Archive for July, 2008

Youth to Sail Aboard Tall Ship Spirit of South Carolina

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Tall Ships Rhode Island, Inc., Provides Platform for Education at Sea

NEWPORT, RI (July 22, 2008) — With its announcement of a Tall Ship for Rhode Island barely out of the bag, the Newport-based non-profit organization Tall Ships Rhode Island, Inc. (TSRI) is already enabling a rich sea-education experience for youth. On Wednesday, TSRI, which earlier this month announced its intention to purchase the steel hull of a 207 ft. three-masted, full-rigged ship from a Canadian group and transform it into Rhode Island’s own Tall Ship Oliver Hazard Perry, will host a group of young adults aboard the Charleston-based sailing school vessel Spirit of South Carolina. The program is an extension of a program that TSRI began last year during its Amica Insurance Tall Ships Rhode Island 2007 festival and plans to continue when the Oliver Hazard Perry is ready to set sail.

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Tall Ship Enroute to Newport–This Time to Stay

Monday, July 7th, 2008

The Tall Ship Oliver Hazard Perry Will Make Newport, Rhode Island its Home Port

NEWPORT, RI (July 7, 2008) — Tall Ships Rhode Island, Inc., (TSRI) has announced it is well on its way to making the dream of a Tall Ship for Newport and Rhode Island come true. The Newport-based, non-profit organization, which has brought several magnificent Tall Ships events to Newport’s shores over the past decade and a half, will purchase the steel hull of a majestic 207 ft. three-masted, full-rigged ship from a Canadian group and will transform it into a dynamic and vital symbol of Rhode Island’s maritime history. To be named after Newport’s famous naval hero, the Tall Ship Oliver Hazard Perry has a completion date of 2010, but its hull will arrive on Rhode Island shores as early as this September.

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