The title of this article implies that I had more work to ready the boat for the show. Well, this was clearly not the case. Except for the installing the "formal" bedspread in the master stateroom, removing the canvas covers and putting a few item away, all of which are done in the morning before the show opens, the only big item was detailing the boat. Outer Reef contracted with All Class Detailing for that project.
All Class Detailing and especially its president, Paul Minnucci, are all class. They had team members on the boat from Tuesday morning to Wednesday evening. I can say with confidence that they cleaned every inch of the boat, inside and out. Talk about attention to detail. Beyond a very thorough exterior cleaning, they restored the teak on the aft deck and swim platform (a two step process), cleaned the gas grill and detailed the tender. Paul closely supervised the project and made sure the finished product exceeded his expectations, which quite frankly were more demanding than mine.
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| Paul Minnucci President of All Class Detailing |
The bottom line was that starting on Tuesday morning Kodi and I were free to explore and enjoy Newport and that is exactly what we did. Tuesday morning we walked west to the New York Yacht Club, a distance of 3 miles.
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| Two historic homes |
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| Mega yachts along Newport's wharves. View looking northwest |
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| A Newport mansion overlooking the water |
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| The New York Yacht Club |
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| View of Newport Harbor from the NYC porch |
Wednesday we headed east, crossed the bridge and explored Goat Island, a distance of 4 miles. On the way we passed the Newport Shipyard, a yard with a 500 metric ton Travel Lift giving them the capability to haul mega yachts (see photos below). At noon Lesley and Amelia joined me for lunch at the Midtown Oyster Bar.
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| Lesley, Amelia and I had a two hour lunch here |
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| Newport Shipyard's 500 MT Travellift |
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| Three masted schooner on the hard |
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| 80 foot Nordhavn on the hard |
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| 140 foot? Mega Yacht |
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| Goat Island is reached from a causeway |
Thursday Kodi and I headed east again this time walking all the way the Newport Naval Base, a distance of 4.4 miles. This route took us past an entire block of historic homes.
Before leaving on the walk I took a photo from the flybridge. It has been fun to watch the process of transforming a bunch of boats into a sparkling in-water boat show with manufacturer banners and perfectly detailed boats.
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| View of the show looking northwest toward the Newport Bridge |
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| Guided Discovery ready to show |
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| Guided Discovery is the third largest boat in this show (center of the photo) |
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| And Kodi ready to go with her official show credentials |
The next article, "Show Time" contain a complete set of interior and exterior photographs taken by Billy Black, the renowned yacht photographer.
Written by Les.
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