About 10 years ago I did a job on the West coast in a little fishing community. I lived there for about a year. There were always about 10 - 20 tankers queued up off in the distance and the crew would shuttle back and forth to shore in these things. They are so unbelievably cool. The price has gone up quite a bit in the last few years because people are buying them and converting them to some sort of living/touring craft. I'd love to buy one but they've become too expensive.