Yacht Charter New York

Searching for a yacht rental New York offers brings up two different things: a private boat you hire by the hour, and a seat on a classic yacht with a ticket price. The three tickets on GetYourGuide are the second kind, and they are the ones I can price. They all come from Classic Harbor Line, cost $60 to $134 per ticket and sail from Chelsea Piers. My page on boat tours in New York compares those with the other nine tickets.

My pick among yacht rentals in New York, in one line: I’d book the Statue and Skyline cruise at $60, which scores 4.8 from 651 reviews and includes a drink. I’d choose the sunset yacht cruise at $113 for a special evening, and the holiday cruise at $134 only in the season. Prices are in US dollars from the listings, checked on 17 October 2026, and the booking links are affiliate links.

Classic Harbor Line - New York City

Statue and Skyline Cruise Aboard a Luxury Yacht

• ★ 4.8 (651 reviews)
• 1.5 hours
• Free cancellation

My pick: My yacht pick: a classic boat with an indoor salon, $60, 1.5 hours, one drink included, 4.8 from 651 reviews.

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Yacht Charter New York City

A yacht charter in New York City normally means you hire the whole boat. None of my three tickets is that, so I want to be exact about what they are: scheduled sailings on Yacht Manhattan or Manhattan II, where you buy a seat. The holiday listing says tables may be shared with a clear partition divider depending on party size, and a reviewer of the sunset cruise mentions an allocated table and seating. Here is how the three compare.

Cruise	Price	Duration	Boat	Rating	Cancellation
Statue and Skyline cruise	$60	1.5 hours	Classic boat with grand salon and open deck	4.8 (651 reviews)	Free up to 24 hours before
Sunset yacht cruise	$113	1.5 to 3 hours	1920s style yacht with glassed-in observatory	4.9 (502 reviews)	Up to 24 hours before, full refund
Holiday jazz, cocoa and carols	$134	1.5 hours	Yacht Manhattan or Manhattan II, heated salon	4.7 (572 reviews)	Up to 24 hours before, full refund

The operator is the same on all three New York yacht rentals, so the choice is about the season and the hour. The first is a daytime sightseeing trip, the second a sunset trip, and the third a December trip.

Yacht Rentals New York

The Statue and Skyline cruise is the yacht I’d start with if you are comparing yacht rentals in New York for a first visit. It costs $60, runs 1.5 hours and scores 4.8 from 651 reviews. The listing describes a classic boat with teak decks and mahogany trim, an indoor grand salon and an open outer deck, and a captain who narrates. It sails the Hudson River and New York Harbor, past the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Battery Park, the Financial District and South Street Seaport.

It includes the 90-minute cruise, one drink and gratuity. Food selections are for purchase on board, and the listing says pets and smoking are not allowed. You check in at the Classic Harbor Line booth at the northernmost end of Chelsea Piers, at Pier 62, across from West 22nd Street. By my calculation from the Google Maps coordinates, the dock is about 7.2 km from the Statue of Liberty in a straight line.

Classic Harbor Line - New York City

Statue and Skyline Cruise Aboard a Luxury Yacht

• ★ 4.8 (651 reviews)
• 1.5 hours
• Free cancellation

My pick: The classic daytime yacht: $60, 1.5 hours, one drink and gratuity included, 4.8 from 651 reviews.

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Yacht Rentals New York City

The sunset yacht cruise is the most polished of the three, and for a special evening it’s the yacht rental New York City visitors usually have in mind. It costs $113 and has the top rating, 4.9 from 502 reviews, though it lists 1.5 to 3 hours, so check which sailing you are buying. The listing describes 360-degree views from the open decks or the glassed-in back-deck observatory, 1920s style decor and a route past Lower Manhattan, Battery Park, South Street Seaport, Governors Island, the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

It includes a sunset cruise, one drink and optional gratuities. The listing gives no meeting point, but since the other two Classic Harbor Line tickets meet at Chelsea Piers, I’d expect the same dock and confirm it on the booking page. To check the sunset time for your date, see my sunset cruise page for New York.

Classic Harbor Line - New York City

Sunset Yacht Cruise

• ★ 4.9 (502 reviews)
• 1.5 - 3 hours
• Free cancellation

My pick: The top-rated yacht for a special evening: $113, sunset, one drink included, 4.9 from 502 reviews.

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Private Yacht Rental New York

For a private yacht rental in New York I have no tickets, so here is what the data does show. The Maps list for New York includes boat operators that sell private hire, among them New York City Yacht Charters (4.2 from 625 Google reviews), Starship Tours and Events (4.8 from 4,396), Event Cruises NYC (4.5 from 2,678), Dream Boat NY (4.8 from 66) and Go Sailing NYC (4.9 from 86). Those ratings are Google ratings and not GetYourGuide scores, and I have no prices, capacities or boat types for them.

My advice for a New York yacht rental is to ask each operator for a quote that names the date, the hours, the number of guests and whether catering and a bar are included. A private yacht rental in New York is priced by the boat and the hour, not by the seat, so compare the same details across quotes. If your party is a birthday or a group, the shared-boat options on my dinner cruise page and party boat page may fit better, because the price is per person.

Sailboat Charter New York

A sailboat is a different product from a motor yacht, and a sailboat or yacht rental in New York is the search where the gap between a ticket and a hire is widest.

If you want a sailboat charter in New York, none of the three yacht tickets is a sailboat. The Maps list for New York names Manhattan By Sail (4.5 from 727 Google reviews), Tribeca Sailing (5 from 523) and Go Sailing NYC as sailing operators, but I have no listing, prices or schedule for them. A sailboat charter in New York is a private hire, so the details come from a quote. I’d check the licence and insurance details with each operator, which my data does not cover.

Private Yacht Charter New York

A private yacht charter in New York often costs more than a ticketed cruise for a small group, but I won’t state numbers I don’t have. What I can say from the data is that the ticketed yacht cruises start at $60 per person for 1.5 hours, which is the number to beat when you compare a charter quote for a couple. For a bigger group, a charter quote that includes catering may be better value, and that is worth asking each operator.

The Holiday Yacht Cruise

The one seasonal yacht ticket is the Classic Harbor Line holiday cruise. It costs $134, runs 1.5 hours and scores 4.7 from 572 reviews. The listing describes a heated solarium with holiday decor, hot cocoa, cookies, live carols and a jazz trio, and a sail past Battery Park, South Street Seaport, the Financial District, Governors Island, the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. It includes live entertainment, holiday cookies, one beverage and gratuity, and you meet at Chelsea Piers, Pier 62. The listing gives no fixed dates, so look at the booking page for the sailings in the holiday season.

Classic Harbor Line - New York City

NYC: Holiday Yacht Cruise with Jazz, Cocoa & Carols

• ★ 4.7 (572 reviews)
• 1.5 hours
• Free cancellation

My pick: The seasonal one: heated yacht, live jazz and carols, $134, 1.5 hours, 4.7 from 572 reviews.

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If you’d like to see every other way on the water, from the $27 sightseeing boat to the dinner cruises, go back to my list of boat tours in New York or start from the Harbour Advisor home page for other cities. If your New York yacht rental is for a party, I’d still compare a private quote with a ticketed cruise first.