Tall Ship Oliver Hazard Perry Begins Year-Round Local Programming

In February we posted that the tall ship Oliver Hazard Perry was entering drydock and that the mission and strategy of Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island (OHPRI), the organization operating the ship, was being reconsidered. Rather than focussing on distance sailing, … Continue reading

New Directions for SSV Oliver Hazard Perry — Best Wishes to Captain Kabak & OHPRI

We recently posted that the Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island (OHPRI) organization had taken a “strategic pause” to rethink its strategy for the financial sustainability of the SS Oliver Hazard Perry, the largest civilian Sailing School Vessel in the United States. Now, the organization has announced a new … Continue reading

Tall Ship Oliver Hazard Perry Pausing for a Reset

Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island  (OHPRI), the non-profit organization behind Rhode Island’s Official Tall Ship SSVOliver Hazard Perry, has announced a pause in operations to rethink its strategy for the ship’s financial sustainability.   The 200-foot three-masted sailing school vessel, which was seven … Continue reading

Rhode Island’s Tall Ship Oliver Hazard Perry On Schedule For Anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie

There is still more steel to be welded, rigging to be run, and money to be raised, but the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, Rhode Island’s Tall ship, looks to be on schedule to be sailing in time for the 200th … Continue reading

Congratulations to Richard Bailey – Official Captain of SSV Oliver Hazard Perry

Congratulations to Richard Bailey who has been appointed captain of the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, which, when commissioned next summer, will be among the largest and most sophisticated school ships built in America in recent decades.  The Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island organization … Continue reading