Our last day on the boat. 🙁 We took the boat to the fuel dock, gassed her up, refilled the water tanks, filled the dinghy, and pump the waste. Then we loaded the rest of our stuff into the dinghy and headed out.
We decided to stop at the Herreshoff Museum in Bristol, RI on the way home. We know a boat design called Herreshoff (there’s a racing fleet of them in Edgartown) and that’s what we expected to find at the museum. The museum was focused on the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co which was founded by 2 brothers in 1878. Nathaniel Herreshoff, one of the brothers, was a genius boat designer. He designed five sloops to defend the America’s Cup and all five of them won. Rick spent a lot of time with the tour guide who was very knowledgable and went into great detail about the boats and their history.
He recommended we go to Quitos for lunch where we had a nice lunch in a beautiful setting.
After lunch we went home. All in all, it was good to be back out living on the water but it did seem like we spent too much time in Newport. Hopefully, next year, we can find a boat to rent in Long Island so we can explore someplace new.