For two decades the Aurora operated as a pocket-sized cruise ship and changed hands several times until Willson spotted it on Craigslist in 2008. Willson negotiated a "really good deal" with the ...

“It’s probably one of the saddest things that I’ve had to witness in this lifetime…” Chris Willson said of cruise ship 'Aurora''s demise Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter ...

spent 15 years restoring the Aurora — a 293-foot vessel — after purchasing it online in 2008, PEOPLE previously reported A man from Utah who spent over $1 million restoring a cruise ship he ...