The cameras are almost a half a mile from the boat harbor, and as I understand it, the cameras take pictures every so often.

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And for the cost of a cheap public transport ticket you can ride the harbor boat-bus around the entire channel and see the same sites as the tourist boats (and even hop off and on along the way).

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"Personally I find it a bit silly to have such a big boat and drive it into the harbor, " says Bassani, whose past yachts have been designed for maximum curb appeal.

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The Calverts lived part-time on their yacht, docked at the island's Harbor Town Yacht Basin, the same marina where they managed boat slips.

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The free boat ride takes about 25 minutes and the ball field, which has sweeping views of New York Harbor and the Manhattan skyline, is adjacent to the ferry terminal.

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In 1947, the Hughes H-4 Hercules, an eight-engine flying boat, built by Howard Hughes, made its one and only flight of just over a mile in Los Angeles harbor.

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