Treasure Coast Sailing Adventures’ mission aboard the Schooner "Lily" is to give her passengers a unique sailing experience while providing a flagship for the Treasure Coast. Schooner Lily has been chartering since 2010 in Stuart, Florida. The owners, Captain Fred and Jamie Newhart live with their daughter in Jensen Beach, Florida. Fred and Jamie grew up in Stuart and Fred began sailing in the St. Lucie and Indian Rivers.  The company has grown to now sail other classic vessels including a Marshall 22 Catboat, Margot, and a friendship sloop modeled after the famous Dictator hull called the Resolute.

This summer of 2022, Captain Fred and Jamie, the caretakers of the Lily, decided she must be laid up for a major rebuild if she were to continue taking passengers for sails.  We are in the beginning steps of making this happen, and we will keep all of our Lily passengers in the past years informed of this process!

TCSA charter boat company, although we now have other boats, was based around the Schooner Lily.   She is a historic cargo boat.  She is a schooner rig with a scow hull made entirely of wood. In other words, she is a double masted sailing barge--a flat bottomed boat with a blunt bow. Lily draws only two and half feet of water, making her perfect for Florida waterways!

This ship was actually a working cargo boat--a piece of northeast cargo history. She was purposed built to haul cargo commercially under sail power in the United States. Originally known as the "Lily of Tisbury" she transported lumber, vehicles, and even other boats between Martha's Vineyard, Boston, and Maine.  

The Lily is certified to carry up to thirteen tons of cargo in her hold and on deck. Before the 1930s, vessels such as the Lily were used to transport cargo along the coast and in rivers. Scows were made flat bottomed and wide in order to sail into shallow waters but still carry a large amount of cargo. Scows were often grounded out with the tide to allow for loading and unloading of goods. Scows were typically called Hay Scows as their most common cargo was cattle feed.  Many scows were purpose built in the backyard of skilled carpentars to navigate their local shallow bays and rivers.

When Fred Newhart met up with the Lily in 1999, she had sat on land for ten years, the total conversion having never been completed. Captain Fred participated in her restoration and quickly developed a special affinity for the boat, admiring both her strength and simplicity and ample space for passengers.

By coming out with us, one can help sustain a small piece of our history and enjoy the beautiful outdoors without making much of a carbon imprint.  All our boats have a Diesel engine onboard that we use for docking, so one can feel they have made a good choice without hurting the environment.  

The Lily was built by a man named Rick Brown in response to an oil embargo in the 1970s, and she hauled cargo from 1978 to 1985.   We hope to continue preserving her history and and sharing the scow hull as it was a major part of the local shipping industry in early America.  We also will continue sharing our love of sailing with the community and visitors.