Keep the Catch Lobster Excursions Take Your Bachelor Party Out to Sea

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Get ready to blow the basic groomsmen golf outing out of the water.

Keep the Catch Lobster Excursions at Battery Wharf Hotel on the Boston Waterfront are once-in-a-lifetime boat excursions that are a great way to hang with your wedding party.

You’ll head out on an authentic lobster boat aptly named the Sixpence—an ironic nod to the tradition of a bride carrying a sixpence in her shoe—for a two-and-a-half-hour tour around the Boston Harbor. Once you get to a prime location, Captain Fred of Two Buoys Lobster will teach you how to bait, drop, and haul in lobster traps. In between how-to sessions, you and your other fledgling first mates can enjoy the sighs and sounds of the bustling harbor and learn more about its great history.

Finally, after a day at sea, you and the crew return to Aragosta restaurant, where the chef will prepare your lobster bakes and serve them over outdoor fire pits.

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The boat leaves from the hotel every Saturday at 1 p.m., and this event runs through September—fingers crossed, there are talks of running longer. The Sixpence accommodates a maximum of six guests per excursion, so you could book for your entire groom party or just keep it with your Best Man for a one-on-one. Dinner reservations are required at time of booking; choose either a 5 p.m. or 7 p.m. dinner time slot.

$60 per person for boat ride, $45 per person for lobster bake. For reservations, call 617-994-9016.

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