F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 classic, The Great Gatsby  was set on "that slender riotous island" otherwise known as Long Island. Join us on a boat tour of the bay that ignited Fitzgerald's imagination and become familiar with the peninsulas of West Egg (King's Point) and East Egg (Sand's Point). 

Yacht clubs founded before the turn of the 20th century grace the harbor and continue Port Washington's yachting tradition. The homes of such legendary businessmen as Carl Fisher and John Hay (Jock) Whitney stand as they did in the days of the Prohibition. Try to envision where Gatsby's mansion might have stood and exchange stories of "the roaring twenties" on Long Island - a microcosm of the U.S.'s pre-WWII revolution in manners and morals. 

This 2-hour boat tour of Manhasset Bay and Long Island Sound is $25 for adult tickets, $15 for children 10 years old and younger. To purchase tickets online, go to TicketLeap, or send an email message requesting a reservation to greatgatsbyboattour@gmail.com. Please include a phone number in your email.

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Payne Whitney built this stone-front and timber 14-room boathouse for his son John Hay "Jock" Whitney circa 1928. Cars, boats, his seaplane and trophies were housed here.

2011 Schedule

The next to last public tour of this season is:
Sept. 3 - 10am
A weekday tour will be open to the public on:
Tuesday, Sept. 13 - 11am

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