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. It also expressly welcomes your own food and drink aboard. At 100 guests that combination exists nowhere else on the island, and the boat sails from a state park where guest parking is free.
bayprincess.comThe site describes a 65 foot Coast Guard approved fishing and private party vessel, and states that it is licensed for 100 passengers, first party. Read together, those two phrases are the strongest vessel directed Coast Guard language on any Long Island operator's own website. They are still the operator's words. Approved and licensed are not the terms the regulations use, and the Certificate of Inspection is the document that carries a legal maximum. No certificate is public for this boat or any other in this category, so ask to see it and read the number and the permitted route.
The operator writes that you are more than welcome to bring your own food and drinks aboard, and offers to connect you with local catering partners instead, first party. The galley carries a refrigerator, a freezer, a microwave and a coffee pot. For a couple working to a budget, a 100 guest boat with open catering is a real lever, because food is usually the largest single line on a wedding boat quote. It also means the work is yours to manage, from delivery at the dock through service aboard.
Weddings appear on the operator's list of services, alongside private fishing charters, party cruises, field trips and reunions. Nothing else about the site is built for a couple. There is no price, no season for events other than fishing, no ceremony provision and no published rules of any kind. The copyright line still reads 2024 even though a live call to action invites 2026 charter bookings, which makes this a half updated site. Go in expecting to specify everything yourself, in writing.
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