Four hours is $9,500 and eight hours is $14,000, first party, and the operator breaks both down. At four hours that is $4,200 for the vessel, $5,000 for services and $300 for crew; at eight hours the vessel line rises to $8,700 with the same services and crew figures. Capacity is 80 people on 85 feet and the minimum booking is four hours. That separate crew line is the most granular price disclosure we found anywhere in this category.
hamptonsboatrental.com/hamptons-party-yacht-85Eighty guests at $9,500 for four hours is the lowest published cost per person of any large Hamptons yacht in our set, and that comparison is possible only because this operator publishes at all. Most Long Island vessels over 50 passengers publish nothing. The caveat is the copyright line on this page, which reads 2023 and is the oldest of the operator's three domains. Verify that $9,500 and $14,000 still stand for a 2026 date before you build a budget on them.
Food, beverages and alcohol are all yours to supply, first party. The operator's exact position is that you may bring any food or drink you wish, with catering available separately through its own services arm. Among Long Island vessels over 50 passengers that is unusual, because the larger boats almost all run in house catering and an in house bar. It gives you control of the menu and the wine. It also hands you the logistics of getting all of it to a Sag Harbor dock on time.
The page states that all boats will be captained by a USCG licensed captain, with captain and crew included in the quoted price, first party. That is a statement about the people running the boat. There is no inspected vessel claim on this page or its sister pages, and no Certificate of Inspection number appears, even though 80 passengers requires an inspected vessel. No certificate is public for any Long Island boat. Ask for this one, read the passenger figure and read the permitted route.
There are no refunds on cancellations. A free date change is available only at 90 days or more before sailing. Against that, the operator publishes the clearest weather rule in the category. It will not sail if a small craft advisory has been issued, or if it is raining, or if rain is imminent. The call comes about two hours before departure and a rain date is permitted. Read both clauses together before you pay, because a no refund rule changes what a weather call actually costs you.
The 150 passenger figure attached to The Lauren Kristy comes from third party editorial, and from four independent write ups that agree with each other.
The Freeport Gem publishes $4,950 for up to 50 people, tax and gratuity included, and $55 per additional person plus tax.
Sapphire Princess publishes a capacity of up to 127 guests on its own site, and that figure is corroborated twice.
Captain Lou Fleet publishes 1 to 150 passengers for Captain Lou VII on its private charters page, first party, and the identical figure for two sister hulls at the same dock.
The Moon Chaser publishes a capacity of 200 people, first party, which is the largest of any vessel docked on Long Island.
Bay Princess II says it is licensed for 100 passengers, first party, which is the closest any Long Island operator comes to publishing a certificated number on its own site.