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Soon-to-be-SSV Oliver Hazard Perry while theirs was being completed. She is the first ocean-going full-rigged ship built in the United States in more than a century. The Oliver Hazard Perry is not intended to be a replica of any vessel from history. She is a modern sailing ship, purpose-built for training and education. Her captain is Richard Bailey, formerly of Ocean Classroom Foundation and of "HMS " Rose (now known as "HMS " Surprise in San Diego). This fall , the ship will travel south to spend the winter months in a warmer climate to conduct programs. Schedules and programs for the winter season are still being put together but will be posted on the organization's website at www.ohpri.org. (OHPRI, 29 Touro Sr., Newport, RI 02840; Ph. 401 841-0080) ... In October, applications will be accepted for the annual Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program, administered through the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. The scholarship provides support for independent graduate-level studies in oceanography, marine biology, or maritime archaeology, particularly to women and minorities. Scholarships, subject to appropriations, may provide yearly support up to $42,000. Past and current scholarship winners are listed on the program website, along with all details about the program, criteria, requirements, and application forms. (www. fosterscholars.noaa.gov/scholars.html/) ... This summer, Maine Sail Freight announced plans to use the former sail training schooner Harvey Gamage to transport 11 tons of Maine-made regional agricultural products from Portland to Boston. At press time, plans called for approximately $70,000 worth of cargo, packaged in traditional boxes, to be loaded on 27 August for transit to Boston. From there, the cargo is to be transferred to a fleet of trailer bicycles and pedaled
over to Boston Public Market and other regional outlets. Maine Sail Freight is a project organized by the Greenhorns, a non-profit organization made up of"young farmers and a diversity of collaborators" based in Essex, New York, along the shores of Lake Champlain, and in collaboration with Fiddler's Green Farm. They have previously organized sail freight voyages in New York and Vermont. The group has chartered the Harvey Gamage for four days to complete the sail. Until last year, Harvey Gamage operated as a successful sail
Schooner Harvey Gamage training vessel by Ocean Classroom Foundation, which shut down operations in fall of2014. The organization's name has been revived and the new group is working on developing sail training programs, but the new and old Ocean Classroom Foundations are linked in name only. (www.thegreenhorns.net) ... Provincetown's matriarchs are getting a facelift. For the last twelve years, Fisherman's Wharf, a popular rourist spot on the tip of Cape Cod, has been the venue for an outdoor photography exhibit titled, "They Also Faced the Sea," by photographer Norma Holt and artist Ewa Nogiec. The photos are close-ups of Almeda Segura, Eva Silva, Mary Jason, Bea Cabral, and Frances Raymond-Portuguese-American women whose portraits were taken in the 1970s by Holt as a tribute to their vital but mostly uncelebrated roles in the town,
They Also Faced the Sea
SEA HISTORY 152,AUTUMN 2015