OLD PLANK ADVENTURES
We take our guests into the heart of the ocean, where they experience the rhythm of the sea, breathtaking views, and gourmet cuisine prepared by Chef Matthew Mancini.
OUR FEATURES
OUR EXCLUSIVE FEATURES
Who We Are?
Old Plank is a boutique luxury sailing charter and aquatic expedition company offering gourmet 5-star cuisine. Founded by Captain and Chef Matthew Mancini and supported by a crew of lifelong watermen, we live by the currents, plan by the tides, and follow the sun.
We share a deep passion for quality food and believe everyone deserves the opportunity to experience the profound peace that comes from aligning with the ocean’s rhythms. We’ve been fortunate enough to be immersed in the sea and gourmet foods and derive great joy from sharing these experiences.
What Do We Do?
We take our guests out into a safe sailing environment on the Santa Monica Bay or beyond. There, they have the opportunity to experience first-hand the joy of sailing, the rhythm of the ocean, and unique pairings of gourmet foods and wines in the sweet, briny sea air.
We catch sunrises, bake in the mid-day sunshine and relax as the sunsets and the moon rises under starry skies. We play with seals, dolphins, and whales, and catch fresh seafood to enjoy al fresco when appropriate. We live the Mediterranean dream in Southern California and share the experience with valued guests who leave the experience as family.
Our Mission
Our mission is to bring the Mediterranean lifestyle to Southern California’s ideal year-round climate. We aspire to help our guests truly relax and experience the self-healing that can occur when we slow down enough to catch up with ourselves.
Old Plank Sailing Adventures is dedicated to the pursuit of genuine happiness. Curating a safe, healing environment where guests feel comfortable, appreciated and connected with nature. The oceans can help to facilitate a deep state of relaxation for healing emotional wounds, so you can rejuvenate while enjoying creative foods in a soothing sailing environment.
Our Offering
From our luxurious 37-foot mono-hull to our 52-foot catamaran, we offer an array of adventures for group trips to Catalina, intimate morning, afternoon, sunset, or moonlight sails for you and a partner aboard the finest luxury yachts in Marina Del Rey. Our sails are private, professionally crewed and come paired with gourmet hors d’oeuvres or five-course fine dining options prepared right in front of you by Cuoco Mancini.
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The Captain's Table
Experience dining alfresco with white table cloth in the helm of the yacht slipped in front of beautifully lit up Burton Chase Park or moored off the shoreline of Santa Catalina Island. Cuoco Mancini will take you through creative fusions from his Italian childhood, and professional career working in many fine dining restaurants. Influenced by his grandmother who spent days hand-rolling pasta and homemade Italian pastries. You can include a 5-star dining experience from Cuoco Mancini to any sail.
Private Sailing Charters
We never consolidate groups. Book a private sail aboard our luxury monohull sailing yacht, especially for you and your loved ones. From an array of experiences from the therapeutic morning to the romantic sunset sail, for couples, small groups 3-6 passengers, or larger groups 7-12 passengers max aboard a luxury yacht, we cater to discerning clientele who appreciate the exclusivity and intimacy afforded by a private, captained, sailing yacht.
Seadoo PWC Excursions
Fly across the open ocean with your friends on a brand new 2017 SEADOO personal water craft. With the fastest and most luxurious personal water craft on the market, you can fly across Santa Monica bay and back in under two hours. Join Captain Mancini for a guided tour in the Santa Monica Bay to Malibu, Palos Verdes, Catalina or beyond. Wherever we cruise our Seadoos will get you there fast! This excursion has up-close and personal encounters with the California Sea lions, dolphins, and grey whales!
Island Adventures
A genuine California Adventure awaits just off shore in the still undeveloped and pristine environment of the local Channel Islands including Santa Catalina, just 37 nautical miles from our port in Marina del Rey. Fishing, snorkeling, lobstering, kayaking, mountain biking and hiking await your adventurous spirit with memories to last a lifetime. Book a 3 or 4 day adventure to the crystal clear waters of Catalina with a professionally captained private sailing yacht, private chef, and island tour guide.
The Lobster Adventure on the Captain's Dinghy
Cruise on the Captain’s Dinghy from Marina del Rey to his secret lobster spots in the Santa Monica Bay. Leave right after sunset and make our way under the stars and the moonlight as you learn how to bait, and drop traps to catch the nocturnal Pacific Lobsters, Dungeness, and Soft Shell crabs. Whatever we see is yours to take home!
Hoist the Movie Skipper
Get comfortable on the bow or helm, as we swing the boom and hoist the main to project your favorite movie, or television show on the ship’s main sail.
Yacht Delivery
USCG Licensed and experienced Captain and crew are available at your disposal if you need help delivering your yacht to any location. Old Plank is here to help you with any sailing charter needs.
Corporate Housing
Looking for more space than a hotel room? We have you covered with our Luxury Corporate Housing. Starting at $175.00 per night, we can host you in one of our private corporate luxury condos or houses. For more information, scroll down to the Works section below and click on the Corporate Housing Tile.
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Guided Seadoo Adventures
Fly across the ocean on 2018-2021 Seadoo’s. We offer a variety of guided personal water craft (PWC) adventures onboard the most luxurious jetskis on the market. Weather your are a beginner, experienced, or expert rider we have the expedition that will calm your adventurous soul! For you beginner and intermediate riders whom are wildlife enthusiast, join us for the two or three hour Wildlife Seascape excursions, where you can get up close and personal with some of the most incredible animals of the Pacific Ocean. Including Pelicans, Sea Lions, Dolphins and Whales! For you intermediate and expert riders looking for an adventure to last a lifetime, join me on the Paradise Please or Island Seascape packages for a half day adventure up to Paradise Cove in Malibu, or a full day to Avalon or Two Harbors on Santa Catalina Island! Fly across the ocean at high speeds, get up and personal with incredible wild life, and get the ultimate thrill of anchoring and swimming into the beach with daypacks, to enjoy a relaxing lunch in the prestine sands of Malibu or Catalina Island. Captain Mancini will be fully equipped with underwater GoPros and ariel drones to give you some epic footage for your own social media!
Sailing Adventures
Old Plank offers only luxury private sailing adventures daily for morning, afternoon, sunset or moonlight with reservations only. (Time slots change throughout the year depending on daylight savings hours)
All of our sails include gourmet hors d’oeuvres prepared by Chef Mancini, paired with a bottle of wine.
*If you have food aversions or dietary restrictions please let the chef know a head of time.
ideally our summer hours for 3 hours sails goes out daily at:
10:00 am – 1:00 pm morning
1:30 pm -4:30 pm afternoon
5:30 pm -8:30 pm sunset
9:00 pm -12:00 am moonlight
Looking for that early morning or afternoon escape? Join us before the sun make its highest point in the sky as we make our way to the calm Santa Monica Bay. Play with dolphins, whales, and the California Sea Lions as they hunt for their morning fish. Enjoy the calmer rhythms of the Pacific Ocean and the light morning sea breeze, as you kick your feet up in the helm or on the bow of Prima Stella, while enjoying morning hors d’oeuvres, mimosas, or the Captain’s coffee grown from his farmers in the coffee triangle of Pereira and Manizales, Colombia. Nothing beats experiencing the sunset from the ocean sailing quietly across the bay powered by the wind. Come Join us! It’s unbelievably Therapeutic! Here’s a few of the sunsets we’ve been fortunate to experience. Check out our “Therapy” package for hourly sailing pricing. Your private sailing yacht awaits you for that relaxing moonlight escape. Enjoy the lit up coastline of Los Angeles, as we leave the white lighted dinner cruise boats behind, and sail our way out of Marina del Rey into the Santa Monica Bay, under the glistening moonlight. After the sun sets the oceans nightlight makes its way to guide us under the constellations of the starry skylight. Listen to the rhythms of the wind, the crashing beach waves, and the barks of the California Sea lions; as we play with dolphins and cleans our palate with gourmet hors d’oeuvres paired with wines from around the world.
Yacht Deliveries
In addition, Captain Mancini is available for hire to deliver any type of Vessel up to 100 Tonnage. With over 5,000 delivery hours logged, Captain Mancini has delivered many yachts up and down the Pacific, Atlantic, and European Mediterranean coastlines.
Island Adventures
Captain Mancini offers private gourmet sailing charters and epic aquatic expeditions to the Channel Islands and beyond. Just 37 nautical miles from Marina del Rey, lies Santa Catalina. Captain Mancini will guide you on an epic adventure, preparing gourmet foods, sharing stories, and getting you up close, for incredible wildlife encounters. No matter what tickles your soul, Captain Mancini will guide you as Cruising World Magazine published “An adventures of a life time”! Once we arrive to the Island, whether anchored, moored, or slipped, Captain Mancini will be there to prepare gourmet meals, accompany you for dinner, or guide you on hiking trails for you to engulf some of the most beautiful and breathtaking views of the island. With a combination of options for hotel accommodations, Air B&B’s, hostels, beach camping, or prefer to be home by sunset, Captain will communicate directly with you to customize the most incredible seascape adventure imaginable.
Sailing (this is a multiple day trip – 2 day min) (5-6 hour sail each way)
PWC Seadoo Island Escape Adventure *can return same day (1.5-2 hour each way)
Captain's Table
Whether you’d like to order à la carte or a five course farm to cockpit experience, using some of the finest ingredients sourced from boutique wild-caught fisheries and farmers markets, we can intrigue your palate. Captain Mancini will preset you with a creative experience of fine foods created from his traveling, family, and fine dining hospitality experiences. He takes a lot of pride sharing sustainable foods he endures from his direct relationship with Omega Blue, whom have partnered with artisanal sources, both farmers and fishers, providing the purest, most nutritious seafood on the eastern pacific coast. Pairing you with fine wines, from around the world, and giving you an intimate white table cloth and up close viewing of the galley, while he cooks right in front of you table side! Captain Mancini will also share some gourmet deserts from his Italian childhood and his small batch roast from his coffee beans, grown in the coffee triangle of Pereira and Manizales, Columbia.
Add to any Sunset Sail for $125 per plate
Five Course Dinning Option
Up to 4 guests
*Does not include Ca State Tax, Gratuity, or Alcohol.
Sailing (this is a multiple day trip – 2 day min) (5-6 hour sail each way)
PWC Seadoo Island Escape Adventure *can return same day (1.5-2 hour each way)
Captain's Lobster Adventure
The perfect combination of excitement and relaxation. This Adventure starts after sunset as we motor through the Marina to the Captain’s secret lobster spots. There, Captain will teach you how to bait, drop, and set the lobster cages for Pacific Spiny Lobsters, Dungeness and Soft Shell Crabs! Hey, he may even share a few tricks up his sleeve. Enjoy the gentle movements of the moonlighted sea as we kick our feet up and relax in the captain’s dinghy as we wait for our dinner!
Old Plank Sailing Fleet
We are purest at heart. Classic monohull sailing aboard a vintage sailing yacht is an incomparable experience. Sail aboard a luxurious modified Islander 36 redesigned and refitted by Captain Mancini. We’re also big fans of the adage, “use the right tool for the job”, and when it come to speed at sea, nothing beats our 2018-20021 SEADOOs. So whatever your pleasure, we’re got the toys to accommodate your interest. Our Primary Sailing yacht is PRIMA STELLA. A modernized vintage luxury sailing monohull, manufactured by Island Yachts in Costa Mesa in 1976. The Hull was designed by sailing legend Alan Gurney and redesigned in 2021 by Captain Mancini with exterior synthetic teak imported from Norway, an updated galley with glass teak bright works, modernized helm, state of the art underwater and exterior smart lighting displays, and modernized rigging designs. Prima Stella is a classic Islander 36 cruising / racing vessel at heart, capable for Bluewater sailing and built and rigged to circumnavigate around the world. With the displacement at 1500 gross tonnage, Prima Stella delivers stability in the sea with its fin keel and skeg rudder, while traveling up to a respectable 8 knots for its heavy displacement. The Islander 36 was an award winning design for its class and continues to be a choice of many avid cruising sailors. When you sail aboard Prima Stella you will surely enjoy and understand the luxury and classy feeling while under sail.
Image location & Film Production
Producing a project? We have the perfect location for you! From a variety of locations including docks to shoot on, or a vessel to capture the ultimate sailing shot, Captain Mancini has the toys and locations to help bring your project to fruition! $350 image location fee We regularly work with local and international production companies seeking sailboats and seadoos for film, television and photoshoots. Captain Mancini is accredited on IMDB with credits including FYI network’s show “Arranged”, and many commercials and music videos produced by Born Ready Films, and American Aircraft Productions. He has also wrote and produced and award winning short film Mercy-Less. Captain Mancini attended Columbia Film school, where he studied screenwriting and producing. He has also appeared on NCIS, and the films, He’s just not that in to you, and Yes Man. Captain Mancini continues his acting training of “The Method” at, Friends and Artists Studios, in Toluca Lake, CA.
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FEEL THE OCEAN BREEZE, SAVOR GOURMET DELIGHTS
Escape the ordinary and immerse yourself in a luxury sailing adventure. From breathtaking sunsets to five-star cuisine prepared onboard, we invite you to unwind, reconnect with nature, and experience the rhythm of the sea.
Pricing
Chose Your Journey Plan
THERAPY SAIL
PRIVATE SAILING ADVENTURES
Private gourmet sailing adventures available from sunrise to late night moon light.
HOURLY RATES – 2 HOUR MINIMUM TO SANTA MONICA AND MALIBU
- 2 HOUR RATES
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$350 1-2 Persons
$400 3-6 Persons
- 3 HOUR RATES
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$450 1-2 Persons
$600 3-6 Persons
- 4 HOUR
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$600 1-2 Persons
$800 3-6 Persons
FOR LARGE PARTY ACCOMMODATIONS UP TO 12 PLEASE REACH OUT TO US VIA OUR CONTACT PAGE
Slot times depends on time of year to best fit all sails into a full day.
End of March-November (3-4 slots daily).
End of November-Beginning of March (2 slots daily)
SEAFOOD MARKET EXPEDITION
PRIVATE SAILING ADVENTURE (FULL DAY 8 Hours)
Private sailing adventures from Marina del Rey to Kings Harbor Marina
- 10 AM -6 PM Early Day
- 12:30-8:30 PM Late Day
Time Slot Can Change Due to Daylight Savings Hour.
2-2.5 hour lunch at Quality Seafood Market (price excludes what you spend at the market)
- 8 HOURs Duration
- $1200 1-2 Persons
- $1600 3-6 Persons
- $2,160 7-10 Persons
Slot times depends on time of year, and dock availability
Price Excludes Ca State Tax 9.5% and Los Angeles County Group Docking Fee.
HOIST THE MOVIE SKIPPER
EPIC IMAX MOIVE NIGHT
After our sunset sail we will dock and hoist the main to project any movie, documentary, or TV show.
Beautiful scenic main channel view w/ full spectrum underwater lighting to add to our incredible ambience!
Can be added on to any full price sailing adventure
- $250 venue fee
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2.5 hour duration
Up to 12 Guests
Excludes 9.5% tax and la county dock fee
ISLAND SEASCAPE
GUIDED SEADOO (PWC) ADVENTURES FROM MARINA DEL REY TO SANTA AVALON OR TWO HARBORS ON SANTA CATALINA ISLANDS
THE MOST EPIC FUN YOU WILL EVER HAVE IN YOUR LIFE!
- FULL DAY SUNRISE TO SUNSET
- $1,800 1-2 PERSONS
Prices Include 9.5% Ca State Tax, Fuel Cost, Landing / Docking Fees to Mooring Balls and Shore Boat Fees Back and Forth from Island to Mooring Balls.
YACHT DELIVERIES
CONTRACTED YACHT DELIVERIES
Need a captain to deliver your yacht for you?
- DAILY RATES
- $380 Per Day
Does not include fuel, crew and any provisions needed
WILDLIFE SEASCAPE
GUIDED SEADOO (PWC) ADVENTURES FROM MARINA DEL REY TO SANTA MONICA OR MALIBU.
- 2 HOUR (SANTA MONICA)
- $450 1-2 PERSONS
- 3 HOUR (MALIBU)
- $617 1-2 PERSONS
Prices Do Not Include 9.5% Ca State Tax and Small Fuel Cost
PARADISE PLEASE
GUIDED SEADOO (PWC) ADVENTURES FROM MARINA DEL REY TO PARADISE COVE IN MALIBU AND BACK
THE MOST FUN YOU CAN LEGALLY HAVE ON THE WATER!!!!!!
- 1/2 DAY EXPEDITION
- $700 1-2 PERSONS
Prices Do Not Include 9.5% Ca State Tax and Small Fuel Cost
CAPTAIN'S DINGHY
GUIDED LOBSTER CATCHING ADVENTURE
Straight to the source, wild caught Santa Monica Bay Pacific Lobster, Dungeness and Soft Shell Crab.
Incudes All Traps, Bait, Live Tank, and Fuel.
- 3 HOUR RATES
- $350 1-4 PERSONS
Testimonials
What our clients say
Old Plank Sailing Adventures was hands down the most incredible sailing trip we’ve ever taken. From the moment we stepped aboard, Captain Matthew and his crew made us feel like VIPs. The gourmet meal was five-star restaurant quality, and watching the sunset while sipping fine wine was pure bliss!
Traveler
Sailing under the moonlight with a glass of champagne in hand—what could be better? The attention to detail, the luxurious yacht, and the fresh seafood made this experience unforgettable. We saw dolphins swimming alongside us, and the crew was beyond accommodating. Can't wait to book again!
Traveler
I’ve been on many yacht charters, but Old Plank Sailing Adventures truly stands out. The gourmet dining experience was simply exquisite. The freshly prepared seafood and wine pairings were perfect. You can tell that Captain Mancini’s passion for food and sailing shines through in every detail.
Traveler
From the moment we stepped onto the yacht, we knew we were in for something special. The service was impeccable, the views were breathtaking, and the food was beyond anything we expected on a sailing trip. Truly a dream experience!
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Frequently asked question
For expidited service please simply text me to: 818.644.0081 Email: oldplank@captainmancini.com Captain Mancini does answer via phone call but monthly he is in his coffee farm in Colombia. Due to the high altitudes of the haciendas it can be difficult to hear and also roaming charges may apply. To better serve you it is very efficient for him to create a conversation via text so he can best serve you and check in on any needs you may have to guarantee he gives you 5 star customer service
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BOOKING VIA WEBSITE: If you booked via the website you are submitting a request for sail. Once the sail is accepted by Captain Mancini he will follow up with you with a Docusign for a charter agreement to the email you provided, Once this agreement is signed you will receive a conformational text with all your booking details to the number you provided in the booking request. BOOKING VIA TEXT: For those who booked via text message, once payment is received you will receive a Docusign charter agreement sent to the email you proved via text. Once the Docusign is completed you will receive a conformational text with all the information for your upcoming sail, including time, date, tax information, what to bring, and parking details!
All major credit cards including Visa, Mastercard, Discover, Amex, and Mobile Apps including Venmo, Cash App, WeChat, and Paypal.
All bookings are final. Do not book unless you are completely sure you will be able to make your adventure. Adventures can be reschedule to another date up to 24 hours after booking unless it is booked with less than 24 hours notice. Captain has the right to reschedule any adventures that may endanger guests in weather conditions that are deemed unsafe for the client. These conditions includes, rain, small craft advisories, gale warnings, hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, etc. In the case of a cancelled adventure we will reschedule for our next availabilities or you will be issued a gift certificate for a later date.
Have a date in mind? Great! If not, no big deal! You can either click on my calendar and see my future availabilities or reach out to me via text, email or phone call to complete a reservation, For expedited services please just text me to 818.644.0081 Please Include: First and Last name, Type of Adventure, Date of requested adventure, and your cell phone number. I will get back to you asap with time slots!
Send us a message
- 818(644)-0081
- reservation@captainmancini.com
- 13552 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey, California, USA
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