Newport RI
This image was taken outside of the International Yacht Restoration School on thames Street in Newport. I assume these small vessels are candidates for restoration.
The International Yacht Restoration School (known as IYRS) is a private nonprofit school focusing on training for the marine trades. Currently programs are offered in Composites Technology, Boatbuilding & Restoration, and Marine Systems. IYRS programs focus on making, building, restoring, and maintaining, using both traditional and modern materials from wood to composites and carbon fiber.
Graduate placement rates are exceptionally high with over 80% of students during the past five years employed on or within several months of graduation.
Tourists are permitted to visit a balcony which overlooks the projects currently being restored and watch the restoration take place.
This facility is not highly publicized and unfortunately few people ever stop to enjoy.
The restored boats are auctioned off a few times a year and the wooden ones sell for very moderate prices based the the hundreds of hours spent on the restoration.
Stanley
I don't recall which lens I used taking this photograph