Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island

NEWPORT, R.I. (July 16, 2010)-To steal a line from a Beatles song, Rhode Island’s Education at Sea Tall Ship, the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, is coming right along with a little help from her friends:

• Earlier this summer, a fund raiser held at Harbour Court in Newport, R.I., attracted 200 supporters–including Governor and Mrs. Carcieri, URI Dean Winnie Brownell and several other educators and state dignitaries–and raised almost $50,000 for the ship, named after Rhode Island’s famous war hero; (more…)
  

NEWPORT, R.I. (May 17, 2010) – Today, Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island (OHPRI) officially added its first civic group — the Newport Navy League of the United States — to the Oliver Hazard Perry’s growing list of supporters. Until now, the non-profit organization has relied mostly on trade groups, individuals in the private sector, corporations, charitable trusts and educational institutions to help it achieve critical mass in the development of Rhode Island’s Education at Sea tall ship, and it is hoping that other local chapters of national organizations will follow the Navy League’s lead.
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NEWPORT, R.I. (May 2, 2010) – For some non-profit organizations, it might seem precarious to have one foot on the dock and the other on a boat, but for Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island (OHPRI) it is just this situation that is helping to turn the concept of Rhode Island’s Education at Sea Tall Ship into a reality. As it stands, OHPRI already owns the steel hull of what, in 2012, will be christened the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry.  After the deck, masts, rigging, sails and electronics have been added and its at-sea education programs for secondary schools and colleges established, the Oliver Hazard Perry will sail as a 207-foot three-masted, square rigger–the largest privately owned school ship in America.  This is the platform on which OHPRI has established its fund raising and educational goals, and it has held steady in the water as more and more supporters come to realize there is little, if any, proverbial gap between the dock and this magnificent opportunity. (more…)

NEWPORT, R.I. (February 16, 2010) – Rhode Island’s weak economy has left its marine industry hurting, with many workers layed off, others scaled back to part time. The non- profit Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island (OHPRI) sees the state’s official Tall Ship, the Oliver Hazard Perry, as a boost to the situation. “Clearly if there is a $3 million-plus construction project here in the state, it’s going to do enormous things for our business and work environment,” said the group’s Chair Bart Dunbar.

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NEWPORT, R.I. (February 17, 2010) – Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island (OHPRI), the non- profit organization that is building Rhode Island’s Education at Sea Tall Ship, has announced that an Educational Symposium will be held Friday, March 12, 2010, from 1p.m. to 4p.m at the University of Rhode Island. The event, co-hosted by OHPRI, the University of Rhode Island Foundation and the Newport Chamber of Commerce and funded by the van Beuren Charitable Foundation, is designed to explore how educators can create customized courses by combining academic and experiential programs on board the SSV (Sailing School Vessel) Oliver Hazard Perry, which when completed in 2012 will sail as a 207-foot, three-masted, square-rigged Class A school ship.

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Tall Ships Rhode Island Changes Name to Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island

NEWPORT, R.I. (November 20, 2009) - Rhode Island’s Tall Ship Oliver Hazard Perry will be towed next week from Newport Harbor to Providence, where she will undergo major steel and mechanical work at Promet Marine Services.  Departure has been scheduled for Tuesday, November 24, with towing provided courtesy of Reagan Construction and its tugboat Hope. Launch service - for VIPs and media gathering for the occasion - will be donated by Oldport Marine.

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Hull Moored in Newport Harbor for the Summer

NEWPORT, R.I. (June 1, 2009) – The 132-foot hull of Rhode Island’s Tall Ship Oliver Hazard Perry has a new home for the summer.  It sits comfortably and rather ominously (due to its impressive size) on a Tall Ship mooring in Newport Harbor, awaiting its transfer to Warren, Rhode Island’s Blount Marine for construction of its deck and interior. The final fitting out of its spars, rigging and hardware will take place on the Newport waterfront at a location accessible for public viewing. When it is ready to sail in 2011 the Oliver Hazard Perry will be a 207-foot, three-masted square-rigged Class A Tall Ship, taller than the Trinity Church steeple, which currently stands as the most iconic structure on Newport’s historic waterfront.

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NEWPORT, R.I. (April 27, 2009) – After quietly spending the last six months in her winter berth at Bowen’s Wharf, Rhode Island’s Tall Ship Oliver Hazard Perry will be out on the town, Friday, May 8, when she travels across Newport Harbor to make a visit to the New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court.  That evening, an “All Hands on Deck” fund raising reception at the Clubhouse will allow guests to see the 132-foot hull up close and also participate in silent and live auctions to benefit the next stages of work on the vessel, a project overseen by the non-profit group Tall Ships Rhode Island (TSRI).

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NEWPORT, R.I. (December 19, 2008) - BankNewport today presented a $25,000 grant from its Rhode Island Foundation Charitable Fund to the non-profit organization Tall Ships Rhode Island, Inc (TSRI). The grant, presented by BankNewport President and CEO Thomas Kelly to TSRI Chairman Bart Dunbar, supports Phase I project development expenses for the new Ocean State-based sail training ship Oliver Hazard Perry.

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Reception Highlights Future Programs and Benefits

NEWPORT, R.I. (Nov. 6, 2008) – Aboard the 132-foot steel hull of Rhode Island’s future Tall Ship Oliver Hazard Perry, Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri ceremoniously raised his state’s flag today, after proclaiming that the vessel, during its construction and when it is sailing, will not only symbolize the state’s rich maritime history but also represent the importance of the marine trades to Rhode Island’s sound economic future. Once it is sailing in 2011, the Oliver Hazard Perry will be a fully operational, sailing school vessel measuring in at 207 feet in length and boasting a majestic three-masted, square rig that stands 13 stories tall. 

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