On this hot and steamy afternoon, we chose to walk to the historic downtown of Newport. We tried to rent bikes from the University, but the rental place was inexplicably closed. That meant that we got our 3 miles of walking in.
Besides the plethora of shopping available, a tourist can take a gander through the IYRS - the International Yacht Restoration School. If you want to learn about restoring old boats, this is where you can devote two years of your life to learning the craft. Beside models of all sizes and a lovely air-conditioned yacht library, you can see the big sheds where the work is ongoing, although it is slow, probably because of summer. The large boat on the right is the Schooner Yacht - the Coronet, originally built in 1885. It looks as though she'll be completely new by the time they finish her (but not in time for Christmas).
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