Wife, adult son, and I did this on a beautiful Sunday, the 11 am trip. There was one other 4 person family on the tour.
Our captain was Joel, and he was very knowledgeable, responsive, and friendly.
This was, for me I think, the perfect tour. First, I love being on the water but the boat goes fast so it's not boring. Up the west side of Manhattan to past the cruise terminal, to the spot Sully landed the plane, along the NJ coast back to Jersey City, around the southern tip over to the Brooklyn/Manhattan bridges, Governors Island, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and then back to the dock by Freedom Tower. Lot's of stopping for pictures, and describing interesting sights. It was about 1:45 mins which was ideal.