Gogarty ,,, that's right ,, around NY there are a bunch of cruise ships that
do Weddings..

I've been on a couple ..

There is the "Britney Spears" , and then I sailed on the "Pamela Anderson".

One very large boat is the "Liz Taylor" ,, a bit old but huge.

Over on the NJ shore there is the Eddie Fisher and the Za Za Gabor. Both
nice ships, although on the old side.

For a real new boat? Try the K-Fed . It is one of the Feder Line's new
ships.


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My fiance and I would love to get married on a boat. What can you tell
me about getting married by a captain of a boat?

How large a vessel do you want to get married on? Many cruise ships have
chapels and no doubt a minister or two if the captain doesn't qualify. I
suspect a direct question to any of the shipping lines would bring a
fast and authoritative answer.

But if it';s just a wedding on the water you want, well, booze cruises
everywhere make their money with weddings on board. My niece got married
in a Buddhist ceremony on a booze cruiser on the Potomoc at Alexandria,
Va. A great time was had by all. Around New York there are many such
vessels. Sometimes the wedding is on board, even with multiple clerics
in the case of mixed marriages. Then they sail off down the East River
and around the Statue of Liberty, ironically.

As for the separation of civil and religious weddings, in Europe only
the civil wedding counts. My wife and I have been married three times,
two in Vienna, Austria, one in New York. One civil wedding and two
different religious ones. In the States, all you need is the marriage
license then any qualified person my perform the ceremony. The religious
wedding is also the civil one.