Bristol, Rhode Island
A short trip up Narragansett Bay took us to Bristol, a historic yachting center and home to the Herreshoff Marine Museum. We took a mooring at the Museum and toured the facility that afternoon. What an amazing pair of brothers John and Nat Herreshoff were. John or J.B. became totally blind at 15 and his younger brother, Nat became his eyes. Nat was an inventive lad and the two of them soon became the forerunners in yacht design. It is a truly amazing story and to see and walk through their designs is indescribable. We learned right off that we have been pronouncing their name wrong. The second “h” is silent. It is “Hares-off”.
The Americas Cup Hall of Fame is here as well and it was quite interesting to look at all the pictures and see the history of the oldest trophy in the world.
Bristol is a beautiful town, everything that you might expect in a New England small town. If it quits raining today (Monday) we’ll get to see more.
