January 20th, 2026|
Like so many other shipbuilding volunteers here at Call of the Sea, Pete Strietmann noticed the tall ship tent in 2013 and wandered in to see what was happening. He started volunteering, helping build Matthew Turner twice a week, before the keel was laid. He enjoyed the wood work and building aspects of the project and the
January 7th, 2026|
Where do you come from, and were you involved with boats there? I've lived my entire life in Walnut Creek CA; however I've always had a connection to the ocean through my father being a surfer. We've had a 12-foot old-town canoe for as long as I can remember, and
March 4th, 2025|
Meet Alice Collier Cochran Call of the Sea Board Vice-Chair Growing up in Richmond, Virginia, my first experiences sailing were on family vacations in Hancock Point, Maine where my grandparents retired. My older cousin, a “summer sibling” for me as an only child, had a small wooden boat. He’d take me sailing
February 19th, 2025|
I was born in Allentown, PA, and didn’t get interested in boats until I moved to California. I restored an old canoe and then built my first cedar strip canoe. Then I got interested in sailing so I built a Cat-rigged Herreshoff dinghy, using all traditional boat building techniques. I used to travel to
January 9th, 2025|
Originally from the Midwest, Volunteer Cat Crow’s lifelong connection to the water began with small-boat sailing on Lake Michigan, canoeing in the Northwoods, and kayaking on Lake Superior. After graduating college, their passion for tall ship sailing ignited during a schooner voyage in Maine. “I have often said that I was born too late
December 9th, 2024|
Meet Volunteer of the Month Marcy Taylor Pattinson I came to San Francisco from the countryside north of Chicago in 1970, so The Bay Area has been home for the majority of my life. Even though Lake Michigan was very near by, I didn’t really sail until about 12 when
March 4th, 2024|
Where do you come from, and were you involved with boats there? I spent a 40+ year career as an emergency department nurse, helicopter flight nurse, emergency nurse practitioner, and educator. I retired in 2022 from the UC Davis Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing where I was an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Nurse Practitioner
January 18th, 2024|
Call of the Sea volunteer Mike Wing named Center for Volunteer Non Profit Leadership's annual Heart of Marin Volunteer of the Year! Mike Wing has been an active volunteer at Call of the Sea since April 2021. He is an author, scientist, and full-time science classroom high school teacher. He holds a PhD,
September 26th, 2023|
Where do you come from, and were you involved with boats there? I am a Bay Area native who returned in 2021 after 9 years in Los Angeles. Growing up here, my first tall ship was Balclutha, on which I was the Rigger's Mate during my Age of Sail overnight in 7th grade, but
January 18th, 2023|
Alan Olson on Building Tall Ships An Interview by Mo Roddy for Latitude 38's Good Jibes Podcast Alan is the founder of Call of the Sea, and was the Project Director for building brigantine Matthew Turner, logging countless volunteer hours. He built his first boat at age 22, has over 60 years of
