LAY DAY IN NEWPORT



Wednesday last week was the UBS Trophy "lay day" (day off from racing) so I took the gang of five for a tour of Newport and then rented two J/22s from Sail Newport. We did a harbour cruise until the seabreeze asserted, then had a fine afternoon of sailing out on Narragansett Bay past Hammersmith Farm (Jackie's family home where JFK had his "Summer Whitehouse"), over to Clingstone (the house perched on the rock near Jamestown), and a flyby past New York Yacht Club's spectacular Newport clubhouse, "Harbour Court" (the old Brown Mansion).

The photo above of Paul, Colleen (see below) and myself was taken by Barb Johnson who was sailing on the other J/22 with Tom Sr and Lynn. Notice, please, that we did all have our life jackets on as required by the Sail Newport rules, nor is there any evidence of alchohol on board.