For PATRIOT Capitan Matt Gauthier and his partner and wife, Joyce, the transition from a private boat service to one under the umbrella of a nonprofit museum was surprisingly effortless. While the decision was made after two years of running the sightseeing vessel under private management, both Matt and Joyce realized that under the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s management, nothing really would change since the whole point of the PATRIOT was to get people out on the water and enjoy the wonders of the Miles River.
In fact, with CBMM as its owner, the PATRIOT now sees its mission as expanding. Beyond its daily tours at 12:30 PM and 2:30 PM for its traditional historic cruises of this unique part of the Chesapeake Bay, Matt and Joyce note in their recent interview with the Spy that their new partnership with the museum’s curatorial staff and educators has significantly expanded programming as well as chartering out the PATRIOT for special events, weddings and almost any other kind of celebration.
We asked Joyce and Matt to stop by the Spy studio a few weeks ago to hear more.
This video is approximately four minutes in length. Photography by Focus Photography. For more information about the PATRIOT and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, please go here.
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