I appreciate the feedback. I've done a fair bit of digging online and I was going to wait until closer to the spring time before I reached out to the club directly. I just figured that there maybe someone from the club checking out the message boards.
I've never actually been on the ferry. I am thinking about taking the wife and kiddies up to Newport for the Volvo Ocean Race stop in May. If we do, we will definitely be taking the ferry just for the fun and excitement of it.