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Motor Yacht Affinity

The Motor Yacht Affinity was designed and built in 1967 by Bender Shipbuilding for Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bender, President and CEO of Bender Shipbuilding and the ship was originally christened " El Toro". The yacht was refurbished in 1984 and then christened Entrepreneur l, and then refurbished in 2007 and christened "Affinity". The Affinity is made of steel and she is 120' feet long and 24' wide. She is USCG Certified to carry up to 149 passengers plus a crew of 5.

Affinity Floor Plan

Her Amenities include:

~ Climate controlled Main Salon, and buffet Salon
~ Private Bridal Suite
~ Wrap around covered Teak Side Decks
~ Top Deck: 72’ x 24’ with open air Aft
~ Two (2) full service and fully stocked bars – one (1) on each deck
~ State of the art Sound System throughout the Affinity
~ Satellite TV with DVD
~ Main Salon -Power Point capability displayed on 52” LCD
~ Top deck- Power Point capability displayed on two (2) 32” LCD's
~ Four bathrooms throughout the yacht


To request more information about planning a yacht cruise event around Manhattan (NY), NJ or CT click here: Yacht Planning Request or feel free to call us Toll Free at 800.278.7178 or 516.931.3195


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White Glove Wedding Ceremony and Reception Cruise

Call East Coast Yacht Cruises Toll Free: 800-278-7178

Wedding Promotion!

East Coast Yacht
Cruise Details
Your Choice of an available Friday, Saturday, or Sunday evening, 2010/2011
  • 5.5 hour event
  • 30 minutes to board
  • 30 minutes ceremony time, no charge, courtesy of East Coast Yacht Cruises
  • 4 hour actual cruise
  • 30 minutes to disembark
White Glove Wedding Ceremony and Reception Cruise Includes:
Personal Amenities
  • Your very own Personal East Coast Yacht Cruise yacht event coordinator
  • Cocktail Hour
    with White Gloved Butler Service
    Passed Hors D' oeuvres
  • Uniformed Wait and Bar staff
Entertainment: Disc Jockey/MC and Dancing the entire evening by L & S Entertainment Company, exclusive Premier Entertainment company for East Coast Yacht Cruises
FREE Nautical themed Wedding Invitations
  • FREE Nautical themed Wedding Invitations,
    compliments of East Coast Yacht Cruises
Personalized Ice Sculpture
Photography City Lights Photography Package by Madison Ave. Photography (Exclusive Premier Photography company for East Coast Yacht Cruises) includes 1 Photographer and 1 Assistant Photographer using styles that range from Formal and Posed Portraiture, Candid, and Expressive Images as well as Photojournalism in Color, Black and White, Sepia.

All wedding proofs (color, black and white, or sepia) in a preview proof album with your choice of color and engraved with your name (approx 200 photos). Package also includes:
  • (1) - 5 X 7 Bride and Groom 18 page Album
  • (1) - 8 X 10 Bride's Parents in a folder
  • (1) - 8 X 10 Groom's Parents in a folder
  • (1) - 11 X 14 portrait in a folder
FREE 11x14 ENGAGEMENT PORTRAIT
Summer Savings

WE ARE CELEBRATING SUMMER AND OFFERING YOUR CHOICE OF:

$1,000 CASH OFF OUR ALREADY DEEP DISCOUNTED PACKAGE

OR

(1) FREE VENDOR PACKAGE

  • Floral Package
    Exclusive Floral by Langdon Florist (with a $1,000 credit)
    *(A Typical package contains the items below. You can use a $1,000 CREDIT and make the make as you see fit to do so)
    • Center Pieces for the tables
    • 2 ceremony arrangements: ( 1) for the bar, and (1) for the Sweetheart Table
    • 1 Bridal Bouquet
    • 1 Maid of Honor Bouquet
    • Up to 8 Corsages
    • Up to 8 Boutonnieres
    • 1 Throw Bouquet
    • 1 Flower Girl Bouquet
    • Up to 2 Mother's Bouquet
    • Up to 4 Grandmother's Bouquet

    OR

  • Chair Covers
    Your Choice of Ivory or White, or Colored Chair Covers, with your choice of colored tie backsash
    (includes delivery, setup, removal, service charge up to 40 guests)

    OR

  • Exclusive Captain's Package Video (By Madison Ave Video)
    1 Videographer
    Camera Edited:
    • Coverage on the yacht
    • Opening titles
    • Photo montage of Wedding couple through the years
    • Invitation with inscription
    • Introduction set to music
    • Overview of place setting and decorations
    • Complete coverage of all key events on the yacht
    • Candid dance shots, table shots, etc
    • Interviews using a wireless microphone (client's discretion)
    • (2)DVD Master Copies

    OR

  • Exclusive Photo Montage Package (by Madison Ave Photo)
    One 50" plasma TV with a 50 picture montage of the bride and groom growing up through the years played during dinner.
    • The montage will be edited with 2 songs of your choice.
    • Candid zap shots of your guests taken on your wedding day as they board the yacht, oras they interact on the yacht and these pictures will also be shown on the montage
    • One DVD of the montage to take home at the end of your wedding

    OR

  • Chocolate Fountain Display- with (4) dippables (up to 40 guests)
    • 2 Fresh Fruit... Strawberries,Pineapple, Bananas, Grapes or Apples, (according to seasonal availability)
    • 2 Savory Items(i.e. Pretzels,Marshmallows, Potato Chips, Sesame Sticks or Corn Chips)
    • Our Selection of Cookies
    • Includes uniformed Fountain Attendant

    OR

  • Bagpiper to play as your guests board the yacht

    OR

  • Keyboard Player

    OR

  • Wedding Officiate (Subject to availability)
    *Interdenominational Ministers ( one is a Retired Army Chaplain and pastor)
    for the ceremony to beheld either dockside or while on the yacht in front of the Statue of Liberty, or while the yacht is underway.

    OR

  • * A Ship's Captain Wedding Officiate, with license to marry aboard the vessel dockside only
    for the ceremony to be held dockside (for ceremony while sailing, add $100 per hour cruising time)
The Wedding Cake
  • 2 Tier Wedding Cake (with choice of filling and inscription)
Additional Services
  • Fresh Linens and Matching Linen Napkins
  • Glassware, China, and flatware on every table
  • East Coast Yacht Cruise coordinator Bill Hackett or other ECYC coordinator on board
  • Uniformed Maitre'd
  • Uniformed Wait Staff and Bar Staff
  • Uniformed Captain and Marine Crew
Dockage Options
  • Lincoln Harbor Yacht Club Marina, Weehawken (with FREE parking)
  • Chelsea Piers, Manhattan ( Westside)
  • Liberty Landing Marina, Jersey City, NJ
  • North Cove Marina, NY
  • Yonkers, NY ( at additional cost)
  • World's Fair Marina, Queens. NY ( at additional cost)
  • Stamford, CT ( at additional cost)
ALL-INCLUSIVE Package:

Price INCLUDES
Service Charge
Tax
Dockage
and all items listed above
  • Friday, Saturday or Sunday Evening:
    $14,850 up to 40 guests (service charge, and tax included)
    Any guest over the 40 to a maximum of 70 at the rate of $125/pp
Special Notes
  • Please note:
    If you have no need for our ice sculpture, please deduct $100 from package above
    If you have no need for our DJ package, please deduct $500 from package above
    If you have no need for our photo package, please deduct $995 from package above

  • Please Note: The wedding package rates above reflect a discount of 5% assuming payment is made by check or wire transfer. Wedding packages and rates are subject to change without advance notice.