OLIVER HAZARD PERRY IN THE NEWS
Floating High School | Rhode Island PBS Weekly
Rhode Island PBS
October 20, 2024
The official maritime ambassador for Rhode Island is the tall ship, Oliver Hazard Perry. It’s named for the local naval hero in the war of 1812. The vintage-inspired ship is the largest, regularly operating civilian sail training vessel in the United States. See how it is also used as a floating classroom for local high school students to build character and learn skills for the maritime industry.
Oliver Hazard Perry CEO Capt. Jonathan T. Kabak
FIVE QUESTIONS WITH JONATHAN KABAK
Providence Business News
February 28, 2020
We continue to offer empowering programs that provide personal and professional growth aboard the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, Rhode Island’s flagship. The best way to offer these experiences is in new and innovative ways that increase access and opportunity to more-diverse audiences...It is sail training and sea education for the 21st century.
CAPTAIN JONATHAN KABAK CHOSEN FOR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE GREENHOUSE NONPROFIT LAB INITIATIVE
January 14, 2020
Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island is thrilled to announce that Captain Jonathan Kabak, our CEO, has been selected as one of the fellows for the Social Enterprise Greenhouse inaugural Nonprofit Lab. Partnering with the United Way of Rhode Island, the Nonprofit Lab seeks to "generate development of self-sustaining solutions enabling organizations to expand and accelerate their ability to create positive social impact.”
The six-month long accelerator program encompasses a 6 week "bootcamp" phase, a networking and planning phase, and a final pitch event in June, where the top three finalists will receive a total of $90,000 in prize money towards their organizations.
OHPRI ON PUBLIC RADIO (AUDIO INTERVIEW)
1540 WADK Newport, RI
November 4, 2019
We are open for business. One of the things we take very seriously in our role as the state's flagship is that we want to make it a ship for the people of Rhode Island....this is the Ocean State, and as such we should have a deep, meaningful connection to the ocean.
A crew member climbs aloft on the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry as the ship passes under the Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge
120 FT ALOFT WITH TALL SHIP RIGGER BECCA BUCKLER
WomenOffshore.com
September 16, 2019
It might seem daunting to take on a rigging project like this, on such a grand scale and with so much on the line. Becca likens rigging to putting together a puzzle. “I love constantly being challenged, to think of creative solutions to unique problems.”