Building a tall ship is much easier than keeping it afloat

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WHAT TO DO? Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island, the nonprofit organization supporting the state’s official school vessel and tall ship ambassador, SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, announced the ship would be docked for an indefinite amount of time as the group weighs its financial future. 
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HAZARD PERRY RHODE ISLAND/TED NEIGHBORS
WHAT TO DO? Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island, the nonprofit organization supporting the state’s official school vessel and tall ship ambassador, SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, announced the ship would be docked for an indefinite amount of time as the group weighs its financial future. 
 / COURTESY OLIVER 
HAZARD PERRY RHODE ISLAND/TED NEIGHBORS
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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