Volunteer Team Profile
Tom Bissey, from Decatur, IL, grew up with a lake nearby and his family always had power boats. He was active in Sea Scouts as a teenager and and involved with the local Yacht
Chris Gallagher-Volunteer Spotlight
Chris Gallagher, Call of the Sea Volunteer & Board Member From Maryland via Maine to CA, Chris journeyed to find her career, receiving her B.A. in Environmental Education in 1983 from Dominican University of
Volunteer Matthew Turner Sewing Team
Question: When is sewing more than just needle and thread? Answer: When you are volunteering on the Matthew Turner Sewing Team. The Matthew Turner Sewing Team brings a wide range of sewing and
An Interview with Roger Fuller, Electrical Engineer
Where do you come from, and were you involved with boats there? Roger Fuller’s father was in the USCG and they moved all over the country, but the family spent their summers at Weekapaug,
An interview with Susie Woodrum, “Sewing Team” extraordinaire
"I’m a sailor from the Great State of Iowa. This statement as incredulous as it may seem is true. As a kid summer sailing, racing scows, on Lake Okoboji in the Iowa Great Lakes
An Interview with Ingrid Cabrey
How did you hear about the educational tall ship Matthew Turner? I saw the giant educational tall ship construction tent in Sausalito, California. I stopped by one day because I have always been interested
An Interview with Randall Landaiche, Software Consultant
How did you hear about the educational tall ship Matthew Turner and Call of the Sea? Ironically, I had just arrived in Honolulu after Transpac 2017, and was reading through a tattered edition of
An Interview with Peter MacInnis
How did you hear about the educational tall ship Matthew Turner? The day after retiring from my career as an optician, I enrolled in the Cal Maritime Academy to pursue my passion for all
An Interview with Adrian McCullough
Adrian was a trainee aboard a tall ship at the age of 15, during a semester at sea and was recently the Captain for a season aboard Alma, the 1891 National Historic Landmark scow schooner at the San Francisco Maritime National
An Interview with Newcomb Barger
Where is Newcomb from, and was he involved with boats there? Newcomb hails from Stanford, Connecticut. He loved sailing with his dad in the family's 35” Rhodes Eastern Interclub on Long Island Sound. After