The restored Plum Beach Light House.

On Wednes­day, August 5, mem­bers from the Aquid­neck and South County houses took a delight­ful 90 minute Light­house Cruise aboard the 400 pas­sen­ger, state-​​of-​​the-​​art, high speed cata­ma­ran Mil­len­nium, out of Quonset.

Mil­len­nium is the ves­sel that nor­mally runs the high speed ferry ser­vice to Martha’s Vine­yard dur­ing the sum­mer months. It has three view­ing lev­els, out­side sun­deck seat­ing, air-​​conditioned inte­rior seat­ing and a full-​​service bar/​galley.

It was a beau­ti­ful day and the seas were calm as we com­fort­ably cov­ered 60 miles of Rhode Island shore­line. The well nar­rated cruise (even we locals learned some new facts!) took us past ten light­houses, breath­tak­ing water­front scenery, man­sions and mil­lion dol­lar homes and a com­plete tour of New­port Harbor.

For all of this we paid a group rate of $20.00 per per­son. If you have out-​​of-​​state guests, this is a great way show them Rhode Island in a nutshell!

The 400-​​passenger, state-​​of-​​the-​​art, high speed cata­ma­ran Mil­len­nium, out of Quonset.