8/29/2017 Newport, Rhode Island

From: casarollnotes.blogspot.com 

Tim and Linda Bunyan

8/29 Tuesday – day drive to:

NEWPORT, Rhode Island (Day Trip)

Sakonnet River Bridge to access Portsmouth, Middletown, and Newport to the south.

Walked from Visitor’s Center thru Newport Harbor. and then drove on along 

Just off America’s Cup Avenue, we walked on the 
Thames Street along the Wharf. 
 We entered the front office and headquarters for the:

IYRS:

International Yacht Restoration School. 

The International Yacht Restoration Institute prepares students to enter a global maker & manufacturing workforce.  
The art and science of making, building, restoring & maintaining to gain knowledge using their hands and technology they have the power to build almost anything.  3-acre campus overlooking Newport harbor. 


Internationally recognized 1993 waterfront the campus in the heart of Newport, RI: Restoration Hall, The Brooks Building, and the Aquidneck Mill Building.

Restoration of the Coronet at the IYRS.  Since 1995 on the campus of the IYRS

in Newport, this 1885 sailing vessel is being restored.
Open to public and be visited on the IYRS campus.

First launched in 1885, this elegant sailing yacht is for crossing the ocean in style.  Marble staircase, stained glass doors, mahogany paneled staterooms, and a piano in the main salon.  
131’ schooner by William Townsend & built for Rufus T. Bush by the C. & R Poillon shipyard in Brooklyn.   NY Times wrote: The Coronet placed first in 1887 for a victorious, transatlantic race against the yacht Dauntless.

Luxury powerboats boats of Newport:

Hinckley Luxury Yachts

The Black Pearl at exclusive Bowen’s Wharf.com [for festivals] (anchor of Newport) open-air, mid mall eatery with umbrellas drew a line.  We crossed over a couple of blocks to The Red Parrot.  A large assorted menu with Tim's choice of coconut shrimp wrap and I had lobster quesadilla, of course.

Drive to:

Narragansett Bay to the location of the
Newport Jazz Festival at:
Fort Adams State Park      {Home of the Newport Jazz Festival}
America’s largest coastal fortification.  

Even tho a light rainfall began, we watched the sailboats and their eager crew in the  Harbor.  

Many other vessels:
A large cargo ship filled with automobiles (all enclosed) passed by Narragansett Bay. 

The ferry jetted by at full speed conquering all by time.

Yachts were lined up around shore and one anchored outside of the Harbor.



We walked Newport Harbor seaside city on Aquidneck Island founded in 1639.

www.historicToursofNewport.com

NOTE: Brown University in Providence, RI: One-hour North (Jeff’s friend attending Brown-with interest in Rowing.)









VISITED THE VANDERBILTS

Mansions:  www.Newport.Mansions.org

The Breakers (1895) 44 Ochre Point Avenue most palatial summer residence National Historic Landmark.  Built for Cornelius Vanderbilt II.  
Italian Renaissance with 70 rooms and 138,000 sq. ft.

Marble House (1892) 596 Bellevue Avenue Build for Alva Vanderbilt designed with architect modeled after the Petit Trianon at Versailles with 5000,000 cu ft. of marble. National Historic Landmark.

The view from the 

Vanderbilt beach house