The past decade has been a mixed bag for tall ship enthusiasts in the North East. On the one hand the HMS BOUNTY, which for years had a rotten foremast and was being kept afloat by a motor driven pump, has been restored and is back sailing again. She is currently on the West Coast, which is either good or bad news depending on how you look at it. The HMS ROSE was purchased for the movie Master and Commander and is now in the care of the San Diego Marine Museum and is no longer a sail training ship.
The great news is that Captain Richard Bailey, long captain of the ROSE, is leading an effort to build the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY, a three masted training ship to be completed in Newport, Rhode Island, named in honor of the Newport Naval hero. Commissioning is planned for 2010.
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