Need a boat? Paddlewheel Princess riverboat for sale again

The owner of a historic Manitoba riverboat thattook passengers for rides throughWinnipeg waterways for decades is once again trying to sell it,advertising"Price drastically reduced for quick sale."

Steve Hawchuck hasownedthePaddlewheel Princess for the past 48 years. Hetook out a listing for the boat this weekend.

"I thought somebody young would take itoverthere's obviously potential there," he said.

Hawchuckkept mum about his asking price, saying only that he is willing to negotiate with an interested buyer if and when the day comes.

"It's a Winnipeg tradition and we'd like to see it back again," he said.

This isn't Hawchuck's first attempt to unload the ship. In 2013, the former captain of theM.S.Paddlewheel Princess and M.S. Paddlewheel Queenput the boatup for sale, but was unable to secure a buyer.

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The ad was listed in the Saturday issue of theWinnipeg Free Press.

The Paddlewheel Princess was constructed in 1967.