Adrian McCullough started his sailing career at age 15 on a French training ship sailing throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. He has a university degree in Environmental Studies and Geography. Adrian studied traditional wooden boat building at a small school on a remote British Columbian island and has continued his maritime service aboard traditional ships and schooners, including SV Schooner Adventuress, SV Irving Johnson, SV Exy Johnson, SV Bill of Rights, SV Lady Washington, and SV Hawaiian Chieftain.  Adrian also worked with the National Park Service onboard the National Historic Landmark SV Alma (1891) as a Captain. He also worked on SV Freda B for eight seasons, serving as a master for the last three.  In early 2018, Adrian began as a rigger and adviser on Matthew Turner and is now currently the Captain.  Adrian brings extensive local knowledge and the proven ability to successfully navigate through challenging and ever changing conditions of San Francisco Bay and west coast with professional crews and volunteers while carrying passengers and students.

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.

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.

Annika “Nick” Vaughan began her sailing career in the San Francisco Bay, learning to sail and race in the local J-105 fleet. Nick has been working with Call of the Sea for two seasons on both Matthew Turner and Seaward, and is a student at St Andrew’s University, Scotland. They take their sailing, teaching, and silliness very seriously. More than anything, she hopes to bring positivity and enthusiasm to her crew mates and all she sails with! When not on the water, you can usually find Nick skiing, writing, or daydreaming about knights and dragons.