The Motor Yacht Calypso is a 72-foot aluminum hull motor yacht originally built for Jack Wrather, producer of the radio and television show "The Lone Ranger", who christened it the "Lone Ranger IV."
Calypso is USCG certified to carry up to 49 passengers and a crew of 3, but is most comfortable up to 45 passengers and a crew of 5 to insure a high level of personal service and safety. Available for small weddings, commitment ceremonies, and corporate meetings or for an intimate gathering.
The Calypso has been used extensively as shown on TV shows such as Donald Trump's "Apprentice", "Law & Order" episodes, as well as providing the
"Wrap Party for the cast of "The Sopranos", also, used in the motion picture "When Will I Be Loved", as well as a photo shoot by "In Style Magazine" and a TV Commercial for Talbot's. The yacht also hosted parties by Will Smith, Donna Karan, The Jonas Brothers, and Neil Diamond The group were featured on the yacht enjoying her many amenities.
The average group size is 20 to 45 for excursions with cocktail and buffet style food and full bar beverage service. Sit down dinner can be served to 12 guests at the dining table.
On the main deck, guests enjoy adjoining main and cocktail booth during salons, tastefully decorated in a Hemingway motif. A gorgeous Corian, teak and stainless galley are forward of the salons with doors opening to both the port and starboard side decks. A varnished mahogany and teak after deck, with a full service wet bar and combination cocktail/dining table is aft of the main salons with access via double French doors. Wing doors open to the covered side decks and astern ladder provides access to the swim platform. The fore deck has seating for eight along with six portable teak deck chairs and comfortably accommodate up to twenty-five standing quests.
The enclosed, upper deck pilothouse has day bed seating for eight and an after deck seating for nine quests. Accommodations for five quests, in 2 staterooms with two en suite heads are available for special arrangements term charters. The mid-ship engine/laundry room separates the quarters (two cabins and dinette) from the guest suites, which are each accessed from private companionways.
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White Glove Wedding Ceremony and Reception Cruise
Call East Coast Yacht Cruises Toll Free: 800-278-7178
East Coast Yacht Cruise Details |
Your Choice of an available Friday, Saturday, or Sunday evening, 2010/2011
- 5 hour event
- 30 minutes to board
- 30 minutes ceremony time, no charge, courtesy of East Coast Yacht Cruises
- 3.5 hour actual cruise
- 30 minutes to disembark
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White Glove Wedding Ceremony and Reception Cruise Includes: |
| Personal Amenities |
- Your very own Personal East Coast Yacht Cruise yacht event coordinator
- Cocktail Hour
- Uniformed Wait and Bar staff
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| Entertainment: |
Keyboard player for easy listening 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
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| Personalized Ice Sculpture |
- Personalized Ice Sculpture A beautiful Personalized Ice Sculpture of Dolphins, Lighthouse,Kissing Swans, Double Hearts, Love Birds with Couple's names frozen in the ice
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| 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
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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
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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 100 guests)
OR
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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
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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
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Chocolate Fountain Display- with (4) dippables (up to 100 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)
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| The Wedding Dinner |
Your Choice of Captain's Buffet or Captain's Sit Down Dinner, including:
Captain's Sit Dinner Menu
Hors d'Oeuvres, passed butler style
- 1/2 Barbequed Shrimp / 1/2 Iced Gulf Shrimp
- Classic New Orleans Delicacy with a Peppery Butter Sauce
- Iced Shrimp Served with Cocktail Sauce
- Louisiana Crab Cakes
- Served with Hollandaise Sauce or Lemon Mustard Sauce
- Thai Sesame Chicken with Peanut Sauce
- Fresh Tomato Tarts
- Served with Gruyere and Fresh Thyme
Stationary Appetizer
- International Cheese Board
- Fresh Seasonal Fruit Display
- Vegetable Crudite with dipping sauce for the vegetables
- Served with Assorted Gourmet Crackers
Sit Down Dinner
1st Course
- Classic Caesar Salad
- With Sun-dried Tomatoes, and Gorgonzola Cheese
2nd Course Dinner
- Chateaubriand with Brandy Peppercorn Sauce (on the side)
- Fingerling Potatoes with Basil Butter
- Sea Bass with Tropical Fruit Salsa
- Steamed Asparagus with Roasted Red Peppers and Shaved Parmesan
- Penne with Tomatoes and Fresh Basil
- Assorted Fresh Rolls and Butter
Children's Meals (under 12 yrs old, if applicable
- Unlimited Soda, Juice Bar
- Chicken Tenders and Fries
or
- Pasta and Meatballs
- Salad
3rd Course Dessert Your Choice of 1
- Bananas Foster Martinis
- Key Lime Pie
- Triple Chocolate Mousse
- Chocolate Dipped Strawberries
- Wedding Cake
- Chef's Blend Coffee and Tea
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| The Wedding Cake |
- Wedding Cake (with choice of filling and inscription)
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| Additional Services |
- Fresh Ivory Linens to the floor 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
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| Dockage Options |
- Chelsea Piers, Manhattan (included)
- Lincoln Harbor Yacht Club Marina, Weehawken (with FREE parking) (at additional cost)
- North Cove Marina, Battery Park City (at additional cost)
- Skyport Marina, Manhattan (at additional cost)
- Authorized yacht for dockage at Hyatt Regency, Jersey City (at additional cost)
- Liberty Landing Marina, Jersey City (at additional cost)
- World's Fair Marina, Queens. NY (at additional cost)
- Yonkers, NY (at additional cost)
- Stamford, CT (at additional cost)
- Port Washington, NY (at additional cost)
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ALL-INCLUSIVE Package:
Price INCLUDES
Service Charge
Tax
Dockage
and all items listed above
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- Friday, Saturday or Sunday Evening:
$14,500 up to 20 guests (service charge, and tax included)
Any guest over the 20 to a maximum of 45 at the rate of $159/pp (service charge, and tax included)
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| 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.
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| Wedding Photo Galleries |
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"Romance on the Hudson" Dinner Package
The All-inclusive "Romance on the Hudson" Sit Down Dinner on board our private, luxury Motor Yacht Calypso sailing from Manhattan will include the following: |
East Coast Yacht Cruise Details |
- 2 Guests for a Romantic Dinner
- 3.5 hour event
- 15 minutes to board
- 3 hour cruise
- 15 minutes to disembark
- FREE Long Stem Red Roses (Compliments of East Coast Yacht Cruises)
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| Suggested Times, actual times are up to you |
- Board: 6:45pm to 7:00pm
- Sail: 7:00pm to 10:00pm
- Disembark: 10:00pm to 10:15pm
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| Description |
3 hour cruise sailing North on the Hudson River from Manhattan with views of the George Washington Bridge and the New York and New Jersey shores. The ship turning around heading south past the Intrepid Aircraft Carrier seaport museum with close up views of the US Navy submarine Growler along with the newest addition the British Airways Concorde Supersonic Jet, cruising past the Chelsea Complex, with views of the New York City Skyline and the Jersey City skyline, passing the Financial Harbor place on both the New York the Jersey side, and the Colgate Clock, continuing south past The Battery, then heading north on the East River going underneath the famous Brooklyn Bridge with views of the South Street Seaport, and the majestic tall ships that sailed the New York Harbor centuries ago, then underneath the Manhattan, and Williamsburg Bridges, continuing north to the Domino Sugar Factory, and then turning heading south past Ellis Island and grand finale to the Statue of Liberty, and then heading northbound on the Hudson River back to dock.
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| Unlimited Premium Open Bar |
- Vodka: Absolute
- Gin: Tanqueray
- Scotch: Johnnie Walker Black or Red, Dewers, J&B
- Rye: Seagrams
- Tequilla: Jose Quervo
- Whiskey: Jack Daniels, Seagram Seven
- Rum: Bacardi, Captain Morgan
- Beers: Budweiser, Budweiser Light
- Wines (or similar): McWilliams Estate Chardonnay, Beringer Founders Estate Cabernet
- Soda & Juice: Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Ginger Ale, Seltzer, Tonic, Orange Juice, Cranberry Juice
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| Stereo System |
- State of the art 50 CD Stereo System on Board
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| Five Course Sit-down Dinner |
Your Choice of (1) Stationary hors d'oeuvres
- Crudites
- International Cheese Board
- French brie en croute with grapes and crackers
- Hummus with pita
- Guacamole and salsa with blue and white corn chips
- Assorted bruschetta display
- Salami and olive anitpasto with assorted rustic Italian breads
You may substitute or Add the following at an additional charge
(Substitution - $15/pp; Addition $20/pp)
- New Zealand rack of lamb lollipops with mint pesto
- Sushi boat display
- Tiger prawns with cocktail sauce
Available at Market Price
- Osetra or Beluga caviar served with bellinis and creme fraiche
- Raw bar with blue point oysters, little neck clams, shrimp with grainy mustard sauce, migonette, and cocktail sauces
Your Choice of (1) Appetizer
- Caramelized leek tart with gruyere
- Vietnamese rice paper vegetable rolls
- Wild mushroom phyllo purses
- Spanakopita
- Stuffed mushroom with chevre and smoked bacon
- Bacon wrapped grissini
- Caviar crepe towers
- Endive spear with chevre, poached pear and smoked trout
- Chicken sate with peanut sauce
- Chicken Waldorf on endive spear
- Mini Peking duck in scallion blanket with hoisin
- Lemon grass poached beef filet with chili sauce
- Shumai (seared Japanese dumplings) with ginger sauce
- Assorted steamed vegetable dumplings
- Sesame tuna tartare served in spoon
You may Substitute or Add the following at an additional charge
(Substitution - $12/pp; Addition - $18/pp
- Scallops wrapped in bacon with remoulade
- Jumbo lump crab cakes with remoulade
- Coconut shrimp with mango chutney
- Grilled Thai shrimp with spicy coconut dipping sauce
- Pepper encrusted tuna carpaccio skewer with wasabi aioli
- Sashimi grade tuna crispy wonton with wasabi and sesame oil
- Potato pankes with creme fraiche, caviar, and smoked salmon
2nd Course, Your Choice of (1) Salad
- Arugula, apples and caramelized nuts with Spanish sherry vinaigrette
- Caesar salad with shaved parmesan cheese and garlic croutons
- Spinach salad with mushroom, red onion, walnuts, crumbled goat cheese, and bacon served with warm vinaigrette
- Spring mix salad with gorgonzola, roasted walnuts, fresh orange slices and citrus vinaigrette
Accompanied by Your Choice of 2
- Grilled asparagus with shaved asiago and aged balsamic vinegar
- Haricot vert (French beans) with fresh lemon and sliced almonds
- Roasted corn and black bean salad
- Sweet corn smothered in butter and sea salt
- Sauteed seasonal vegetables bundles
- Tuscan grilled vegetable antipasti
- Fresh mozzarella, tomato, and basil
- Tuscan style white been salad
- Mediterranean orzo salad with feta cheese, calamata olives, and sun dried tomatoes
- Pesto pasta primavera
- Gorgonzola pasta salad
- Potato gratin
- Provencale new potato salad
- Roasted rosemary potatoes
- Persian rice with cinnamon stick and cardamom
- Wild rice salad with cranberries, walnuts, and orange slices
3rd and 4th Course
Your Choice of (2) Entrees, (served as individual courses)
- Penne with broccoli rabe, lemon zest, sun dried tomatoes, garlic and aged pecorino
- Cavatelli with puttanesca and chiffonade of basil
- Egglant rollatini with feta, mint and roasted red peppers
- Frenched chicken breast roasted with fresh thyme and white truffle oil
- Grilled lemon, rosemary free range chicken breast
- Chicken Francese with caper white wine sauce
- Grilled flank steak
- Asian marinated grilled beef
- Seared pork loin with mango chutney
- Grilled salmon with honey Dijon glaze served on bed of watercress
- Lavender poached salmon with cucumber creme fraiche
You May Substitute or Add the following at an additional charge
(Substition - $12/pp; Addition $24/pp)
- Filet mignon stuffed with spinach, roasted peppers, and chevre goat cheese
- Beef tenderloin with horseradish cream and garlic aioli
- Aged prime rib roast with fresh grated horseradish root
- Rack of lamb with mint pesto or cucumber yogurt taziki
- Seared breast of duck accompanied with Vidalia onion, sour cherry compote
- Broiled sea bass with pineapple ginger salsa
- Pepper encrusted seared tuna served with wasabi sauce
5th Course
Your Choice of (1) Dessert
- Apple frangipane tart with vanilla bean gelato
- Assorted pastries and petit fours
- Creme brulee
- Cheese cake with fresh berries
- Chocolate mousse cake
- Fresh fruit platter
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Amenities & Price |
- Uniformed Maitre'd
- Uniformed Wait Staff
- Uniformed Bar Staff
- Uniformed Captain and Marine Crew
- East Coast Yacht Cruise Coordinator on Board
- Dockage in Manhattan
Applicable service charges, tax, and gratuity Included
$5,595 for guests (inclusive of service charge, tax, and Gratuity INCLUDED)
Please Note: The packages reflect a 5% discount when payment is made by Check, ACH, or Wire Transfer
OR If paying by Visa, Master Card, or American Express:
$5,875 for guests (includes service charge, tax, and gratuity)
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