Captain Rebecca Johnson
Rebecca got started on tall ships as a volunteer on the Barque Elissa while going to college at Texas Maritime Academy. After graduating she spent three years sailing on the schooner Mary Day out of Camden, Maine. For the past several years she has been sailing around the north Atlantic and south Pacific on the brigantines Corwith Cramer and Robert C Seamans teaching students how to sail the vessels, and conducting scientific research. Rebecca is excited about the opportunity to sail on a new vessel.
Captain Greg Terry
Greg is an avid sailor, spear fisherman, and outdoor enthusiast. After dropping out of high school, he fell in love with sailing during a semester as a student with Ocean Classroom. Greg obtained a bachelor’s in Fisheries Science from Cal Poly Humboldt. After several years working on boats in Washington, the east coast, and the Caribbean, he is excited to be sailing close to home. He aspires to learn how to fix a diesel engine.

First Mate Sam Johnson

Chief Engineer Rob Charde
Rob grew up sailing around Long Island, Peconic Bay, and various lakes near the Adirondacks since infancy. His love of the ocean and sailing assisted him in earning a Bachelor of Science in Marine Science from Stony Brook University. Over the last eight years, Rob has worked on twelve different tall ships. Of those twelve, the Shenandoah and Schooner Alvei are his favorites to crew. Rob aspires to sail around the world. Fun fact, he can lick his elbow, ask him to show you!

Second Mate Raffi Altman-Allen
Raffi grew up sailing little boats on SF Bay and started sailing tall ships as a student onboard the Robert C. Seamans, doing oceanographic research between New Zealand and Tahiti. They recently graduated from Roger Williams University with a degree in Marine Biology and Chinese. Raffi joined Matthew Turner as a volunteer in the fall of 2020 and has since then worked onboard as a deckhand-educator, education coordinator, and second mate. They are passionate both about teaching sailing and environmental education and are excited for another great season with Call of the Sea, where they will continue to build community and share their enthusiasm for the water and weird fish facts with a captive audience.

Deckhand Educator Amy Green

Deckhand Educator Sarah Patulak

Intern Jacob Slobodin
