East River Delights 2

This has to be the strangest dinner boat in the harbor. It’d be as odd to see a Citroen DS in the Daytona 500.

Now I always knew these were called bateau mouche in French, but I assumed that since “mouche” means “fly,” as in the pesky type you shoo away, I thought there was a joke I was missing. So imagine my surprise when I learned that I Mouche was the name of the shipyard where this type of vessel is built! So if your February 14th Valentine’s event didn’t–er–rise above the mundane, check this out. If I have to wear a jacket though, leave me at the dock. Actually, take me along as crew as long as I can get left-overs and watch the other delights of the East River…

… like this one below. I can hallucinate, but my camera doesn’t lie. Does anyone know what this vessel is? It motored through very quickly last spring. Although there were a few passengers, no one seemed to be at the helm, piloted by ghosts?