Building a tall ship is much easier than keeping it afloat

Providence Business News first wrote about the Oliver Hazard Perry in January 2009 when BankNewport gave a $25,000 grant to help cover development costs for the creation of a Rhode Island-based “sail-training ship.” Nearly a decade later, citing financial difficulties, the nonprofit that oversees the Ocean State’s official sailing school vessel “paused” operations. Just to…

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