If you’re on the shore, then you’re sho’ not me-oh
Let’s quickly recap a few popular representations of what it’s like to live on a boat:
Noah’s Arc – Some guy built an arc, herded a bunch of animals on board and let all his friends die as he enjoyed a zoo cruise alone with his wife.
The movie Waterworld – I’ve tried to black this out of my memory because it was a source of night terrors/is what my brain short circuits to whenever anyone mentions global warming. Essentially it’s a post-apocalyptic tale about extremely savage floating communities. Tbh, at that point, I would rather just drown and haunt Harry Potter World – I’d wait for someone to try to use a wand to move something and then actually make it move for them…but I’d only do it once. They’d spend the rest of their lives trying to make it work again.
The Carnival Cruise Triumph from 2013 – 4,200 people were forced to spend 5 days on the boat after an engine fire paralyzed the ship. Most levels of the ship flooded with sewerage waters, there were food shortages, and at night, passengers had to spoon strangers on the deck for warmth because the interior of the ship turned into a festering cesspool. See also: Lollapalooza.
I love my generation.
Here’s your shot at a boat sans dysentery, a petting zoo, Kevin Costner and all the terrible human beings on Gronk’s cruise who are sadly allowed to vote for our nation’s politicians: for a New-York-affordable $1.25 million dollars, you can call the oldest remaining historic Ellis Island Ferry your home.
Clocking in at 150 feet with an 11 bedroom floor plan, this marine mansion is an anomaly along the skyline of mundane condominiums. This boat also has a pretty stellar resume. Starting in 1907, she was first an upscale New England ferry then transitioned to a rotation as a harbor patrol boat. She was then called into duty, as she transported troops during World War I, having been outfitted with massive artillery. Following her tour, she spent the late 1920’s ferrying new immigrants into Manhattan, then returned back to transporting troops in World World II, then became a commercial tour boat before being purchased by a private citizen and making her way to the Hoboken waterfront for her final post as a house boat. The ferry’s current residents, artists Richard and Victoria MacKenzie-Childs, are now looking to sell after residing in the ship for 15 years; however their footprint will remain within her hull, witnessed in the major renovations and restorations the couple completed in tangent to their own home decor business. Much of the original wood flooring is still in place, but the upper deck has been turned into an open living area and the lower level into a ballroom, accommodating up to 150 people. I’m not going to promise anything, but being able to turn your house into a Booze Cruise 10 out of 10 times one up’s the guy from your office with the ice luge kit and the unfinished roof, featuring multiple dead pigeons.
This listing actually has it’s own website – essentially RiverEasy.
