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'''The Yacht Restaurant''' (initially the '''Good Neighbor Restaurant''') was a floating restaurant located at the [[Pitt Slip]] marina in [[downtown Pensacola]] between [[1986]] and [[1999]].
The ship was built in [[1930]] as a private luxury vessel. It was bought by the Royal Canadian Navy a decade later, and after six years was converted to a hospitality ship for the City of New Orleans.
In February [[1995]] about 200 diners had to be evacuated when the ship, overloaded by passengers on one side, began to sink.
The Yacht closed in 1999, when Cross decided was evicted from Pitt Slip for failing to renovate pay several months' rent.{{fact}} He renovated the ship "as a sideline." He and claimed the legal battles related to the sign, along with rising rent and lack of parking, led to his decision him to leave the Pensacola area (Cross failed to make rent for several months before being evicted not by his decision to leave). "I enjoyed it as a restaurant. It was a hobby, and I might want to get back into that someday. But I'm tired of the battle and I hope to take it where it will be appreciated."
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