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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.

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