{"id":430352,"date":"2022-04-12T01:32:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T22:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/snls-colin-jost-takes-his-staten-island-ferry-for-a-joy-ride\/"},"modified":"2022-04-12T01:32:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T22:32:51","slug":"snls-colin-jost-takes-his-staten-island-ferry-for-a-joy-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/snls-colin-jost-takes-his-staten-island-ferry-for-a-joy-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;SNL&#8217;s&#8217; Colin Jost takes his Staten Island ferry for a joy ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40c98cabdc2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40c98cabdc2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/snls-colin-jost-takes-his-staten-island-ferry-for-a-joy-ride\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98SNLs_Colin_Jost_takes_his_Staten_Island_ferry_for_a_joy_ride%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;SNL&#8217;s&#8217; Colin Jost takes his Staten Island ferry for a joy ride&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98SNLs_Colin_Jost_takes_his_Staten_Island_ferry_for_a_joy_ride%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;SNL&#8217;s&#8217; Colin Jost takes his Staten Island ferry for a joy ride&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d star Colin Jost opened up Monday about falling in love \u2014 with the old ferry he picked up at auction with co-star Pete Davidson and their business partner.<\/p>\n<p>As his beloved John F. Kennedy vessel \u2014 a recently decommissioned Staten Island ferry \u2014 set sail for the first time since the unlikely purchase, Jost reminisced about childhood <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>s on the boat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI took this exact boat every morning at 7 a.m. to go into high school in the city,\u201d the co<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>n told The Post before boarding the ferry at the St. George Ferry Terminal. \u201cIts cool. It\u2019s weird to be back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jost, a Staten Island native, bought the storied boat with Davidson and business partner Paul Italia in January for $280,000 \u2014 with plans to turn it into an entertainment space.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, he took the ride as it was towed to a temporary berth at a nearby shipyard, enjoying the fresh sea air with his father and 96-year-old grandfather.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted my grandpa to see it. He\u2019s 96 and he\u2019s been on Staten Island for his whole life,\u201d Jost explained.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-08.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"John F. Kennedy vessel\" class=\"wp-image-21862488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Colin Jost with the production crew as the former Staten Island Ferry John F. Kennedy is towed away from the St. George Terminal Monday, April 11, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Hailey Brown\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The John F. Kennedy vessel is a recently decommissioned Staten Island ferry.\" class=\"wp-image-21862483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The John F. Kennedy vessel is a recently decommissioned Staten Island ferry.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Gregory P. Mango<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-10.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Pete Davidson Colin Jost\" class=\"wp-image-21862490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Jost bought the boat with Pete Davidson and business partner Paul Italia in January for $280,000.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jost said his father, who taught engineering at Staten Island Technical High School for 30 years, also had a special <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>reciation for the ship\u2019s simplicity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is such a crazy old mechanical boat. You don\u2019t see anything like this anymore,\u201d said Jost, who is married to Scarlett Johansson. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd there\u2019s nothing digital. There\u2019s like no digital components on it. It\u2019s all weird switches and levers and pulleys and things that I don\u2019t understand at all but I think my dad maybe does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He fondly recalled riding the boat every day as part of his daily commute to high school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I had like, my kids that I met up with who are also commuting in and we had like our section that we would always sit in and stuff,\u201d he said. \u201cI went to Regis [High School], so Regis had a section. Xavier had a section. Kids that go to Stuyvesant had a section, La Guardia. It was kind of this weird, almost like a kind of cafeteria vibe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The erstwhile Staten Island ferry took a short spin around the Statue of Liberty for a photo-op, then was pulled three miles up the Kill van Kull to Caddell Dry Dock and Repair on Richmond County\u2019s north coast.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-07.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"JFK Ferry\" class=\"wp-image-21862487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Jost has nostalgic memories of the ferry, \u201cI took this exact boat every morning at 7 a.m. to go into high school in the city,\u201d. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Hailey Brown\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"John F. Kennedy ferry\" class=\"wp-image-21862484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>There are plans  to turn the ferry into an entertainment space.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Gregory P. Mango<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe get all the fun jobs,\u201d Dorothy Julian, CEO of tug firm Henry Marine Services, told The Post. <\/p>\n<p>Two of her craft \u2014 the Pelham and the Robert IV \u2014 guided the JFK around Lady Liberty and back. The ferry has been unable to move under its own power since an engine failure last year hastened its decommissioning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Monday marked the first time the ship has moved since the funnymen saved it in January.<\/p>\n<p>The trio has said they plan to turn the boat into an entertainment venue, permanently moored somewhere in the New York area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMusic, comedy, and anything else you could think of,\u201d Italia said Monday of his plans for the ship. \u201cI mean, we really want it to be a place that you can perform for, we hope, over 1,000 people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The trio has yet to secure a permanent location for the ferry, however. <\/p>\n<p>In January, Italia told The Post he envisioned a Manhattan mooring \u2014 though with Staten Island and Long Island making pitches, the bridge-and-tunnel crowd has been jostling to host the boat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s got a safe place to stay afloat while they decide what their plans are,\u201d Steve Kalil, head of the Caddell dry dock, said Monday. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-04.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"JFK ferry\" class=\"wp-image-21862485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pete-jost-ferry-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The trio has yet to secure a permanent location for the ferry.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Gregory P. Mango<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Caddell holds the contract to repair the city\u2019s current Staten Island Ferry fleet, and as of Monday evening, the JFK was berthed next to the John J. Marchi, an in-service ferry undergoing repairs.<\/p>\n<p>Kalil said there weren\u2019t any plans to repair the JFK at the moment. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you could see, the boat\u2019s in great shape. And it doesn\u2019t need repairs to float,\u201d Italia said Monday. \u201cAnd that\u2019s all we want it to do is float. So there\u2019s not really any mechanical repairs that we foresee.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The safe berth might help the JFK avoid the same fate that befell the Mary Murray, a Staten Island Ferry purchased in 1975 by a New Jersey boat enthusiast who dreamed of turning it into a floating restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>The Mary Murray rusted away unused on the Raritan River for 30 years before being broken down and sold for scrap.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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