KERRY AND THE CUP

Turns out not only JFK...



...was at the 1962 AC in Newport, but John Kerry was as well. He was dating an Auchincloss (Jackie's family) when he met JFK in August that year, and was invited for a sail with the President on the 62-foot Coast guard yawl Manitou.







When the President attended the Cup races in September, apparently Kerry was invited along on the naval vessel, the USS Joseph P Kennedy, that served as the JFK's spectator boat. The other JFK, second from right.







More at http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/presents/index.kerry.html, and my thanks to Peter Huston for forwarding this link.