Stunned turtles coming ashore on the Cape

capecodonline.com - Bob Prescott of the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary holds one of the cold-stunned sea turtles rescued on Cape beaches last week. - Cape Cod Times/Steve Heaslip

SOUTH WELLFLEET - More than a dozen cold-stunned Kemp’s ridley sea turtles washed up on Cape beaches in the past few days, marking the beginning of the region’s turtle stranding season.

After a warm fall, the water temperatures are finally dropping below 50 degrees. It’s too cold for the sea turtles, which were supposed to have moved south for the winter by this time.  Full story

Kick-Off your New Year at the Boat Show

The Providence Boat Show opens this year on January 7, the first Thursday of the year, and continues through Sunday, January 10. Exhibitors will be showing the latest ways to ring out the old when they bring in their new boats for 2010 at the first winter boat show in New England. Some of the special features include:

BOAT GIVEAWAY… Enter to win a new Walker Bay inflatable boat donated by Maritime Solutions of Portsmouth and benefit the scholarship fund of MY TURN, an organization that assists the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association in delivering education and training services to the State’s youth.

FREE CPR COURSE…, producers of the Show have selected the RI Chapter of the American Red Cross as its official charity. The Red Cross will be giving demonstrations of good First Aid practices at the show on Saturday and, in addition, they will be offering a free three-and-a-half hour CPR/Defibrillator Certification Training Course (a $45 value) at the Show that same day to the first 26 people who sign up on our web site.”

KIDS PROGRAM…The “Bassmaster Casting Kids” program is back! It’s sponsored by the Rhode Island B.A.S.S Federation Nation, a great group of people who take the time to teach and get kids excited about fishing. Both kids and parents love this program and its part of what makes the Providence Show a family fun event.

www.providenceboatshow.com

Local apparel maker wins (Greenest)

Green-Inspired SailProud has been judged a 2009 StartupNation Category Winner for “Greenest Business” in their annual competition.

SailProud Apparel is a young maker of sailing apparel based in Boston that recently announced a strong and focused shift to a completely “green” fiber-base. The new gear will be constructed completely from recycled plastic bottles, reclaimed industrial acrylic and cotton waste, hemp, soy, bamboo, and Amazonian berry.

Find out more about SailProud.

Lure Building Workshop

On December 12, 2009 at 11:00 AM the RISAA Juniors will meet at the West Bay Yacht Club in Warwick for a lure building workshop. This event is open to all RISAA children.

Armand Tetreault of RI Poppers will supply the materials and know how for each child to hand paint two wooden lures. Details

Find out more about RISAA

The LNG Threat

You can join members of the Bay Community in the fight against Hess LNG and find out more here.

Herreshoff Holiday Open House - December 10

You’re invited. Find out more.

NEB ready to rebuild

eastbayri.com - PORTSMOUTH - New England Boatworks has received permission from the town to rebuild its manufacturing facilities that were destroyed by fire this past April. Full story.

Whaling Museum gets $1.5M for facelift

turnto10.com - NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - The New Bedford Whaling Museum is getting $1.5 million in federal funds to help upgrade its historic Bourne Building.

The building is a key part of the museum and is home to the largest ship model in existence. More

Slow news week

Do you like fishing and have some time to kill? Check out this video taken at Brenton Reef in Newport. This is what goes on under your boat.

Pinned

Sat- 11/28, 1:20pm. If you’re in Rhode Island you know its ripping out of the west. If you are somewhere else you could check our weather station and have the same information. The image shows the needle pinned at 35 knots and a gust to 49 knots.  A neat software feature produces that  red outline which only shows up when it is pegged. Check out the archive for mid-day. The average didn’t drop below 22 knots for 3 hours!

OHP on the move video

From - turnto10.com

Rhode Island’s Tall Ship

Wednesday Nov,26. Rhode Island’s future Tall Ship, the Oliver Hazard Perry, gets towed from Newport by the tug boat Hope. The 132-foot hull will undergo major steel and mechanical work at Promet Marine Services in Providence this winter. When it is completed in 2011, the Class A Tall Ship will measure in at 207 feet and boast a majestic three-masted, square rig that stands 13 stories tall. It will be a 21st Century version of the naval vessels used in the Battle of Lake Erie, where Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry commanded a victorious fleet.

Photo - Onne van der Wal/OHPRI

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Search continues for missing fisherman

Rhode Islands Tall Ship update

Rhode Islands Tall Ship project receives a big donation and will move to Providence tomorrow.

Kevin McCarthy (left), President & CEO of NewportFed, and Bart Dunbar, Chair of Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island, with the hull of Rhode Island’s future Tall Ship. The NewportFed Charitable Foundation has pledged $10,000.00 over the next two years to support the Oliver Hazard Perry and its Education at Sea program. Image - Mark Dobrott

Tuesday the 132-foot steel hull heads north for a visit to Promet Marine.

“We are calling it a shave and a haircut, but it’s actually preparation for Phase II construction,” said Perry Lewis, vice chair of the non-profit Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island (OHPRI) organization (formerly Tall Ships Rhode Island), “The ship’s bottom will be power washed and zincs and anti-fouling paint applied; the now-iconic bulwarks will be cut off in preparation for the new deck.

Once it is sailing in 2011, the Oliver Hazard Perry will measure in at 207 feet in length and boast a majestic three-masted, square rig that stands 13 stories tall. It will be a working vessel, supporting itself from educational programs, with an office, staff and crew that has a budget of $1 million each year.

Find out more and get involved here.