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It sleeps 38, the patio is huge, is admittedly a fixer-upper, but the sticker says it’s only $299,000.

“That’s all in,” realtor Judy Ross said.

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The 151 Water Street, a converted 152-foot minesweeper that is now a live-aboard ship, is for sale, much as that saddens owner Mike Fournier.

“Yes, I will miss it, immensely,” said Fournier, who, approaching 60, is only three years younger than the boat itself.

“Owning this boat is just one of those things, a rare opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”

So when he saw it for sale two years ago, he leaped.

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“It was a race. My wife was looking for some property, I was looking for a boat and I won.”

In all, there’s almost 5,000 square feet; the back deck, or patio, alone is 900 square feet.

She started life as the HMCS Fortune 151, a Cold War Bay-class minesweeper that slept 65.

Fournier has a dossier of National Defence papers listing some of its operations, including the Fortune being the flagship of the Second Canadian Minesweeping Squadron during the Cuban Missile Crisis.