El Capitan
The flagship. Eight guests, full shade, smooth across False Bay chop.
8
8.40m
40 nm
What she's like.
El Capitan is the boat the company is named after, and the one we put first-timers on. She is a Butt Cat 840: 8.4 metres of twin-hulled deep sea fishing boat, twin 150hp Suzukis, and a hull shape that does something specific: it carries you across False Bay chop instead of through it. She works out of Simon's Town, and if someone in your group is nervous about the sea, this is the boat to book.
What she carries
Eight guests, plus skipper and deckhand. That is not a marketing number; it is what her SAMSA certificate allows, and we do not exceed it.
The deck is set up for a day rather than an hour. Full shade over the seating, a head, cold storage for what you bring, and enough room to move around without stepping over anyone. On fishing days the same deck takes rod holders and a tackle station.
Where she is allowed to go
El Capitan holds a Category B Local General Safety Certificate, registration DTC 14098. In practice that means up to 40 nautical miles offshore, anywhere between St Helena Bay and Cape Infanta, in day or night operations with a qualified skipper aboard.
Forty miles is a long way out. Most charters use a fraction of it, but it is the reason she can run an overnight fishing charter and a birthday cruise in the same week.
What she is used for
- Private charters and occasions: birthdays, anniversaries, the family WhatsApp group finally agreeing on a date
- Inshore charters: trolling and reef fishing inside False Bay, lines off at 12h00
- Family days: calmer routes, kid-sized life jackets aboard, no rush
- Overnight fishing charters: her longest and most serious day
Booking her
Every charter includes the skipper, fuel, all safety equipment, and water aboard. On fishing days, rods and tackle are aboard and included. Champagne, a catering platter or a photographer are add-ons you choose upfront; the platter is quoted per head when you book, and there is nothing extra to settle at the dock.
If the weather turns, the skipper makes the call and you choose: full refund, or move the date. We firm that up 48 hours ahead, not on the morning.
- Class
- DEEP SEA FISHING BOAT
- Hull
- Butt Cat 840
- Length
- 8.40 m
- Capacity
- 8 guests
- Engines
- Twin 150hp Suzuki
- SAMSA category
- B
- Range
- 40 nautical miles
- Operating hours
- Day and night
- Registration
- DTC 14098
- Home port
- Simon's Town
- Charters
- 10 types
Category B under a SAMSA Local General Safety Certificate. What that means.
Tap an open day to start a booking: date and vessel pre-filled. Booked days are held by another customer; out-of-service days she's ashore for maintenance.
10 unique ocean adventures.
Private, occasion & corporate charter
The whole boat, shaped around your group: birthdays, celebrations, family days, team days and client entertaining. Any boat in the fleet, quoted on enquiry.
Inshore charter
Five hours of trolling and reef fishing in the sheltered waters of False Bay and Table Bay.
Family day
Calm seas, kid PFDs, family-paced.
Deep-sea fishing
Tuna & Dorado in season.
Bottom & reef fishing
Inshore reef fishing for kob, kingklip and steenbras.
Spearfishing
Freediving with a speargun. Surface support included.
Snorkel with tuna
Snorkel alongside yellowfin tuna in the open ocean.
Wildlife charter
Seals, penguins, dolphins and seabirds on a private five-hour charter in False Bay.
Inshore birdwatching
Five hours inside False Bay, run for birders: penguins, cormorants, gannets and terns.
Offshore birdwatching
Eight hours past Cape Point into pelagic seabird water: albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters.
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Simon's Town.
Simon's Town harbour on King George Way. We board either at the False Bay Yacht Club or at the jetty; your booking confirmation says which. Fishing charters start early, so allow thirty minutes before departure for the gear and the licence check.
We'll send exact dock instructions with your booking confirmation. More about Simon's Town.
Days aboard El Capitan.
El Capitan · 2026-08-08 · Charters & catches
El Capitan · 2026-05-02 · Launch at Simon's Town