About Nowhere Charters
A private boat charter built on a captain’s safety-first mindset.
Meet Captain Matt
Captain Matthew Burrows is a USCG-licensed Master Captain — and a commercial airline pilot flying Airbus aircraft for a major carrier. The two jobs overlap more than you’d think: precision, redundant-systems safety thinking, calm under pressure, and a habit of reading the weather like it’s the only thing that matters. (On a boat, it is.)
“I started Nowhere because I was tired of being on the kind of charter I didn’t want to run. Crowded boats. Captains reading from a script. Trips that felt like a stamp on a checklist instead of a story you’d tell back home. Nowhere is the trip I’d want to be on — small group, designed around the day, captained like a flight: prepared, calm, and on time.”
Matt runs Nowhere with his wife Michelle out of Fernandina Beach, FL. Together they handle every aspect of the business — from bookings to the boat to the cooler of ice on departure day.
Why “Nowhere”
Vacation rarely feels like a story anymore — it feels like an itinerary. Five things scheduled before breakfast, three more after lunch, a dinner reservation you’re late for. Boat charters get squeezed into the same logic: a slot, a tour, a stamp on the list.
“Go Nowhere” is the alternative. The afternoon when the only thing scheduled is the sunset. The morning when you have Cumberland Sound to yourselves. The day that doesn’t shrink into a memory by Tuesday because it actually felt like something.
Six guests max. One boat. A captain who flies Airbus jets for his day job and runs charters because he wants to be on the water the way you want to be on the water.
The Isle of Scilly
The flag on our logo isn’t decoration — it’s an homage to the Isles of Scilly, a remote archipelago twenty-eight miles off the southwest tip of Cornwall, England. Five inhabited islands, a population under 2,200, and a coastline most travelers will never see.
The Scilly flag is white-cross-on-blue with five small stars in the upper quadrant — the same composition you see on every Nowhere logo, badge, and submark. The maritime heritage and the “islands that feel like nowhere” spirit are exactly what we want this brand to stand for.
Amelia Island isn’t Scilly — but the feeling we want you to leave with is the same: a few hours where the modern world quiets down and the water gets your full attention.
The Boat
2017 Robalo R265 Walkaround · Six guests max
Cuddy cabin with shaded bow seating. T-top for sun protection. Twin outboards for redundant power and quick planing. Built for the inlets, sounds, and barrier-island runs around Amelia.
Ready to Go Nowhere?
Pick your trip. We’ll have the boat ready.