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| 2018 -- H 8176 Enacted 05/08/2018 |
| H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N |
| WELCOMING THE 2017-2018 VOLVO OCEAN RACE TO NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, ON MAY 19-20, 2018 |
| Introduced By: Representatives Carson, Abney, Ruggiero, Morgan, and Mattiello |
| Date Introduced: May 08, 2018 |
| WHEREAS, The prestigious Volvo Ocean Race is a yacht race around the world, held |
| every three years. While the route varies from year to year, the race typically begins in Europe in |
| mid-October and concludes sometime in June after an eight to nine month journey. Each entry |
| has seven to eleven crew members who race day and night for up to twenty days at a time and |
| experience temperatures that range from 23 degrees Fahrenheit to 104 degrees Fahrenheit; and |
| WHEREAS, The 2017-2018 Volvo Ocean Race is the 13th time this competition has |
| been run. The current race began in Alicante, Spain, and will run through numerous ports of call |
| across the world including Lisbon, Portugal, Cape Town, South Africa, Melbourne, Australia, |
| Hong Kong, China, Guangzhou, China, Auckland, New Zealand, Itajai, Brazil, Newport, Rhode |
| Island, United States, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Gothenburg, Sweden, and The Hague, |
| Netherlands; and |
| WHEREAS, Newport will proudly host the Volvo Ocean Race for the second time, as it |
| also hosted this important race in 2015 for the 12th edition of this race. The City By The Sea, one |
| of our nation’s most important sailing hubs, is the perfect place to hold leg 9 of the Volvo Ocean |
| Race and the In-Port race thanks to its incredible beauty, delectable food, first-class restaurants, |
| wonderful shops, taverns and galleries, glorious coastline, dazzling beaches, and a community |
| whose passion for sailing rivals any place on the globe; and |
| WHEREAS, Newport is also fortunate to be the home of Sail Newport, Inc, an |
| organization founded in 1893, and dedicated to bringing the joy and excitement of sailing to the |
| wider public, and to preserving our precious natural resources. Thanks to its hard work and |
| dedication, Sail Newport is New England’s largest public sailing center and Rhode Island’s |
| premier public sailing site; now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
| Providence Plantations hereby welcomes the 2017-2018 Volvo Ocean Race to Newport, Rhode |
| Island, on May 19-20 of 2018; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
| transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Henry F. Winthrop, Mayor of |
| the City of Newport. |
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