
The man who bought a cruise ship on Craigslist
CNN
Former web developer Chris Willson has spent the last 14 years renovating a 293-foot "pocket" cruise ship he bought from Craigslist and hopes to transform it into a museum.
(CNN) — It's not every day that you spot a cruise ship for sale on Craigslist. So Chris Willson was immediately intrigued when he stumbled across a 293-foot vessel listed on the classified advertisements website back in 2008.
The retired "pocket" cruise ship, built in Germany, was moored in the California Delta at the time, and its then owner was keen to offload it.
After seeing the listing pop up numerous times Willson, who was working on developing virtual reality tours, decided to do some investigating.

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