Most people call this body of water "Narragansett Bay", but not many people call it "The Bay of the Narragansetts".
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| A moment in mid October of 2015 when the wind blew lightly. It was enough breeze however to move the classic 12 meter yacht "Northern Light" (US 14) about nicely with the Newport Bridge and Rose Island Lighthouse as backdrops. |
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| Serpent water fountain at the head of Eisenhower Park in Newport. |
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| Looking eastward across Narragansett Bays' West Passage from the John Chaffee Preserve. The land in the background is Conanicut Island. A tugboat makes way southward and in a breezier moment what I'd guess to be a Pearson 30 sailboat makes way northward under jib alone. |
The term "Bay of the Narragansetts" comes from some of the primary historical sources of the early years of Plymouth (Plimoth, or Plimmoth-- in the days of the Pilgrims travelling across the sea in the Mayflower it was the sign of a learned person to spell words many different ways) Plantation. Some of these primary sources are "Good News From New Plimmoth" by Edward Winslow. "Mourts Relation", and "Of Plimoth Plantation" by William Bradford.
Fair Winds
Captain Bill
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