Some rich summer resident is going to buy it and try to turn it into a floating museum. I can see them trying to anchor it in VH harbor, right next to the Shenendoah
Was there a reserve on the auction? Right now the top bid is a little under $15,000.
They never ran it to Staten Island, by the way. They have 3 brand new fuel efficient ferries for the SI run, plus two passenger-only ones from the early 1980s. They would never run a single screw dinosaur like the Islander there. It's been anchored at Governor's Island since NYS bought it.