The Best Way to See The Sunset in Long Island
OSCA Yachting offers four, six, and eight-hour cruises, along with our special Sunset Cruise. Taking a trip on our 43-foot vessel is a perfect way to cool off in the sizzling summer. This refreshing sightseeing tour also offers an escape from the 9-5 monotony of the work week. In other words, this special NYC sunset cruise is the perfect way to recharge and jazz up your evening!
Join us, and you can enjoy a cocktail among friends on calm waters right before the sun goes down. It will be an evening to remember (or take selfies of) since the OSCA cruises past landscapes and famous building that are backlit by golden clouds and fiery sunsets. In a nutshell, the changing colors of the sky and shimmering waters is truly something to behold on our cruise.
Our Charter Sights & Stops
We’ve put together a list of some of the fun you’ll typically see when you charter one of our amazing 4, 6 and 8-Hour Trips:
4-Hour Charter Stops & Sights
Our typical 4-hour charter includes the following sights and stops:
Leaving from Manhasset Bay, we steam past the fleet of Great Gatsby mansions on Kings Point. Then, we will head into the Long Island Sound where you can see across to New Rochelle, NY, while passing Hart Island.
While visiting neighboring City Island (a part of the Bronx), there are a handful of restaurants that we can pull up to, including the ever-popular City Island Lobster House. As we head west in the LIS you can see scenic views of Queens in the distance.
Passing under Throgs Neck Bridge, you can see one the SUNY Maritime College at Throgs Point. Shortly after passing under the Whitestone Bridge, we approach Flushing Bay which is home to the famous Mets Stadium at Citi Field. This is an excellent spot next to LaGuardia Airport where you can watch the planes landing & taking off, while watching the sunset over the horizon.
Rikers Island and it’s overflow prisoner barge comes right before getting to Big & Little Brother Island, and this begins the transition into the East River where we run alongside Randall’s Island and pass under Hells Gate & Robert F. Kennedy bridges. At this point, the Manhattan skyline opens up here in Hell’s Gate, leaving us at the north end of Roosevelt Island.
Don’t see the stops and sights you’d like? Let us know! We can customize your charter to your liking.
6-Hour Charter Stops & Sights
The 6-Hour Trip is a continuation from the 4-hr Trip, and we continue moving south down the East River passing along the FDR and occasionally catching the seaplanes taking off and landing from 23rd Street Seaport Station.
From here, we can see the Williamsburg Bridge, come around the bend, and gaze at another great view of Lower Manhattan, which opens up to a more prominent view of the World Trade Center and Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges.
Don’t see the stops and sights you’d like? Let us know! We can customize your charter to your liking.
8-Hour Charter Stops & Sights
The 8-hour trip completes all five boroughs, and it sees us continuing where the 6-hour trip left off. We continue to move further south into the lower part of the harbor, where we pass under the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges and pass by Brooklyn Bridge Park. Here, we’ll see the brand new Pier 17 Outdoor Theater and pass by Governor Island.
Afterward, we can head out to the Statue of Liberty where we can see Liberty State Park, Jersey City, Hoboken and Ellis Island with a glimpse of Staten Island in the background.