Hingham to Boston commuter boat
 
Boat route 		 
Walk from waterfront 		 
Boat schedule
  I took the commuter boat from Hingham to Boston from 1983 until I retired in 2018, a half-hour boat ride each way. I have always said this was the absolute best commute possible because it was relaxing and I was refreshed when I got to work and refreshed when I got home. I have always described my great commute to people, and I finally decided to document it with photos. These were taken with my cellphone on many morning trips to Boston (some sunny days, some not so sunny), mostly 2008 and some newer, and it gives you an idea of what I saw each day on my 30-minute boat ride. Each boat has a galley where passengers can get drinks and snacks, and after working all day it's especially nice to relax with a beer or a glass of wine on the way home. The boat ride is generally a pretty gentle way to travel, but I have to admit at least one time we had a little unexpected turbulence!

Please note: Many of the areas along the shore have had a lot of development since these photos were taken, mostly noticably the Hingham Shipyard, which is full of condos now, and the whole Seaport District in South Boston, which used to be a rundown industrial area but now has a federal courthouse, condos, office buildings, and restaurants. The Long Island bridge (pictured below), which was at the half-way point between Hingham and Boston, was condemned in 2014 and torn down. I made a slideshow showing the changes I've seen taking place to Fan Pier over the years. Most of these photos were taken by me on boat trips, so you will see what I see but not many of the actual boats.
Boats in Boston Harbor is another page I created with photos of some of the boats I see.
My thanks to Lynda Steverman of Boston Harbor Cruises for the photo of the swan family.

  One time a saw a guy who did not want to wait for the next commuter boat to leave for Boston. He hailed a small boat in the shipyard and hopped on board.

  See Fan Pier development photos.


Commuting by water from Hingham to Boston...   (click any photo to enlarge and start a slideshow at that point—I took most of these photos in 2008)

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For you programmers, I'm using a perl program, boat_commute.pl, to generate the content on this page.