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>> KNOWN FOR ITS GORGEOUS CLIFF WALKS AND BEAUTIFUL BEACHES, BUT THERE IS MORE TO THIS CITY BY THE SEA.
>> TO ENJOY NEWPORT, YOU HAVE TO SEE IT FROM THE WATER.
>> THAT’S WHERE WE BEGIN ON BOARD THE FABLE COLUMBIA.
>> PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS TWO METERS TO WIN THE AMERICAN CUP.
>> THE VICTORY EARNED THEM THE OLDEST TROPHY IN INTERNATIONAL SPORTS.
BUT HERE, HAGGERTY IS THE CAPTAIN NOW.
>> SHE HAS STILL GOT.
-- GOT IT.
>> COLUMBIA STILL COMPETES AND STILL WINS TODAY AND IT’S AVAILABLE FOR CHARTER.
ANYONE FROM AN EXPERIENCED SEAMAN TO NOT THAT.
THEY HAVE THE CHANCE TO SET SAIL AND SEE NEWPORT’S RICH HISTORY FROM AN AQUATIC POINT OF VIEW.
>> THAT HOUSE ON THE HILL IS WHERE JACKIE O GREW UP.
IT WAS THE SUMMER WHITES NOT -- WHITE HOUSE FOR JFK.
>> 12 METER CHARTERS HOST SIGHTSEEING CRUISES AND TEAMBUILDING EVENTS WITH GROUPS LOOKING FOR MORE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES.
>> WE’VE NEVER FOUND ANYBODY, OR LOST ANYBODY.
>> AND NO MATTER THE REASON THAT BRINGS YOU ABOARD, ONCE YOU ARE THERE, IT’S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO EXPLORE THE BEAUTY THAT SURROUNDS YOU.
>> THERE IS A REASON THEY PUT THEIR HOMES THERE.
>> ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS TO NAVIGATE IMPORTANT WATERS THIS TIME OF YEAR, ONE THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE A SALE -- SAIL.
>> AMY OF FISH AND TAILS ADVENTURES WILL TAKE YOU OUT ON THIS 50 FOOT FISHING VESSEL FOR A LOBSTER AND TOUR.
>> WE ARE GOING TO MAKE OUR WAY OUT OF NEWPORT HARBOR COME OUT TO WHERE OUR LOBSTER PONDS ARE.
>> ON THE WAY THERE INSIDER TIPS ON WHERE TO BUY THE BEST SEAFOOD.
>> IF YOU LOOK STRAIGHT DOWN, YOU’LL SEE A LITTLE RED ROOF FOR THE NEWPORT LOBSTER SHACK.
THAT IS WHERE YOU WILL GET THE FRESHEST SEAFOOD IN ALL OF NEWPORT.
>> INTEL ON THE CITY’S INNERWORKINGS.
>> THERE ARE ABOUT 500 PEOPLE AHEAD OF YOU ON THAT LIST.
>> ALONG WITH SOME LESSONS ON THE LIFE OF A LOBSTER.
>> LOBSTERS CAN BE OUT OF THE WATER FOR A LONG TIME AS LONG AS THEIR BODIES STAY COOL AND THEIR INTERNAL GILLS STAY MOIST.
>> THAT LEAVES PLENTY OF TIME TO GET BOTH AN EDUCATION -- >> HIS THEATER LOCATED IN HIS FIRST STOMACH.
>> AND A UNIQUE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE.
>> GIVE THIS SKY A LITTLE PET.
>> YOU FIND A LOT OF FOLKS ON TRIPS LIKE THIS ARE LEARNING STUFF ABOUT LOBSTERS?
>> ABSOLUTELY I DON’T THINK THEY HAVE GIVEN LOBSTERS MUCH THOUGHT AND THEY ARE PRETTY FASCINATING CRITTERS.
>> THIS IS A CLAW LOBSTER.
>> THEM AND OTHERS CAUGHT BY THE RESEARCH VESSEL CREW WILL ALL BE RETURNED TO THE WATER AVOIDING A PLATE FATE.
>> WHO WOULD WANT TO EAT THIS?
HE DOESN’T LOOK ALL THAT APPETIZING.
>> THE LOBSTERS LOOK HAD KEPT IT OUT OF KITCHENS FOR MANY YEARS.
SHE SAYS THE NATIVE AMERICANS AND NEWPORT USE THEM AS FERTILIZER AND DEBATE.
>> TOOK A WHILE BEFORE THEY START SHOWING UP ON DINNER PLATES, BUT IT WAS THE LAST THING YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE.
IF YOU SAW LOBSTER SITTING IN FRONT OF YOU, IT MEANT THAT YOU ARE EITHER IN PRISON, YOU ARE A SERVANT, OR PART OF ONE OF THE POOREST FAMILIES IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
>> NOW THAT THE TABLES HAVE TURNED, WHAT GREATER WAY TO APPRECIATE THE SEAFOOD SPLURGE THEREBY GETTING TO KNOW ITS BACK STORY?
>> A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE NEVER SEEN LIVE LOBSTERS UP CLOSE.
>> FISH AND TAILS ADVENTURES IS OPEN BUT AT A LOWER CAPACITY.
YOU CAN PURCHASE TICKETS AHEAD OF TIME ONLINE AND OFFER FISHING TRIPS FOR VISITORS AHEAD OF THE WATER.
VISITORS MUST WEAR A MASK WHILE FISHING, AND THE BEST PART IS