Yeah, it's cheap but time consuming. I really want to figure out a way to shorten the ship times, but if the boat is docked taking tickets for 4 hours in the Seaport and, say, four hours in Modan, then that leaves me 16 hours that needs to get taken up by travel time, so it's 8 game ticks either way. It's hard to shorten that up time wise unless I move where they pop in because other boats are trying to dock at their set schedules.

I'll probably take a look at moving the ferries to a ferry spot. That'll shorten up the travel times. In the mean time, it's not a bad idea to take a boat while you go and grab a beer!