It was a passion project that spanned around 15 years and cost over $1 million, but nearly two decades after technology ...

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 ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Christopher Willson, a 52-year-old retired engineer who spent more than 15 years renovating a cruise ship he named Aurora. The following has ...

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 ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. The owner of the SS United States has said the ship is to be sunk as planned despite a last ditch effort to save it. As previously ...

Cruise historian Peter Knego, who has followed the ship for several ... that the end of the Aurora has come around the same time that plans are moving ahead for the SS United States, once the ...