We Live Here

by Adam Knee

August 28, 2009

Nantucket's Rainbow Fleet is know for the Rainbow Parade that leads the sailboats out of the harbor for the start of the Opera House Cup during Nantucket Race Week. Learn more about the sailboats and their relationship to the island.

by Adam Knee

August 28, 2009

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  • Rainbow Fleet

    Are these boats Beetle Cats? I learned to sail in one 61 years ago in Narragansett Bay.

    Posted by Duncan Bell August 17, 2011 17:26:08

  • learning how to sail

    I learned on Ranbows at the end of the 1940s.
    Since then, I've sailed the Atlantic twice... and survived.
    THANK YOU, Rainbows!

    Posted by Arthur Gillette November 25, 2010 17:36:05

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