The Brief A group of 16 local students celebrated over a year of hard work as they launched a handcrafted, 16-foot wooden vessel on Saturday into the water at India Basin Waterfront Park. The vessel will remain at India Basin Waterfront Park as a permanent fixture for the community, offering public rides every other Saturday. A group of 16 local students celebrated over a year of hard work as they launched a handcrafted, 16-foot wooden vessel on Saturday into the water at India Basin Waterfront Park. Marking the 61st boat produced under the national Rocking the Boat program, the replica was launched alongside the original 1906 vessel. The vessel will remain at India Basin Waterfront Park as a permanent fixture for the community, offering public rides every other Saturday.