William Russell thought his dream of a hybrid boat-plane was finally taking off as he saw his Flarecraft rise above Long Island Sound one recent morning.

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Inmates at Kirkham Prison have previously restored a boat for Donna's Dream House, a holiday home in Blackpool for seriously ill children.

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The Dream, a mid-sized, 4, 000 passenger boat, will sail three-, four- and five-night Bahamian itineraries departing from Port Canaveral, Fla.

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We stare up at the stars and dream of reaching them, but few people look off the side of a boat and wish they could go down there.

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Yet a few years ago, she was in a boat off the coast of Australia with her grown children, living out a travel dream.

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