New RI tall ship to teach sailing, travel coast
Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/24/2008 - 14:10.
The Boston Globe -- (AP) NEWPORT, R.I. - This oceanside
city of luxurious Gilded Age mansions has long been an epicenter of
yachting, its waters plied by sleek luxury vessels and sailors in the
America’s Cup races. But a large jet-black hull berthed in a wharf here breaks from the leisure boat culture. The Oliver Hazard Perry — named for a Rhode Island-born commodore who
routed a British fleet during the War of 1812 — is conceived as a "tall
ship," a loosely defined term generally applied to majestic-looking
vessels with soaring masts that conjure an earlier era of sailing. READ MORE
The Boston Globe -- (AP) NEWPORT, R.I. - This oceanside
city of luxurious Gilded Age mansions has long been an epicenter of
yachting, its waters plied by sleek luxury vessels and sailors in the
America’s Cup races. But a large jet-black hull berthed in a wharf here breaks from the leisure boat culture. The Oliver Hazard Perry — named for a Rhode Island-born commodore who
routed a British fleet during the War of 1812 — is conceived as a "tall
ship," a loosely defined term generally applied to majestic-looking
vessels with soaring masts that conjure an earlier era of sailing. READ MORE