( CNN ) -- A beer-tasting cruise around New York 's Lower Manhattan fizzled Saturday when the tour company 's sailboat ran aground near the Statue of Liberty . None of the 121 passengers and nine crew members suffered injuries , CNN affiliate WABC reported , but it took about an hour and a half for the Coast Guard , fire department , police and the National Park Service to get the passengers back to land . `` He got stuck on the reef , and then all of a sudden the boat stopped and nothing was happening , '' passenger Brandy Hamm told WABC . `` Then the police came and got us and took us back to shore and it was fine . '' The `` Craft Beer Tasting Sail '' takes place aboard the Clipper City , a replica of a 19th-century schooner operated by Manhattan By Sail . Passengers are promised magnificent views of the New York skyline while sampling locally brewed beers . Tickets for the one-hour , 45-minute cruise cost $ 65 . The boat was booked for a wedding Saturday night , but the event had to be canceled after the incident . Wedding guest Jenny Fiechter told WABC the bride would be especially disappointed : `` This was the thing she was most excited about . '' A representative of the tour company could not be reached for comment late Saturday .
Sailboat runs aground near the Statue of Liberty . The U.S. Coast Guard says it is investigating a sailboat that ran aground on New York's East River and was towed to shore. It took an hour and a half to get passengers back on land .