Newport RI by sea

Today, 9/8/05 I was a guest of my very good friends, Ted and Rene Kenyon, and we cruised Newport harbor and then some in their Boston Whaler. We went by the New York Yacht Club which is where the organization of the Americas Cup races are planned. The Cup used to reside there, I believe, until it was won by another country a few years ago. If I recall correctly, it was Australia that won it. Anyway, I took pictures of it and am posting it here. We went by the Hammersmith Farm Estate which is where Jackie Kennedy grew up, plus many other estates. The grounds and the mansions are exquisite.

We also saw many huge yachts, some triple masted sailboats, and we also went by the Newport War College which is a magnificent campus. All in all, it was quite an experience. The weather was great, except that we had gone about 20 miles or more up into Narragansett Bay with a light tail wind, and when we were coming back it had freshened to maybe 15 mph or better, with whitecaps and a following sea, and it took us 3 times longer to get back as it did to get up to Barrington, RI.