board by our licensed supplier and included in your 399.
No. Under UAE law alcohol on a charter may only be served by a licensed supplier, in the licensed area on board, to guests aged 21 and over. Bringing your own is illegal and carries real penalties for you and for us. Your five are poured by our licensed partner.
The safety call sits with the captain. If a sailing is cancelled for wind or sea state you get a full refund or a free transfer to any other date, your choice. We decide by 13:00 on the day and message everyone directly. We do not sail in a shamal.
No. Every seat is sold individually, so you can come as a two or a solo. If you want the whole thing to yourself, a private charter is 40 seats from 17,000 and we'll build the night around you.
Grazing boards, hot and cold mezze and something substantial, served through golden hour. Proper food, not crisps, but not a plated sit-down dinner — you are on a moving boat. Tell us about allergies and dietary requirements when you book and the caterer will work around them.
Beach-club smart. Soft soles or bare feet on deck — no heels, they mark the boat and they are miserable on water. Bring a layer for after dark, it drops more than you'd think.
Private charter
Forty seats, your date, your guest list. Birthdays, brand nights, a company thing that isn't a ballroom. Tell us roughly what you have in mind and we'll come back with a plan and a number, usually same day.
The list
Seats go on sale shortly and the good dates will go fast. The list gets the booking link a day early, plus returned seats on anything that sells out.
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