RRS Sir D avid Attenborough with the public, receiving nearly 3 0,000 votes in a matter of days. T he sillyn ess of it all made international news, but NERC ultimately went with naming the 4 10-foot ship for Britain's wo rld-renowned naturalist and broadcas ter. Not to disregard p ublic sentiment, NERC will name on e of the ship's remotely operated sub-sea vehicles Boaty McBoatface. T he $287 millio n research vessel will be operated by the British Antarctic Survey. "Ice Ice Baby," "Usain Boat," "It's Bloody Co ld Here," an d "Clifford the Big Red Boat" we re also sugges ted-and rejected . (www.nerc.ac .u k) ... Captain Richard Bailey, formerly of the Rhode Island tall ship Oliver Hazard Perry and before that the longtime captain of "HMS "Rose (now HMS Surprise), recently signed on as captain of the schooner Spirit of
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South Carolina. The sch oon er was launched as a nonprofit school ship in 2 00 7 and was recently acquired by two C h a rl es ton busin ess lead ers, Capt. Richard Bailey Mi chael Be nnett and Tommy B. Baker, who funded a major refit of the vessel at Newport Shipyard (Rhode Island) las t fall. In June, the Spirit will head north from C harles ton to New Yo rk C ity and New England for a program
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