The ship we went on today was the Millennium, which is of the same design as the CAT Ferry we took one time from Yarmouth to Bar Harbor, which is now no longer running...
It can move out at 40 knots...
It was a very comfortable ride, windy, but lots of pretty sunshine.
Also during the tour, we saw several of the famous and near famous 12 meter sailing yachts that have sailed in the America's Cup races.
Here is the Columbia at anchor:
The
1958 America's Cup marked the first Cup match sailed in
12-metre class yachts. With twenty years having gone by since the last Cup match in 1937 the
New York Yacht Club looked for a cheaper alternative to the
J-class yachts in order to restart interest in the Cup. In 1956
Henry Sears[1] lead an effort to replace the J-class yachts with 12-metre class yachts. The
Royal Yacht Squadron of Great Britain agreed to challenge with a new yacht,
Sceptre. The New York Yacht Club defended with their new 12-meter yacht,
Columbia, winning the Cup four races to none.
You can read more about the Columbia here, and it's for charter also:
http://www.12metercharters.com/columbia.asp
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