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http://gcaptain.com/photo-tour-of-jfks-presidential-yacht-honey-fitz/An Inside Look at JFKs Presidential Yacht, Honey Fitz
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"Kennedy is said to have spent some of the happiest times of is life on the Honey Fitz." (Original Post)
Snarkoleptic
Nov 2013
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RKP5637
(67,102 posts)1. Beautiful!!! n/t
Snarkoleptic
(5,997 posts)4. Here's a gem of a pic of JFK and Caroline aboard the Honey Fitz.
RKP5637
(67,102 posts)13. Thank you! n/t
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)2. I saw the Honey Fitz in transit a few months ago.
Cape Cod canal, eastbound. What a beautiful vessel.
Brother Buzz
(36,412 posts)3. The Honey Fitz was a fucking gin palace.....
I thought JFK, the sailor, was happier on his sloop, The Victura
Snarkoleptic
(5,997 posts)5. He certainly loved the sea!
Here's more from the article-
The yacht first gained Presidential status with President Harry S. Truman, who used it mostly as a tender for the much larger, and more lavish, Williamsburg. In all the yacht was used by five U.S. Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon but was most famous for its role as the presidential yacht for John F. Kennedy, who renamed it Honey Fitz after his grandfather.
Cha
(297,123 posts)9. I thought you weren't suppose
to rename boats.. what I've always heard.
Spirochete
(5,264 posts)11. Well, if the Honey Fitz,
wear it.
bad!
Little Star
(17,055 posts)6. More from your link....
The 93-foot wooden yacht was originally built in 1931 by Defoe Shipyard in Bay City, Michigan for Sewell Avery, a prominent businessman from Chicago, who mostly used it to cruise around Lake Michigan. The yacht was purchased, or possibly expropriated, from Avery in 1942 by the U.S. government and assigned to the coast guard.
The yacht first gained Presidential status with President Harry S. Truman, who used it mostly as a tender for the much larger, and more lavish, Williamsburg. In all the yacht was used by five U.S. Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon but was most famous for its role as the presidential yacht for John F. Kennedy, who renamed it Honey Fitz after his grandfather.
Kennedy is said to have spent some of the happiest times of is life on the Honey Fitz. During he presidency, he would use it extensively to entertain family and close friends, cruising up and down the eastern seaboard from the Potomac River in D.C. to Cape Cod.
The yacht was eventually sold to a private buyer during the Nixon Administration in 1970. Recently, the yacht underwent an extensive, two-year restoration to bring it back to its Camelot era glory days it is most known for.
The yacht first gained Presidential status with President Harry S. Truman, who used it mostly as a tender for the much larger, and more lavish, Williamsburg. In all the yacht was used by five U.S. Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon but was most famous for its role as the presidential yacht for John F. Kennedy, who renamed it Honey Fitz after his grandfather.
Kennedy is said to have spent some of the happiest times of is life on the Honey Fitz. During he presidency, he would use it extensively to entertain family and close friends, cruising up and down the eastern seaboard from the Potomac River in D.C. to Cape Cod.
The yacht was eventually sold to a private buyer during the Nixon Administration in 1970. Recently, the yacht underwent an extensive, two-year restoration to bring it back to its Camelot era glory days it is most known for.
There's some beautiful pictures at the link. Thanks. k&r
Snarkoleptic
(5,997 posts)7. Here's a pic of JFK, jr on board
Cha
(297,123 posts)10. So precious..
Cha
(297,123 posts)8. I bet! I remember the name of
JFK's Yacht from back in the day..
thanks Snark