I hate to make one of my first posts a negative one, but stear clear of the Duchess - the captain has the entirely wrong attitude for what should be an enjoyable experience and has ruined more than one day on the water. He's more fit to run a forced-labor camp than a charter boat.

Here are a few choice posts from the past.
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:OjVLY...+westport&hl=en

http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:FnFAZ...+westport&hl=en

I've never seen such consistently negative feedback about any other operator. I'm amazed he's still out there. Sorry, Capt. Dennis -- but I owe you one.