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International Yacht Restoration School
International Yacht Restoration School Review
This school, off Thames Street in a former power plant, lets you watch shipwrights and students as they overhaul historically significant sailboats and powerboats. Placards recount each boat's past. The 1885 racing schooner Coronet and the original "cigarette boat" are two standouts.
- Address: 449 Thames St., Newport, RI, 02840 | Map It
- Phone: 401/848-5777
- Cost: $5
- Hours: Apr.-Nov., daily 9-5; Dec.-Mar., Mon.-Sat. 10-5
- Website: www.iyrs.org
- Location: Newport
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