January 19th, 2023|
80 years of History and Community Written by, Issalina Sowry - Terra Linda His School MarinSel student and Call of the Sea intern In the early 1940’s, Marin City became home to thousands of Black Americans who did important work building warships at Marinship, Sausalito’s waterfront shipyard during the peak of World War
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
September 29th, 2021|
Testimonial From a Parent of Youth Sailors The kids and I had a lovely time on the Matthew Turner on Saturday, thank you so much for organizing the outing for us. I love that it was as immersive as we wanted it to be -- rather than trying to elicit
January 5th, 2021|
Charlie grew up where there were no boats, in Redding, CA, on a ranch. Attending both Cal Poly and Cal Maritime, he proceeded to work as an engineer on boats, as an administrator, and as a Director of Engineering for various fleets before starting his own company 30 years ago where he has done
December 21st, 2020|
On this shortest day of the year, this message will also be our shortest of the year: Call of the Sea, its vessels and crew, are hunkered down during the darkest hours of the pandemic, discouraged, but determined to sail again. We take comfort in hopeful words of others who have experienced darkness in
December 12th, 2020|
Dominican University Public History Program Dave Anderson, Call of the Sea's Deputy Director worked remotely with Dr. Jordan Lieser of Dominican University and his Public History class during 6 months of the pandemic to develop a series of podcasts and videos to augment the history curriculum for our students. Dominican
November 27th, 2020|
Papa Hemingway’s writing means more to me now that I am old than when I was a boy and first read his last work of fiction. The short novel begins by describing what the main character, Santiago, did not have: “He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf
October 30th, 2020|
Donate Today! “Students are incredibly inspired to be back together again – to play, to follow, to work as a team and to be in this atmosphere of learning together again.” Steve Kielar, Call of the Sea Director of Education Your support will bring more boys and girls to the
October 20th, 2020|
What is the Aloft Seamanship program? A four hour course in the art, & skill of sailing and navigating a ship, for all ages and genders. Seamanship builds teamwork and boosts self confidence by facing fears with the support of fellow crew members. Special dates available for Girls and young women, ages 12-24
October 5th, 2020|
“T was in the month October, On an Indian summer day, That a fleet of ….” So began John Hunter-Duvar’s 18th Century sea-battle poem Danville’s Fleet. His same words of introduction could be invoked this first week of October, 2020, to let you know that a fleet of tall ships is gathering as part
