FOLLOWING Summer 2022 The Magazine of Sea Education Association
CONTENTS PAGE 2 SEA to Expand Campus Historic Quissett Ridge properties reunited PAGE 10 SEA 50 Years A time line of significant events at SEA PAGE 6 SEA’s Evolution of Ocean Research A look at student research at sea from the early days to the present PAGE 13 SEA News Briefs PAGE 17 Scuttlebutt
Ivan LindaLukeCox Maguire
Rebecca Sparkes, C-183 Willis
Jeanne Foussard, W-56
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While much has changed over the years – we’ve dramati cally expanded our program o erings for college, gap year, and high school students; built state-of-the-art new sailing school vessels; and expanded our shore facilities in Woods Hole – the core mission remains the same. Our work changes students’ lives for the better and prepares them to be highly engaged citizens, scholars, stewards, and leaders. e bold vision that inspired our founders has proved enduring. Experiential education at sea is more important now than ever.
Fifty years ago, the Westward set sail from San Diego with 15 “apprentices” who formed the very rst SEA class, W-1. eir voyage took them to the Galapagos Islands, through the Panama Canal, and to Puerto Rico where they arrived two months later. Our voyage has continued for 50 years!
Jessica McWade, Chair Jeremy Salesin, W-75 Vice Chair Richard Cost, Vice Chair
Rick GeorgeEricPeterJohnPeterBurnesEllisKingsburyWillauerWolmanWoodwell
Elizabeth Gryska-Rice, S-195
Editor: Douglas Karlson Director of Development: Polly Lyman
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Peg Brandon, W-48, President
Development Coordinator: Sandy Wilson
Trustees
Charles Willauer, W-40
Director of Stewardship: Monica Bowman
Caleb McClennen, W-144 Sarah Murdock, W-66
Beau Lescott, W-132
Photo by Alex Albrecht.
Richard Hawkins
John Gerngross, W-20 Lauren Gilbert, S-190
JohnJacquelineWangWebbWigglesworth, W-5
Design: Fyfe Design
Susan StephenAmbroseHumphrisJearldB.Laster, W-83
2021-2022 OFFICERS & TRUSTEES
Photography: SEA faculty, students, and friends
Cover: Students of Class C-297, Marine Biodiversity & Conservation, observe a basking shark from the deck of the SSV Corwith Cramer, due south of Nantucket, May 2021.
LETTER FROM OUR PRESIDENT
Presidents Emeriti
Rafe Parker John K. Bullard
So please enjoy this special 50th Anniversary edition of Following SEA, and thank you for being part of our amazing story.
Robert Knapp, W-99, Treasurer Richard Chandler, W-7, Clerk Margaret Brandon, W-48, ex officio
Trustees Emeriti
Jake LeeWalterBrownBrownCampbell, W-60
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The purchase reunites two properties that were once part of one large estate. In 1889, John Bleakie built a house called “Glenockie.” at house burned down in the early 1900s, and its stone foundation now supports SEA’s Madden Center. e site of the Miller House was the location of Glenockie’s barn.
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Historic Quissett Ridge Properties Reunited
Sea Education Association announced in June that it has entered into an agreement with longtime neighbor Gosnold Inc., abehavioralhealthorganization, to purchase its property at 165 Woods Hole Road in Falmouth.
*Massachusetts Historical Commission
The 2.37-acre property abuts the SEA campus and is also adjacent to Woodwell Climate Research Center. The acquisition, scheduled to close at the end of August, will increase the size of SEA’s Woods Hole campus to just over 7 thehasbyshinglesroad.other(builtexperientialtimed.“Thisonce-in-a-generationopportunityiswell-acres.Asweenterournextfiftyyearsofprovidingoceaneducation,we’rethrilledtobeabletoexpandourshore-basedcampus,providemorestudenthousing,andbetterfulfillourmissiontoexplore,study,andstewardourmarineandmaritimeenvironments,”saidSEAPresidentPegBrandon.Theproperty,locatedontheheightsknownasQuissettRidge,iscurrentlyhometotheMillerHousein1908),afieldstonecaretaker’scottage,andoutbuildings,includingastonegazeboneartheThehouseisfieldstoneonthegroundfloor,withabove.Themainfloor,whichissurroundedanexpansiveporchoverlookingthefrontlawn,alargelivingroom,adiningroom,acommercialkitchen,andbedrooms.Thesecondfloorhasmorebedrooms,andalargegardenlevelishometooffices,bedrooms,andstorage.Thepurchasereunitestwopropertiesthatwereoncepartofonelargeestate.In1889,JohnBleakiebuiltahousecalled“Glenockie.”Thathouseburneddownintheearly1900s,anditsstonefoundationnowsupportsSEA’sMaddenCenter.ThesiteoftheMillerHousewaslocationofGlenockie’sbarn.*
In1907,theestate was purchased by Charles Whittemore, a Cambridge shoe polish andmanyonpurchasequicklySEAdevelopmentspace-limited“Inmosthelpfinalized,ofinSEAByCarlpeacocks,atAccordingWhittemoreson,whatresidedadjoiningWhittemoreexpandedthepropertymanufacturer.toincludeestatesaswellasRacingBeach.WhittemoreatGlenockie,andthebarnwasconvertedintoisnowtheMillerHouse,thenthehomeofCharles’Carl.ItwasthemiddleofthreeneighboringfamilyhomesalongQuissettRidge.**totheFalmouthHistoricalCommission,thattimetheestateboasted“150horses,deer,andacranethatlivedinagarageneartheWhittemorehouse.”*recombiningthesetwoneighboringproperties,dramaticallyincreasesitsfootprintandvisibilitytheWoodsHolecommunity.WhilespecificdetailshowSEAwillusethepropertyhavenotyetbeentheoptionsaremany,andtheexpansionwillSEAachieveseveralofthegoalsoutlinedinitsrecentstrategicplan.additiontoprovidingspacetoincreaseourhighschool,gapyear,undergraduate,andadultprogramming,theexpandedfacilitieswillimproveSEA’sabilitytomeetanotherimportantchallenge.Thereisalocalandnationalneedformoreseagoingmarineandscientificcrew.Untilnowwe’vebeeninourabilitytoprovideworkforcetomeetthisdemand,”saidBrandon.isgratefultothegenerousleaddonorswhosteppeduptohelpmakethepropertypossible.WelookforwardtosharingupdatesthenewlyexpandedcampusandtowelcomingfuturegenerationsofstudentstoSEA’svibrantinspiringhomeinWoodsHole!
WoodwellClimateResearchCenter
By Doug Karlson in Woods Hole
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A juvenile Finback whale, assumedly male, as they are more playful, followed our ship for an entire hour. Nay, he did not just follow, he cavorted. He did barrel rolls, he showed us his belly, he surfaced at least 30 times and he swam from port to starboard, showing off to all the students and staff lining the rails, equally. He liked our wake, he liked us? He was close enough [for us to] see all the markings on his face, to see his eyes and striking double blow hole. When he dove beneath the water, only 10-15 feet, and rolled onto his back, his white belly reflected like a moon. When he blew out air, the mist from his blow fell on many of us, and we called this a blessing.”
Rebecca Rankin, 2nd Mate, Maine Maritime Academy, S-299, Summer Session
We are “a globalteaching,learningandresearch community dedicated to the exploration, understanding and stewardship of marine and maritime environments.” Our interdisciplinary, academically rigorous curriculum is focused on science, history, and policy as well as personal development and leadership.
e “Scuttlebutt #5” newsletter, published in 1973,describedtheresearchconductedaboardtheJanuary
R/V Westward
supplemented the teaching and data collection e orts of our own resident scientist with their own special interests and projects.”
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SEA’s Annual Report, published in December 1972, noted that during the previous year, “24 research projects were undertaken for scientists from 15 di erent institutions. Six Visiting Research Fellows sailed with us and
scientist. is, suggested Merrill, marked a “slow, almost tentative move toward emphasis on education in general and science in particular.”
Government regulations helped settle the issue. Complex rules govern the safety, design, and operation of ships. Speci cally, the Jones Act forbids foreign-built vessels (such as Westward) from carrying passengers between U.S. ports. After much discussion with the United States Coast Guard, in 1972 the R/V Westward was allowed to operate according to a legal loophole: it had to be an oceanographic research vessel.
But in 1971, when SEA was founded, the mission wasn’t so well de ned. Sea Education Association, or the American Sailing Education Association as it was called then, was an embryonic organization that was still guring out what it was and how best to operate.
Westward en route from Lisbon to Puerto Rico: “Our scienti c work on the crossing consisted of 34 plankton tows, spaced 60 miles apart, roughly along the 12th parallel. e tows were done with a double net with berglass frame and 100 lb. weights attached, along with two ow meters and a bathythermograph to determine how well the nets had shed.”
TODAY, SEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION’S MISSION IS CLEARLY SPELLED OUT.
On the rst student cruise of the Westward, from San Diego to Puerto Rico, SEA contracted with scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Woods advisoryboard,whichwouldincludeaprominentSEA’saformerRecollectingcollectOceanographicInstitution,andtheSmithsoniantoHolescienticdataforavarietyofresearchprojects.eventsfromthoseearlydays,JackMerrill,presidentoftheboardoftrustees,wrotethatatmeetinginAugust1971,theboarddecidedtoemployownscientistsoncruisesandformascientic
EARLY OCEAN RESEARCH
Evolution ofOCEAN RESEARCH
“We were constantly trying to gure out whether we were involved in character building… teaching 19th century skills… or teaching some science aboard a sailboat. What were we trying to do?” recalls Dick Hawkins, former board chair and one of the earliest employees of SEA.
“General Information for Prospective Apprentices,” a document written in the early ’70s, identi ed examples of early SEA oceanographic research: “Collecting Biological Specimens via middle-depth dredging, tide-line exploration, skin diving, trawling, etc…. Study of TopographyviarecordingfathometerandcarefulSubmarine
Would it involve high school or college students, and what sort of instruction and scienti c research would they do? Would scienti c research be conducted by outside scientists doing their own research or would it be done by scientists employed by SEA?
Students of class C-300, Ocean Exploration/Atlantic Odyssey, deploy a CTD in Oceanographer Canyon, south of Cape Cod, October 2021.
Students and young visitors in the ship’s lab.
e construction of the Cramer coincided with the arrival of scientist, later dean, Paul Joyce. He recalls standing with Humphris on Dyers Dock, where both the Westward and the newly arrived Cramer were tied up. “We looked at the lab on Westward and the lab on Cramer and we knew the two had to be brought into parity,” says Joyce.
Perhaps one of the most important events in the evolution of ocean research at SEA occurred when Dr. George Fulton, chairman of the Boston University biology
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e Westward was refurbished in 1988. A larger, more e cient lab was added. CTDs and Niskin bottles (instru ments that measure conductivity, temperature, and depth) replaced the old Nansen bottles and reversing thermom eters, and new winches were added, as were transducers and a bottom tracking precision depth recorder, among other things. Computers were added too, replacing the typewriters used by students to write their papers.
point at which we could begin to demon strate that SEA could do a variety of types of research well even though it was from a sailing vessel,” says Humphris.
After SEA entered into an agreement with BU in 1974, the program evolved to include a shore component. According to an early SEA Semester proposal, students would receive instruction in “marine and nautical sciences and oceanic law and literature” on shore, followed by “training as an apprentice seaman/oceanographic technician aboard a research vessel.”
Despite the real interest in studying the ocean, when Susan Humphris joined SEA as a sta scientist in 1979, scienti c research, she says, was still “primitive.”
department, became interested. He proposed that BU give academic credits for SEA’s program. e name “SEA Semester” was born.
and couldn’t undertake heavy operations, such as rock dredging. at limitation largely restricted research to the ocean’s water column. “SEA became very good at collecting samples on the surface of the ocean, leading to the long-term studies of ocean plastics and the water strider Halobates,” remembers Humphris. “During that time…we tried really hard to improve the science… we had to somehow ensure the academic rigor of the program if students were going to get university credit.”
She recalled that students used mostly surplus or cast-o equipment from other organizations including an assortment of nets to collect biological samples from the ocean, very old Nansen bottles to collect water, and a clam dredge grab to collect sediment. ere was just a small lab on the ship that held microscopes, a uorometer for measuring chlorophyll, and a titration instrument to measure Researchoxygen.waslimited by the ship’s hydrowinch, which was used to lower equipment over the side, explains Humphris. e Westward’s winch used ¼-inch wire,
ASSOCIATION WITH BOSTON UNIVERSITY
NEW TECHNOLOGY
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navigation…. Study of Water Circulation and Distri bution using Nansen bottles, bathythermograph, etc…. Collecting, Recording and Reporting Meteorological Information…” and “Work with Underwater Sound.”
When the SSV Corwith Cramer was designed in the mid-1980s, it was a perfect opportunity to integrate science into the design of the ship. at meant a new hydrowinch, a larger lab, and more modern gear, much of which was funded by a grant from the National Science
“With more advanced equipment, we could ask and answer more sophisticated questions; the data were higher quality, too, so students spent less time guring out data artifacts or aws,” he adds.
Still, maintains Joyce, imagination and curiosity are more important than equipment.
But in the end, the value of experiencing ocean research extends even further. Says Humphris: “Apart from producing, in some cases, many really good scientists, I think one of SEA’s greatest contributions is developing in students an awareness of the role of the oceans and the need for stewardship of the oceans. And that extends way beyond the science component that SEA o ers.”
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Cramer was upgraded in 2001, and as technology evolved, the programs did too. Years later, with the introduction of the Marine Biodiversity & Conservation program, students began using complex molecular techniques to measure the DNA in Sargasso Sea organisms.
e New Ship Committee that supervised the design and construction of the SSV Corwith Cramer, gathered here aboard the R/V Westward in Boston, June 1986. Left to right: Jon ompson, Phil Sacks, Roger Long, Karl Kirkman, Susan Humphris, Toby Tobin, Parker Marean, Percy Wilson, Drayton Cochran, Irving Johnson, Wallace Stark, Paul DeOrsay, Bob McNitt, Rod Stephens, Rafe Parker.
are informing conservation e orts, as is research being conducted on reef degradation in the Caribbean and ocean warming in New England waters.
to give students reasons to go out and observe the ocean. Some of the now-replaced mechanical instruments, like the mechanical bathythermograph, weren’t good for data but were great for teaching. We kept bucket thermometers and later added timed observation periods of the surface ocean,” explains Joyce.
“We added more sophisticated instruments, including many that recorded data on screens in the lab – the CHIRP, ADCP, a ow-through system. Yet, even as we were designing new instruments and the new lab, we wanted
e construction of the SSV Robert C. Seamans in 2001 added still a new level of scienti c advancement. at meant automated data collection and multiple computer screens. Rather than spending time doing rote data processing, students had more time to analyze data.
Instruments merely extend our senses and allow us to measure where we can’t go, to look at the ocean and ask –and maybe answer – challenging questions.
REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS
Over the years, Joyce observes, interest has shifted from merely collecting data to helping solve real-world problems. Whereas students collected and counted ocean plastics during the 1980s, now Research Professor of Oceanography Kara Lavender Law and others are using that data to help form national and international policy to reduce plastics pollution. Similarly, student research in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area and the Sargasso Sea
In addition, Joyce credits key collaborators like Stanford University and the University of Chicago, to name a few, with helping SEA gain a broader perspective and shaping the scienti c work conducted aboard ship.
“Science research is geared more to real-world problems. We’re moving from collecting data and archiving it to working with government agencies and NGOs in places where we go to answer the questions that they want answered,” says Joyce. “ e future is developing stronger collaborations with the places we go, from islands in the Caribbean to those in the Paci c, including New Zealand.”
1988
1972
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1988: Major mid-life refit for SSV Westward
Jan. 6, 1972: R/V Westward departs San Diego on first student voyage.
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Name changed to Sea Education Association.
The Sailing School Vessels Act of 1982 establishes “SSV” designation.
1973
SEA purchases present campus property at 171 Woods Hole Road from Trustee Dick Hawkins.
1976: R/V Westward participates YorkOperationbicentennialincelebrationSailinNewCity.
Fall 1975: laboratoryScientificaddedto deck of Westward
1974
SEA students begin receiving college credit through Boston University.
1983
1971
Corwith “Cory” Cramer and Edward “Sandy” MacArthur conceive of American Sailing Education Association.
1988: Sea Experience Summer Program for Teachers funded by NSF.
Construction of student cottages on Woods Hole campus.
July 1971: SEA purchases Westward from Oceanic Foundation in Hawaii.
1969
1988: SSV Corwith Cramer, SSV Westward arrive in Woods Hole.
1982 Rafe 1982:ExecutivebecomesParkerSEADirector.
Headquarters moves to 3 School Street, Boston.
Westward makes first transatlantic student voyage (W-12).
Corwith Cramerpasses away.
Headquarters moves to Woods Hole, with classes held at MBL’s Lillie Building and a summer shore component at Shoals Marine Laboratory on Appledore Island off the coast of New Hampshire. That fall, classes resume at Fisher House.
American Sailing Education Association incorporated in Lake Forest, Illinois. Cory Cramer is Executive Director.
1984
1987
1987: SSV Corwith Cramer launched in Spain, first ship to be built as a sailing school vessel (SSV).
Armin E. Elsaesser III Fellowship established.
1990
Cramer undergoes major maintenance period in Belfast, ME.
Westward and Cramer sail transatlantic voyages to Azores and Lisbon and return to St. Thomas.
1993
2018: SSV Robert C. Seamans visits Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai in joint mission with NASA.
Madden Center opens; Dr. Sylvia Earle is speaker.keynote
SSV Corwith Cramer hosts 1500 friends in port stops during 6-week coastal cruise from Miami to Woods Hole.
1999
Doherty Experience at SEA for teachers begins.
SSV Robert C. Seamans launched in Tacoma, WA.
Sea component of class S-291 canceled due to Covid-19.
2018: SEA students hold virtual interview with NASA astronaut and former SEA assistant scientist Richard Arnold on International Space Station.
Sale of SSV Westward.
Publication of
1996
First Plastics Expedition, Plastics at SEA: North Atlantic Expedition, is first dedicated plastics research cruise.
2000
SEA introduces Marine Biodiversity & Conservation program (MBC), first 400-level credit.
2001: First Oceanography of the Southern California Bight high school program.
2009
StoryMap “Pacific Crossing” tells a scientific and cultural story of the Pacific.
1994
2020: SSV Robert C. Seamans sails 6,000 nautical miles from New Zealand to California.
National Science Board (NSB) names SEA as the recipient of Public Service Award for Science and Engineering.
2006 SEA Caribbean.toprogram,andOceanslevelwithprogramexpandsofferingsfirstupper-sciencecourse,&Climate,firsthumanitiesColonizationConservationinthe
in collaboration with five other Woods Hole institutions.
SSV Corwith Cramer makes first student transatlantic voyage after a 24-year hiatus (C-253).
2003: First Stanford@ SEA program.
1992
First Oceanography of Gulf of Maine high school program with Cornell University / Shoals Marine Lab.
First student voyage of SSV Robert C. Seamans (S-177).
Dominica Nichols, W-145B, is first SEA legacy student, daughter of Ann Ratcliffe Nichols, W-1.
2016
2011
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First EducationPartnershipProgram (PEP)
2010: Publication of major plastics article in the journal Science, “Plastic Accumulation in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre.”
2013 PegPresident.becomesBrandonSEA
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2018
2020
2021
SEA awarded National Maritime Historical Society’s Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Maritime Education.
2021: In recognition of 2020 voyage from New Zealand, Tall Ships America awards Capt. Seán Bercaw, Seamans’ crew, and SEA’s Marine Ops and Academic Programs teams with TSA Reimagination Award.
2001
2003
2010
2002 John 2002:becomesBullardSEAPresident.
Research at SEA summer program for teachers.
2014: SSV Robert C. Seamans arrives in Auckland, New Zealand, for first time (S-255).
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SSV Robert C. Seamans returns to sea with Summer Session to North Pacific Gyre after year at Maritime Museum of San Diego.
2017
Every day is an opportunity to learn something new about the boat, the stars, and each other…. I am happy and grateful to have had the courage and support to do this, and I know that I am forever changed for the better.”
Abby Murray, Boston University, S-302, The Global Ocean: Hawaii
Miniboats launched from SSV Corwith Cramer.
SEA CAPT. REBECCA JOHNSON IS TALL SHIP AMERICA’S YOUNG SAIL TRAINER OF THE YEAR
SEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SUMMER 2022
NewsBriefs
Tall Ships America has awarded SEA Captain Rebecca Johnson the Young Sail Trainer of the Year award. The award, presented at the Tall Ships America conference in February, recognizes high-performing individuals who deliver sail training programs for young people at sea.
Chris Nolan, SEA Interim Dean of Faculty, wrote: “As a longtime mate with SEA, Rebecca stepped up in 2021 and served as captain of the Robert C. Seamans in San Diego. During a lengthy period as ship-keeper, yard captain, and underway captain for day-sail operations, Captain Johnson displayed the leadership, technical knowledge, and educational skills that epitomize a sail-training captain.
Miniboat launched by SEA Class C-294 lands in Norway
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Most notably for SEA, Captain Johnson handled public relations and development events for SEA, which included navigating the 250-ton Robert C. Seamans on and off the dock in San Diego while carefully avoiding a derelict submarine located just 25 feet off her quarter, all while balancing the presence of non-seagoing guests and new crewmembers. Captain Johnson’s parallel parking skills were on display and truly showed how far she has developed in the sail training industry.”
A miniboat, Rye Riptides, launched from the deck of the SSV Corwith Cramer off the Northeastern Seaboard on October 25, 2020, by students of SEA class C-294, was recovered in Smøla, Norway, on February 1, after 462 days and 13,412 kilometers. The boat was built in 2020 by students at Rye Junior High in New Hampshire with the help of the Maine nonprofit organization Educational“WhatPassages.Ifindso special about Educational Passages is that it combines education with the mystery of a message in a bottle and the hope of making a human connection across the sea,” said SEA Professor of Oceanography Jeff Schell after hearing the news of the miniboat’s recovery in Norway. He continued, “It is a powerful and effective model and certainly grabbed the attention of my students. Even when our voyage ended in Key West, the crew all stayed in touch and periodically shared news of the
whereabouts of ‘our boats.’ The connection had been made and we now cared about the fate of these miniboats. So it really is such great news to learn that Rye Riptides has safely returned to shore, though a bit battered, but its mission an undeniable success.”SEAvolunteered to launchtheboat alongside another miniboat called Sojourner’s Truth, which was built by students at JFK Middle School in Northampton, MA. SEA has launched miniboats in 2021 and 2022 as well. When found, the boat was badly damaged and barnacled. It was brought to a nearby school where students opened the cargo hatch and found messages and trinkets that the students in the U.S. had added nearly two years earlier. The moment was captured and shared on the national news in Norway and the United States.
At the end of last summer’s two virtual SEA Quest programs, high school students wrote, designed, and edited their own interdisciplinary digital magazines. The first SEA Quest session focused on coral reefs and climate change, while the second examined ocean biodiversity and issues of marine debris, with students Zooming in from all corners of the United States, and one student from India.
SEA Quest Students Create MagazinesInterdisciplinary
Thanks to careful maintenance performed last summer by members of SEA’s Marine OperationsDepartmentand a generous donation by a Boston-areatechnology company, student scientists aboard the SSV Corwith Cramer can continue to gather data from the ocean floor.
Upgrades Allow Insight into Ocean Depths
“The CHIRP transducers are important because they measure the depth, so we know the topography of the sea floor we’re sailing over, which is pretty cool,” explained ocean’sandcontinueotherdonatedBasedmanufacturesareachedequipment.allowsiswatertopographicalcanWiththeCHIRPtransducers,studentsAnna.chartseamounts,canyons,andotherfeaturesthatcanimpacttheabovethroughupwelling.TheCHIRPalsoanimportantnavigationaltoolandstudentstoeffectivelydeploysamplingTocompletetheproject,JanandBonnyouttoMassaProductsCorporation,pioneerinthefieldofelectroacousticsthatsonarandultrasonicdevices.inHingham,MA,Massagenerouslyanewtransducerandservicedthethree.Thankstotheirefforts,SEAstudentstoconductcutting-edgeresearchgaininsightintothemysteriesofthedepths!
Award, an award shared by just a few, including America’s Cup winners Ted Turner and Dennis Conner, and Joshua Slocum, the first man to sail alone around the world. Captain Pinkney was the first African American to solo-circumnavigate the world via Cape Horn. Now a resident of Puerto Rico, Bill often meets with SEA crew and students when the SSV Corwith Cramer visits.
Deep within the hold of the SSV Corwith Cramer are two transducer bays –ducerADCPthrough-hulltightcompartmentsthathousesensitivewater-sensors.Onebaycontainsan(acousticdopplercurrentprofiler)trans-thattracksoceancurrent,andtheothercontainseightCHIRP(compressedhigh-in-tensityradarpulse)transducersthatmeasureoceandepthandseafloortopography.DuringlastAugust’syardperiodinRockland,ME,ProfessorofOceanographyJanWitting,SeniorAssistantScientistAnnaWietelmann,andScienceCoordinatorBonnyClarkeinspectedtheCHIRPtransducers,whichwereabout30yearsold(nearlythesameageasthe Cramer).Oneneeded replacement, and three required repairs.
CAPT. BILL PINKNEY INDUCTED INTO NATIONAL SAILING HALL OF FAME
Anna Wietelmann at work on transducer bay.
Among his many accomplishments, Bill is the former Master of the 129-foot reproduction SchooneroftheFreedom Amistad
The vessel’s mission is to travelthe nation’s waterways as the symbol of human rights Incident.”ofthe“Amistadandracialcooperationandtellthestory
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theLifetimeAchievementSEAOverseerCaptainWilliam“Bill”PinkneywasinductedintotheNationalSailingHallofFameinNewport,RI,inOctober.Healsoreceived
returnClassprogramresumedwithSEA(MBC)C-297.Followingtheirfromsea,studentspresentedtheirresearchtoanonlinepanelofinvitedexpertsatSEA’s9thAnnualMarineBiodiversityandConservationSymposium,“SailingTowardSustainableSeas.”The2021MBCprogramconsistedofafive-weekresearchvoyagefromSt.Petersburg,FL,toWoodsHole,MA.Studentpolicyresearchfocusedonenvironmentaljustice,marinebiodiversity,the“blueeconomy,”andSargassoSeaconservation,marineplastics,aswellasothertopics.2022’sMBCprogram,sailingfromKeyWesttoWoodsHolewithClassC-303,isunderwayasthispublicationgoestopress.
Dr. Kara Lavender Law, SeasCongressWaste.”RoleinGlobalOceanPlasticreportNationalcommitteememberofTheography,isResearchProfessorofOcean-SEAaco-authorandAcademiesofSciences’“ReckoningwiththeU.S.Thereport,requestedbyaspartoftheSaveOur2.0Act,outlinestheUnitedStates’contributiontoglobaloceanplasticwasteanditsroleinaddressingtheissue.ThereportrecommendstheU.S.establishacomprehensivefederalpolicyandresearchstrategytoreduceitscontributionofplasticwastetotheenvironmentandocean.ThisstrategyshouldbedevelopedbyagroupofexpertsbyDecember31,2022,andimple-mentationshouldbeassessedbyDecember31,2025.“Wesuggestthatonewaytoreduceplasticwastewouldbetomakelessplastic,”saidDr.Law.“Recyclingcannotmanagethevastmajorityoftheplasticwastethatwegenerate.”Thepanelprovidedamenuofpotentialwaystofixtheplasticsproblem,startingwith“nationalgoalsandstrategiestocaporreducevirginplasticproduction.”“Thisreportisasoberingreminderofthescaleofthisproblem,”Sen.DanSullivan(R-Alaska)saidinastatement.“Theresearchandfindingscompiledherebyourbestscientistswillserveasaspringboardtoourfuturelegislativeeffortstotacklethisentirelysolvableenvironmentalchallengeandbetterprotectourmarineecosystems,fisheries,andcoastaleconomies.”SEAscientists,crew,andstudentshavespentdecadescollectingfloatingmicroplasticsinplanktonnets.“Thedata,”Dr.Lawsaid,“hasbeeninvaluableindetectinganddescribingthescopeoftheproblem,andalsoprovidesabaselinetoevaluatechangesintime.”
SEA HOSTS MARINE BIODIVERSITY & CONSERVATION SYMPOSIUM
Facultyandstaffof Sea Education Association shared advice and information with nearly 200 French high school students and educators last June in a Zoom webinar discussedOperationsthethebyMission?”“OceanAction:What’sthecalledthatwasorganizedtheSmithsonianInstitution,U.S.EmbassyinParis,andFrenchEducationMinistry.SEADirectorofMarineTomSullivanSEA’smissionand
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SEA Class C-297, Marine Biodiversity & Conservation.
Designed to coincide with World Oceans Day, the event also included ocean experts from the Smithsonian GregDr.EarthEchoandReefsvationprogram,Healthyconser-forHealthyPeople,PhilippeCousteauJr.ofInternational.AlsoparticipatingwereJanWittingandCaptainWiseneraboardtheSSV
DR. LAW CO-AUTHORS NAS REPORT ON PLASTICS June, the Marine Biodiversity & Conservation
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Zoom webinar: “Ocean Action: What’s the Mission?”
SEA Joins with Smithsonian to Inspire French Students
The program ended August 6 with a symposium at which
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inclusion among the Woods Hole science community.
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Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole.
In May, SEA announced the winners of the inaugural Navigational Star Awards, which recognize individuals who have contributed heart, soul, intellect, energy, and resources to the success of SEA’s mission over the years.
Student cottage on campus.
She then did research and taught at the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences and UC Santa Cruz before landing at SEA. Her primary interest is studying marine organisms using molecular tools, like DNA, which makes her a great fit for SEA’s Marine Biodi versity & Conservation (MBC) program.
SEA’s ships are routinely maintained, but shore facilities need attention too. Over the past two years, many improve ments and repairs have been made to the SEA campus. Student cottages now have new roofs, exterior siding, and doors, as well as high-efficiency boilers and interior upgrades, all thanks to the generous support of Launching Leaders campaign donors. The interior of the Stone Cottage has also been totally renovated. Less visible but very important, SEA’s main office building now has a new HVAC
Created by the Woods Hole Diversity Initiative and the Woods Hole Diversity Advisory Committee in 2009, PEP is a 10-week summer undergraduate intern program designed to improve diversity and
STUDENTS RETURN TO PACIFIC WITH SUMMER SESSION
Short cruises with the Partnership Education Program (PEP) and MIT/WHOI are scheduled for this summer.
research included observing whale and dolphin behavior through underwater soundscapes, studying chemical and physical oceanic processes, and sampling marine plastics debris in the Northern Pacific Subtropical Gyre.
“I try to keep the research side and the teaching side linked. It’s really beneficial to the students. Science allows students to learn critical thinking skills, and through research, they learn how to connect with nature even if they don’t end up in a science career,” she said.
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SEA recently welcomed Dr. Sarah Kingston to its faculty as assistant professor of oceanography. Sarah’s background has prepared her well for the curriculum at SEA. A marine molecular ecologist, Sarah majored in history at the College of William and Mary before getting her Master’s in marine biology at the College of Charleston. She earned her PhD in behavior, ecology, evolution, and systematics from the University of Maryland.
system, high-efficiency lighting, and a student work-out room. Next on the to-do list: new windows and siding to the main building, and upgrades that will bring our shore laboratory capabilities on par with those aboard our ships.
Virtual “PEP” Attracts Strong Enrollment
mentored by scientists at partner institutions: NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center, the United States Geological Survey-Woods Hole, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Biological Laboratory, and the Woodwell Climate Research Center.
NORTH STAR AWARD Rafe and Kate Parker Jake
SHORT PROGRAMS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNER INSTITUTIONS
Woods Hole Campus Gets Upgrades
Over the past year, short programs with partner institutions resumed despite the challenges posed by the COVID pandemic. Long-standing relationships with Stanford University, Williams College/Mystic Seaport Museum, and University of Chicago/Marine Biological Laboratory resumed.
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students presented results from their“Weresearch.areexcited and proud to continue providing this oppor tunity to the students, and an important opportunity for the Woods Hole science community to learn how to become more culturally competent and more inclusive,” said Scott Price.
2022’s in-person PEP program is currently underway as this publication goes to press.
Sarah did post-doctoral work at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, and gained valuable teaching experience at Schiller Coastal Studies Center at Bowdoin College.
The program was held virtually, as it was in 2020, due to COVID. That didn’t discourage partici pation, reported PEP Co-Director Onjalé Scott Price, with 10 applica tions received for every opening.
In an eight-week program called SEA Summer Session, student
Online coursework was followed by six weeks of research projects
After almost a year alongside the Maritime Museum of San Diego, last summer the SSV Robert C. Seamans returned to sea for an interdisci plinary scientific research voyage to study the rich and varied ecosystems off the coast of California.
In June 2021, SEA and the Woods Hole scientific community welcomed 15 students to the Partnership Education Program (PEP).
gotten to do any sailing for several years.”
W-35 Bill Duggan says: “Greetings W-35’ers. I hope all well.”
W-30 Dody LeSueur moved to Hood River, OR, and asks, “Are there any SEA alums in town?”
W-23 Jim Bruce is living in Pompano Beach, FL, and serves on the board of advisors at Keiser University.
W-30 Mark Klemperer sails a 14-foot gaff-rigged catboat on a lake in Maine.
W-35 Melinda Pearce reports: “We are now grandparents to Aiden James Pearce, born on April 15th! Going to Alaska for a month over the holidays!”
W-42 Cynthia Thomson writes: “My youngest child came back from her sailing on Christmas eve, a combined trip of S-291 (herself and some others, interrupted by pandemic for 20 months) and S-301. Fetching her from the airport, the car was filled with comparisons, her older sib’s trip on S-248, mine decades ago but with memories brought to light. We each have a favorite sail! Do other alums have a favorite sail?”
W-48 Helen Jackson writes: “Keep on sailing!”
W-36 Leslie Will is a grandparent of four now! “Plus real estate business and as much boating as possible has me enjoying life!”
W-66 Greg DiLisio is “working at my dream job the past year: 1/3 time guiding in each of three departments at Hyatt Miraval Berkshires. Outdoor activities (SUP, kayaking,
“As Winnie the Pooh so perfectly says, ‘How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.’ I’m going to miss you guys, but hey, who knows. Maybe we’ll see each other again sailing across the seven seas ….” Skyler Bertrand, Colgate University, S-302, The Global Ocean: Hawaii
and one of the AQUAVET Directors... four more years until retirement.”
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W-47 Ed Tokarski is “retired now, spending time with four grandkids and on the upper Chesapeake in our pontoon boat.”
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W-1 Craig Williamson writes: “Just turned 70, bought a plane, life is good!”
W-15 Rosalie Marcus writes: “First of congratulationsall,on the 50-year anniversary! I sailed on the R/V Westward in 1974, the 15th voyage. It’s been a wonderful journey to have been a part of and to continue to watch. I still follow SEA online and love reading about all the environmental work being done. Thank you SEA for doing such a magnificent job! I have continued to teach art classes and exhibit my paintings and drawings, but have not
W-48 Rocket Getchell reports: “Still a research professor at Cornell CVM
W-50 Jimmy Falkner writes: “After 12 years in Virginia, finally moved back to Oregon – Portland, – not Corvallis. Setting up life here in a 106-year-old craftsman home after living in a 205-year-old home in Alexandria. Lots of remodeling projects along with reestablishing my music life, teaching piano and guitar, gigging and tuning pianos. Lots of biking, walking and gardening and reconnecting with old friends and making new ones.”
W-25 Luanne Rice’s most recent novel is The Shadow Box.
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W-10 Andrew Wolf writes: “Still landlocked in Charlottesville working at UVA med school and missing the ocean, though get my fix every summer at our family home on the Cape. I have to settle for a Sunfish rather than the Westward but at least there is no tarring the rigging, my favorite pastime on W-10!”
W-45 Lynn Francis retired from a career in clinical research in 2019.
W-50 Bob Boehringer reports: “SEA opened my eyes to a Blue Ocean World…. I am so very pleased that joy has been passed on to the next generation in my family as my eldest son Brad (Dickinson ’13) has finished his seventh year operating his company, Rocky Rhode Oyster Co., out of Narragansett RI. Besides creating a great tasting oyster, the two to three million oysters that he is farming each year on Pt. Judith Pond in Rhode Island are contributing to improving the water quality throughout the region. I am fortunate to work the farm periodically and it brings back the wonderful memories of what SEA taught me to appreciate about what is below the surface so long ago.”
W-32 Susan Scotto Dyckman reports: “In 2020, Michele Heard & Melissa Guster Haney and I had a W-32 reunion in Grand Cayman. We shared great memories of our time together in 1976-77 onboard the R/V Westward.”
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W-50 Doug Anderson writes: “Came across my journal from W-50…. Waterstained and mildewed after too many decades…. The captain, the mates, the science officers and the steward, and especially my crew mates came alive as I read my notes…. To be 20 again…. LOL”
W-6 Crossan Seybolt reports he sees Von Gryska in the summer.
W-55 Buzz Aker is “now sailing a Sea Sprite 34 out of Mystic, CT. Classic plastic from 1984; old and slow –just like mother Westward – but she looks great and has all the attributes I was taught at SEA for safe cruising.”
W-39 Nina Lian writes: “Happily retired as of October 2020! Enjoying spending most of the year on Lake Sunapee in New Hampshire boating, hiking and skiing.”
W-93 Caroline Klug writes: “Currently working as a physical therapist assistant & yoga teacher and follow VLOGs on YouTube.”
W-73 Rachel Riemann sends “a friendly hello to everyone from W-73.”
W-135 Jay Bonahoom writes: “While life has me entrenched in the heartland, I still dream of the ocean and hope that by the time I am ready to return to it we will find it in better shape than we do currently.”
C-150 Timna Serino writes: “I am living in Reading, MA, with my husband and two boys (ages 8 and 5), and work in biotech. I sure do miss the SEA days, and always encourage any high school or college students that I know to consider it!”
W-103 Bonnie Rothman is “exploring the ocean as an underwater photographer. COVID has kept me from my favorite South Pacific haunts, but I have kept busy in the Caribbean.”
W-97 Michael Johnson and Trap Puckette recently reunited in Charleston. Trap and his wife Frances gave Mike and his wife Carla a tour of Charleston by boat.
W-121 Win Burleson reports: “We are launching a Just, Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive (JEDI) aquanautics initiative. We are leveraging the
W-72 Sandra Murphy says: “I’m happily living in Lincoln, VT, writing, spoon
W-63 Jeanne Grasso is “still working away as a maritime lawyer at Blank Rome in Washington DC, and enjoying as many SCUBA diving, hiking, biking, and traveling adventures as I can!”
carving, learning carpentry skills and chainsawing. Hello to all!”
W-98 Marjy Friedrichs writes: “I’m proud to report that not only are my husband and I oceanographers, but our son is studying turbulence from gliders in the Southern Ocean, with a PhD expected soon from UC Davis!”
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W-90 Stacy Allen reports: “All is well. So great seeing folks on our Zoom call! Let’s do it again soon.”
W-83 Rick Fritsch is “still in Alaska working for the National Weather Service in Juneau. Our daughters are now in college, so
W-69 Chris Proctor reports: “Just submitted my resignation as Head of School at North Cross School (Virginia), effective June 2022. Too poor to retire but plan to consult using my international school connections. Moving to Charleston, SC, which has been home away from home for 15 years. Be sure to let me know when you all are in SC.”
W-80 Marlene Kattaron writes: “Still living in Georgia. Hoping to retire from my ultrasound career soon, though greatly involved in arefledglingssoenjoyingGuard!GeorgiaisfirstShaina,anniversary.willadventures.entrepreneurialOctoberbring30thweddingDaughter,justboughtherhome!!!Son,Joshua,atBasicTrainingfortheArmyNationalTomandIaretheemptynestfar.Happytoseeoursoar.Hopeyoualldoingwell.”
archery, hatchet, saber, hiking, skiing). Yoga team (mat and aerial yoga, qigong, tai chi, meditation). Specialist (acupuncture, positional therapy). Come for a fabulous vacation!”
C-109 Jen Haddock reports: “Left SEA after 15 years in the Marine Department. Now I’m back in Maine teaching at Maine Maritime.”
W-157B Sean Dixon reports: “This summer, I moved to the Pacific Northwest for a new job as Executive Director at Puget Soundkeeper Alliance! Looking forward to seeing SEA sail into the Salish Sea!”
W-74 Ruth Pryor writes: “I miss SEA!”
C-101 Susan Palmer is an executive coach with her own leadership development business and works primarily with nonprofit and higher education leaders in the U.S. and abroad. She rejuvenates herself on rambles with her rescue dog Ella, Zumba classes, and writing. Susan lives in Montpelier, VT, with her artist husband, Chris Jeffrey, and loves keeping in touch with some of her C-101 classmates!
W-115 Valerie Woodward reports: “I’m now the chair of the Fine ComptonHumanitiesCommunicationsArts,anddivisionatCollegeand I encourage my students to apply for SEA every chance I get!”
W-140A Kurt Wagner is “retired from teaching. Now I’m a full-time tree farmer.”
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W-102 Oliver Krug reports: “11 years in Switzerland now. Loving the easy access to the outdoors. No plans of leaving anytime soon!”
W-73 Billy Brooks writes: “Appointed to the International Whooping Crane Recovery Team. This is a partnership between Canada and the United States to guide recovery of the federally endangered Whooping Crane.”
W-68 Laurie Radovan reports: “I am grateful to still live by the water in Santa Cruz, CA, especially during the pandemic when having access to Monterey Bay was such a gift! We sold our Merit 25 and have been enjoying sailing on our recently acquired Antrim 27.”
W-92: Thanks to Dan Rolince for a fantastic W-92 Zoom gathering in October 2021 when Captain Peg Brandon visited Dan in Colorado. Many W-92 shipmates were on the call!
W-109 Trevor Braden is “having a great time with family: wife, Kate, Nigel (6 years old), and Beatrix (2 years old).”
C-105 Andy Bess writes: “My son Nate Bess got halfway through his program last spring –just missed the cutoff in New Zealand. He loved every minute of shore component, and can’t wait to try again next spring!”
C-123 Alexis Levitt writes: “I have a kid applying to college. Weird. Weren’t we just there?”
W-129 Randy Leiser is “still enjoying daysailing and sport fishing in South Jersey! Hello to all W-129/C-129 alums! Email, call, or text me RandyLeiser@comcast.net.”at
W-74 Karen Walters writes: “Having navigated through ‘online waters,’ I am still teaching biology and psychology at our local community college (Clovis, CA). My 21-yearold son is finishing up an engineering degree but thinking about a tour with SEA! Shout out to W-74 alumni! Anyone have a copy of the documentary we made in Miami? Fun times.”
once those bills are paid, I will retire. One daughter, Meredith, participated in one of the SEA virtual programs for high school students, so now our family has two generations of SEA alumni!”
W-69 Doug Clements is “still living in Falmouth, MA... enjoying all things on and near the water... still a pilot for NetJets... it’s great the see the Corwith Cramer in its berth in Woods Hole when I go to my boat in Great Harbor :-)”
W-83 Kate Irvine writes: “Just purchased my first house! Buried in homeownership. Wishing I got out on the sea more often than I do. ‘Hi’ to all my W-83 classmates. What is everyone up to these days and years?”
W-95 Bob Bein reports: “I’m going on 15 years doing healthcare deals in the legal department at Select Medical in Mechanicsburg, PA. Betsy is a librarian at Gettysburg College. Our sons are now both out of college (a fact that still surprises me).”
W-69 Catherine McCabe
W-118 Mara Harrell writes: “I have left my job at Carnegie Mellon and am starting a new one as faculty at UCSD. Going back to where I did my PhD! I am jointly appointed in the Department of Philosophy and the School of Public Health. We’re in the process of buying a house that has plenty of room for guests, so let me know if you’ll be in town!”
Ocean Space Habitat to democratize ocean engagement, sustainability, and innovation.”
“Just retired from teaching 2nd grade in the public schools, ready to start the next chapter, whatever that turns out to be (tutoring? helping out at SailNauticus?)”
W-64 Cynthia Robinson reports: “Now living in Rockville, MD, and still adjusting to life as a new older parent to my adopted great niece (age 12) and great nephew (age 10). It’s an enlightening journey!”
C-149 Rachel Wade reports: “I am wrapping up my tour as the Commanding Officer for the Naval Oceanographic Office Reserve Unit in January Commanding2022.a Navy Reserve Unit through COVID restrictions was a real challenge, but the sailors and officers I worked with are amazing and found innovative ways to continue training through travel restrictions. On the civilian side, I am celebrating 17 years at Edmonds College and will finally be teaching our first oceanography class in the spring!”
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W-159 Dave Walsh and classmate Damian Brady recently met in Newcastle, ME, to tell SEA stories.
C-165 Deb Liptzin reports: “My family and I moved to Missoula, MT, where I am one of two ishobbychickens,wranglingandpulmonologistspediatricinthestatemyhusbandisbusysheep,pigs,andcowsonourfarm.Eli,ourtoddler,absolutelylovingit!”
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At the end of a voyage, when a vessel’s anchor has been securely set, crewmembers stand “anchor watch,” alert to subtle changes in wind, tide, and sea, to ensure the safety of the ship. For the most part, it’s a quiet time to re ect on the journey.
C-171 Justin Martinich is “still living and teaching in Bay Shore, NY, and ‘racing’ my Catalina 25 on the Great South Bay during the warmer months!”
To learn about the many advantages of designating SEA as a future beneficiary, please contact Monica Bowman, director of leadership gifts and stewardship, at 508-444-1913.
2010 s S-239 Lissy Enright reports: “Technically a Forest Service researcher based in Alaska, I wound up getting sent to Hawaii’s forests this summer. This is the fourth time I’ve lived and worked on the Big Island after first arriving here on the Seamans. Last week I went snorkeling in Kealakekua Bay for the first time since my shipmates and I explored it in 2012. It brought back memories I didn’t even know I still had.”
S-182 Jacki Bell writes: “With courage and a sense of adventure that SEA helped foster in me years ago, I have decided to break off on to my own and build a startup veterinary clinic. It is called South Jersey Cat Clinic and it’s projected to open in March 2022 in Cherry Hill, NJ.”
at Columbia. I work at a tech startup but I’m preparing for law school!”
C-266 Will Freund is about to complete a climate change awareness project sailing a small sailing kayak from Miami, FL, to Norfolk, VA. Along the way he has interviewed members of kayakandconversation.org.itdocumentarycoasttheircommunitiescoastaltorecordstoriesofachangingforaplannedfilm.Checkalloutatwww.climate
W-181 Amanda Hollander writes: “Kate Berger (Schrepfer) and I were able to go aboard Westward recently! It is docked in Portland and used for employee housing at Portland Yacht Services. The current tenant was so kind to let us explore!”
C-261 Alex Leone writes: “I received my BA in poli sci from Yale in 2018 and am working on my MA in developmental disabilities
S-180 David Given writes: “Maddie and I enjoy chasing our two boys, 4.5 and 1.5, around Santa Barbara.”
C-164 Ben Hall is “currently working on a tug in Alaska. On land I am enjoying life in Charleston, SC, with my wife and dogs. I miss sailing with SEA and hope to return one day.”
C-196 Allison Throop and her husband Randy had a daughter, Ellie, in November and are enjoying living in Bozeman, MT.
C-270 Danny Lucas is “now a NOAA Corps Officer aboard the NOAA ship Nancy Foster! Would definitely not be here if it wasn’t for SEA.”
W-175B Sophie Walker writes: “After almost 15 years abroad, my family and I will soon be moving back to the Boston area. I can’t wait to be closer to the sea (and to former SEA classmates).”
C-285 Cecilia Howard gained lab experience in the thiswillstudentbiogeochemistrynowHarvarddepartmentsgeochemistryatandMIT.She’sasecond-yearPhDinAnnArborandbeteachingafieldclasssummerinWyoming.
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Matt Floyd writes: “Currently living aboard my Hunter 34 sailboat and slowly making my way to Woods Hole. In search of a mooring if anyone with a kind heart has the ability to rent one to us for part of the season!”
C-259 Helena McMonagle writes: “Hey Community!SEAI’m now a grad student at University of Washington in Seattle in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, but I’m back at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for a few weeks for a cruise and some lab work. I’ve thought it many times at sea and will think it again – thank you Cramer for teaching me so much and preparing me for all this salty, fishy business!”
W-175B Jaye Starr Boz reports: “Left my hospital chaplaincy job when the pandemic arrived to keep my daughter with Down syndrome safe – took the time to compile and edit a long dreamed of anthology: Mantle of Mercy: Islamic Chaplaincy in North America is due out in early 2022 from Templeton Press. I’m eternally grateful for my SEA education, which helped me see the work I do through an interdisciplinary lens –including following along in the medical charts with all those metric numbers!”
Ray Minchak writes: “Fairwinds to all my Westward shipmates.”
Corey Wade says: “If you ever come to Moro Bay, CA, come by to visit me on S/V Treasure. Feel free to contact me anytime.”
Anchor Watch is a special community of SEA parents, alumni, and friends committed to SEA through planned giving.
S-208 Marit Pollei writes: “Just became homeowners for the first time!”
SEA alumni, faculty, crew, staff, and past employees are eligible for this fellowship, which funds research projects that involve any marine or maritime field that is not directly related to the applicant’s current professional activities. Successful projects should reflect a creative and independent approach to the pursuit of knowledge.
range from $6,000 to $12,000 To request information, please contact elsaesser@sea.edu or go to www.sea.edu
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