Choose Cape Ann Cruises

Let Cape Ann Cruises’ event coordinator help you plan some time out of the office and on the water connecting with colleagues, clients and prospects with an unforgettable cruise. At the end of the day, business is about relations, and achieving a more harmonious and enjoyable work/life experience. Cape Ann Cruises will help you build synergy and alignment by getting everyone on the same page (or yacht in this case) and offering an unforgettable experience with beautiful views, freshly catered seafood, and a well-stocked bar. Our trips are more than a good time. Each trip is uniquely curated and customized to meet your particular goals and needs.

Gloucester Harbor is An Idyllic and Beautiful Location For Your Business Trip

Gloucester Harbor Scenic Cruise: See lighthouses, fishing boats, castles, mansions, beaches, and nature. Let the fresh salt air enliven your senses and let the breeze take your stress away.

• 2 hr/minimum Charter Duration

• Sunset Cruise & Sunrise Cruise (options)

Catering and Bar

• Catering: Cape Ann Cruises brings you the freshest seafood from our dockside Lobster and Seafood dealers in Gloucester, Massachusetts,. Gloucester is widely known for it’s amazingly fresh seafood, and is the longest running fishing port in America.

• Menus can accommodate an array of dietary requirements and can be customized to your groups needs. Please see our Catering Menu online. Our Event Coordinator will work with you to get your food orders together to ease your planning. There is a 15 person minimum pricing on catering. You may bring outside catering/food (there is *$150 setup/clean-up fee applied to the final invoice only when you bring outside catering/food).

• Bar: We have a small bar area, yet one of the North Shore’s best bartenders and can customize a drink menu to your preferences. We have a full liquor license (therefore BYOB is not allowed).

• Ordering Timeline: Catering orders and special bar drink requests are required to be submitted no later than 2 weeks prior to your cruise/charter date.

Business & Corporate Cruise Ideas:

• Team Building Cruises

• Management & Board Retreat Cruises

• Employee Appreciation Parties

• Customer/Client Appreciation Parties

• Business Socials

• Company Retreat Activities

• Retirement Parties

• Networking Event

• Sales Prospect Relational Building

• Promotions

• Celebrations

• Events Cruises for Your Particular Needs

Cape Ann Cruises Certified Event Coordinator/Planner

Our certified event coordinator has extensive experience working with corporate clients having been the Director of a 500-person event/banquet hall for over a decade before joining Cape Ann Cruises. We’ll work hard to button down all the details from planning to event execution, so you can enjoy a beautiful cruise stress-free. We’re all about helping people have a fun worry free time on the water.

Reservation: Secure Your Cruise/Charter Date

To secure your cruise/charter date, we take a 50% deposit on the hourly charter cost. You can either reserve your cruise/charter online with an online convenience fee, or call us at 978-515-0484. You’re welcome to submit the contact form as well, and we’ll get back to you, as quickly as we can.

Adventurous Trip Options

The following Trip Types may go offshore and require a longer yacht charter duration, as well as fuel surcharge based on trip distance. We typically charge an hourly rate from when we depart our dock in Gloucester, to when we return to our dock, to service your unique charter needs.

• Favorite Adventure Trips

  • Seal Watching & Nature Tours

  • Whale Watching - Private Groups

  • Fishing Charters - Deep Sea and Bluefin Tuna Fishing ( as well as striped bass, bluefish, cod, haddock)

  • Annisquam River Tour

  • Lighthouse Tours

  • Circumnavigate Cape Ann

  • Swimming/Beach Destination

  • Island Hopping 

• Custom Locations/Destinations

  • Custom Pickup/Drop-off Locations or Round-trip from Gloucester (examples - pickup in Boston and Cruise the beautiful coast to Salem, Gloucester, Rockport, Newburyport, or write us and let us know what fun ideas you have)

  • Custom Destinations (billed hourly from when we leave our dock in Gloucester to when we return): Boston, Salem, Portsmouth, Isles of Shoals, Cape Cod and South Shore, Kittery, Portland, Points in Down East Maine).

  • City (Boston) Cruises - This adds an extra 4 hours of charter fees, as Boston is a 4 hour round trip, and we can only access certain public docks.

• Foliage Cruise - a fall favorite!

• Themed Party Cruises and Other Fun Ideas

  • Halloween Cruise: Get dressed up and cruise into Salem harbor - Available throughout the month of October (or anytime if you love Halloween). 

  • Lunar events

  • Music Cruise

  • Wine/beer Tasting Cruise

• We do not allow snorkeling, diving, kayaking, wakeboarding, and water skiing from the vessel

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