About Lucky Finn

History of Lucky Finn

What is a bugeye?

About Lucky Finn

Lucky Finn is a US Coast Guard Inspected Vessel carrying a maximum of 22 passengers plus two crew. With her generous beam and chair-height cabin tops for seating, even with a full boat, our guests enjoy a roominess difficult to find on many charter boats.

Lucky Finn is a round stern Bugeye, a type of vessel indigenous to the Chesapeake Bay. Bugeyes reached their height of popularity in the 1800's as oyster dredgers and agricultural cargo haulers between the eastern and western shores of the Chesapeake. Their most notable features are their raked masts, leg o' mutton sails and shallow draft which allowed them to navigate freely in the muddy shallows of the Chesapeake.

It's that shallow draft, among other features, that makes the Lucky Finn so well suited for sailing in Hingham Bay, snuggling up to Boston Harbor islands and inlets and navigating the "skinny" waters of our south coastal harbors.