#Aphrodite boat watch hill portable#
In 2003, Chuck Royce, of Royce Mutual Funds, found Aphrodite languishing in Florida and brought it up to the Brooklin Boatyard in Maine for a total, two-year restoration. If you love to boat watch then this is the place Taking pride of place in the centre of the terrace is the 10 metre kidney-shaped pool, which has shallow end and on the terrace there is a portable barbeque here for those unforgettable meals in such a perfect setting. Believed to have been abandoned by a traveling carnival around 1879, and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987, it’s officially the oldest, still in operation in the United States carousel that features individual (hand-carved) horses suspended from chains. In the '60s Whitney donated Aphrodite to charity, and it eventually went through several owners and various states of disrepair. Catch up with the famous Flying Horses at the pavilion on Bay Street. He also entertained on the boat, with a guest list running from Fred Astaire and Spencer Tracy to Shirley Temple. After the war, when Whitney was the publisher of The New York Herald Tribune, he sent Aphrodite every morning from his then summer home on Fishers Island to New London to pick up the morning papers. It also was arguably the prettiest commuter boat on the water, with its signature torpedo stern, long, low, black profile, and gleaming mahogany.ĭuring the Second World War, Whitney gave the boat to the Navy, which used it to carry dignitaries (including President Roosevelt) up and down the East Coast. Burgess Hill - UK (By Appointment Only) Or Call Us. Purdy-built Aphrodite to go fast, with twin 1,500-hp Packard airplane engines. U-Boat Watch Darkmoon 44 Steel Mesh - 2021 EDITION 8463/B/MT 850.00 990.00. It was commissioned by John Hay "Jock" Whitney in 1937 from the Purdy Boat Company in Port Washington, on the north shore of Long Island. Once the pride of the Gold Coast commuter boats that whisked financiers from their Long Island homes to their Wall Street offices in the 1930s, Aphrodite, one of the most easily recognized boats on the water, is now the pride of Watch Hill, having been totally restored back to her former glory.Įven in its original incarnation, Aphrodite was never just another pretty commuter boat. 12 of you will be treated to a priceless 2 hour cruise on the iconic Aphrodite while enjoying wine, beer, and hors d' oeuvres.
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