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The M/V Allen Ray's fishing deck in Homer harbor
Two Purpose-Built Boats

Our Fleet

The M/V Allen Ray · 48-Foot Uni-Flight Motor Yacht

Built for comfort on the high seas.

The Allen Ray had major upgrades and was designed specifically for extended-day charters. It was built for comfort, with each stateroom having its own heat control and 75% of the yacht dry and secluded from any negative weather.

Accommodations
  • Four staterooms and two full bathrooms
  • "Family room" with four bunks and an adjoining full bath
  • Second guest stateroom with twin & single bunk and adjoining bath
  • Hanging closets in all staterooms
  • Full galley and saloon with barrel chairs and an L-shaped couch (seats five)
  • Refrigerator and sink in the saloon for guests
  • 10ft × 12ft covered, raised, weather-enclosed deck
  • 6ft × 14ft fishing cockpit with room to fish
  • 12-foot tender vessel with outboard for the beach
  • Individual heat control in each stateroom
Power & Water

The Allen Ray is powered by twin Volvo Penta diesel engines with a 12 KW generator. It holds 700 gallons of fuel and 160 gallons of fresh water, plus a 20-gallon-an-hour fresh water maker on board — a shortage of water is never an issue.

In the wheel house, the captain has state-of-the-art electronics, a stretch-around couch seating five, two bucket chairs, and a 360-degree view. The boat is named after Allen Ray Swoboda of College Station, Texas.

Safety & Survival
  • Nine fire extinguishers
  • Emergency locator beacon
  • Survival raft
  • Satellite phone
  • Hand-held radios, flares, life jackets & immersion suits
The M/V Ghost · 28-Foot Day Boat

Quick, nimble, and built for a full day out.

The Ghost is our 28-foot day boat and the one most guests fish from. She runs our 8-hour and 10-hour trips out of Homer, gets you to the halibut grounds fast, and has plenty of room to fish. We run her seven days a week through the season.

What She Runs
  • 8-hour and 10-hour day fishing charters
  • Halibut first, then salmon and rockfish if time allows
  • Two halibut any size, seven days a week
  • Fast run out to the fishing grounds
  • Open cockpit with room to fish and land big halibut
  • Enclosed cabin to get out of the weather
Who She Suits

If you have a day in Homer and want to put fish in the box, the Ghost is the boat. She is the right size for families and small groups, and the shorter run means more time with lines in the water and less time getting there.

For overnight trips, multi-day fishing, and our black bear and Sitka deer hunts, we run the Allen Ray instead. Not sure which fits your trip? Give us a call and we will point you the right way.

Guests with a deck of halibut aboard Swoboda Charters
Step Aboard

Step Aboard The Fleet.

Day trips on the Ghost, multi-day fishing and big-game hunts on the Allen Ray. Reach out to reserve your trip.