Season 1 Crew - March through July 2018

2018Season 1Adventuress Crew
Top: Jing, Evan, Matt M, Miranda, Captain Bucko Billy, Anne, Maddy and Sam Sam Bottom: Claire, Maris, Emma, Captain Zeal, Amber, Jesse, Victor, Matt S, Biz, Anna and Kate

Jesse Wiegel – Chief Mate
A native of the Olympic Peninsula and a current Port Townsend, WA resident, Jesse has a long history aboard Adventuress. He last sailed across the Atlantic to Morocco as an apprentice on the square rigger Picton Castle and was then an Outward Bound instructor. Prior to that hew as Second Mate on Lette G. Howard and Winter Mate on Clearwater. Jesse recently discovered an amazingly abundant spot for finding chanterelle mushrooms - and he is determined that its location shall remain a closely guarded secret. You can still try and ask him, though.

Amber Notaro – Program Coordinator
Amber is from New Jersey and recently finished graduate school studying biology with a concentration in marine conservation,which is what drew her towards environmental sailing. Be it beaches, boats, or diving; she love being around water.

Claire Gaskins – Galley Coordinator
This is Claire's second season on board Adventuress. She grew up in Redmond, Washington and has a degree in Environmental Science from Western Washington University. Claire loves to travel, and is always thinking about the next place she can explore. One of her favorite experiences to date was coming nose to nose with a sea lion while snorkeling in the Galápagos islands

Miranda Holmes – Engineer
Miranda was born and raised in lovely Pasadena, California.She studied Neruoscience and minored in both Arts Administration and Studio Art at Skidmore College. She is now putting that degree to work by sailing on Tall Ships! Most recently she worked on SEA Semester's Robert C. Seamans as a deckhand for a yard period in American Samoa. She can currently count to 10 in four different languages and would be open to learning more.

Sam Sam Parry - Second Mate
Sam Parry grew up in Southern California. She learned about tall ships as a high school student aboard the Tole Mour and has been involved in boats ever since. This is her second season working for Adventuress, having filled the Relief Engineer position last Spring. Sam has completed maritime Basic Safety Training, is an AB and a Wilderness First Responder as well as being CRP and First Aid certified. Her most recent accolade is a shiny new captain's license. Sam hopes her next adventure to be working for the Foreign Service. If that doesn't happen then she plans to apply to International Relations graduate programs in the Fall

Emma LeValley – Educator / Deckhand / Relief Program Coordinator
Emma grew up sailing small boats around Seattle and on the Potomac River. She currently calls the Methow Valley home, but before that lived in Bellingham where she received a BS in Environmental Science with a focus in Marine Ecology and Sculpture from Fairhaven College. Most recently she worked for the WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife collecting biological data on salmon. The last time she was on the Adventuress was as for a Fantastic Voyage almost ten years ago, and she is very excited to be back. Fun fact: She raced two-person sailboats two years in a row at ICSA College National Championships with the Western Washington University's Women's Sailing Team.

Maris Winters – Educator / Deckhand / Relief Galley Coordinator
Maris is from Maltby, Washington, but has spent the last few years up in Squamish, BC getting her Bachelor of Arts and Sciences at Quest University Canada, where she asked the question "Where does the Artist Fit?". She was a deckhand aboard Adventuress a few years back, but has spent the last year working as the Volunteer Coordinator and breakfast cook at the Grunewald Guild in Plain, WA. When she can find the time, you can find her in the studio, either playing with metal or her loom.

Evan Kinnett – Educator / Deckhand/Relief Engineer
Hailing from Puyallup, Evan holds an Associates Degree in Telecommunications from Bates Technical College and has been putting it to use working on new construction sites for Amazon and Microsoft. He discovered sailing after taking his father to a Tall Ship Festival in Tacoma last year and totally fell in love with it. After sailing on the Adventuress he decided he really wanted to get involved and volunteered on all the Winter Maintenance Weekends. He feels very fortunate to be offered the opportunity to be crew, and is looking forward to sailing and educating youth, hoping to make a positive lasting impact on their lives.Fun fact: Evan spent two years traveling the US for work in a work van, visiting a total of 39 states and numerous retired Navy ships.

Anna Wietelmann – Lead Educator / Deckhand
I am grew up in Piedmont, California and still call the East Bay my home. In 2016 I earned my B.S. in Earth Systems (Environmental Science) at Stanford and since then I have worked a couple jobs as a field tech and have been sailing with Sea Education Association as a deckhand and assistant steward. A fun fact about myself is that I have a twin brother who looks nothing like me!

Maddy Savage – Season Long Educator / Deckhand
My name is Maddy and I am from Vancouver WA. I recently received my Bachelor's degree in Oceanography with a focus in chemistry. I have previously been a barista Starbucks and volunteered at the Pacific Science Center. Fun fact about me is I am a mirror twin.

Matt Sirkis – Season Long Educator / Deckhand
Hello, my name is Matt and I am from San Diego! I am finishing up my Parks and Recreation Management Degree this spring. I worked for Rites of Passage as a Field instructor for at risk youth.

Victor Boyer – Season Long Educator / Deckhand
My name is Victor Boyer, I am from Salt Lake City, Utah and I just got my associates of science degree from Salt Lake Community College. I plan on taking a break from school and then continuing to get a degree in aerospace engineering.Just before the Adventuress I was a lift operator at Solitude ski resort in Utah. I am half Swedish and speak the language pretty well.

Biz Wallace – April Month-Long Educator / Deckhand
Biz grew up in North Carolina and has a degree in design from the University of Southern California. Most recently, she has been splitting her time between the SSV Exy Johnson and the SSV Corwith Cramer. When not sailing, she can be found practicing yoga, taking photos, or shredding the gnar.

Anne Willey – April Month-Long Educator / Deckhand
I'm from Bothell, Washington and I have a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and History (and a minor in French) from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. I've previously worked as a Newborn Hearing Screener for Pediatrix Medical Group. I play the bagpipes for the Keith Highlanders Pipe Band.

Matt Markavage – April Month-Long Educator / Deckhand
Matt is from Moraga, California and has a degree from University of Redlands in California in Environmental Science.

Kate Rovinski – May Month-Long Educator / Deckhand
Kate is from Langley on Whidbey Island. She graduated from the Maine Maritime Academy '11, Marine Biology (BS) & UW '17 Infrastructure Management(MA). She worked as a Surface Warfare Officer -United States Navy '11-'18, (Shellback'11). Fun Fact: Kate enjoys working on her hobby farm with her chickens Pearl, Poppy, Lady Hawk, & the escape artist Ms. McQueen

Alexander Rayburn – May Month-Long Educator / Deckhand
Hi, my name is Alexander Rayburn! I'm from Kirkland, WA and am studying to get my Bachelors of Science in Marine Biology at Nova Southeastern University.Fun Fact: I sailed 7,000 nautical miles across the Indian Ocean last fall.

Erica Knox – June Month-Long Educator / Deckhand
Erica is a current graduate student in Earth Systems at Stanford University. She considers the undergraduate educational sailing trip she took in the Pacific to be one of the best experiences of her life. She hopes to be a teacher one day and is excited to get to teach and learn on a boat!

Addie Heifitz – June & July Month-Long Educator / Deckhand
Addie is from Philadelphia and is currently studying public health and environmental biology at Tulane University in New Orleans. She ate a slug when she was three years old and,although she’s a vegetarian now, has been intrigued by the outdoors ever since! Addie first came to Adventuress last summer during her gap year, during which she also lived on a horse farm in upstate New York, shadowed doctors in the Dominican Republic, and spent a month traveling across France. Addie is a member of Tulane EMS (and will be a certified EMT this fall!), a Chaser on the quidditch team, and a peer health educator

Suzie Hall – July Month-Long Educator / Deckhand
Suzie is from Manchester, England and has a Masters ́Degree in Physics (Leeds, UK). She is the Co-Founder of Plastic-Free Me which is a nonprofit organisation aimed at individuals and corporations, encouraging the elimination of plastics from daily life. Fun fact: Suzie a little whale-obsessed and have recently got my first two tattoos: both whale-themed. I think next time I ́ll try and branch out! Maybe a whale shark...

Season 2 Crew - July through October 2018

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Top: Captain Bucko Billy, Danny, Gray, Kevin, Sean, Anna, Shay, Evan, and Sam Bottom: Faran, Kat, Chloe, Taylor, Christina, and Sam Sam

Sam Sam – Chief Mate
Sam Sam grew up in Southern California. She learned about tall ships as a high school student aboard the Tole Mour and has been involved in boats ever since. This is her third season working for Adventuress, having filled the Relief Engineer position last Spring and Second Mate this Spring. Sam Sam has completed maritime Basic Safety Training, is an AB and a Wilderness First Responder as well as being CRP and First Aid certified. Her most recent accolade is a shiny new captain's license. Sam Sam hopes her next adventure to be working for the Foreign Service. If that doesn't happen then she plans to apply to International Relations graduate programs in the Fall.

Sam Nadell – Program Coordinator
Sam is from the distant, exotic land of Yorktown Heights, New York, and has a B.S. and M.S. in oceanography from Cornell University. He is excited for his second season working aboard the Schooner Adventuress after working as the relief engineer last year. Sam has also sailed aboard the Clearwater, Mystic Whaler, and Robert C. Seamans, and has seen hundreds of other boats. Sam's favorite pastimes include performing improv and stand-up comedy and looking at restaurant menus prior to going to restaurants.

Faran Lund – Galley Coordinator
Faran currently lives in Seattle,WA. They earned a B.A. in Biology from Lawrence University with minors in Anthropology and Neuroscience. Faran spent the last year cooking delicious French food at Boat Street Kitchen in Seattle and is excited to bring these fresh flavors to everyone aboard Adventuress. When they were a child, Faran thought their mood controlled the weather and the tides, and still thinks it could be true.

Evan Kinnett – Engineer
Hailing from Puyallup, Evan holds an Associates Degree in Telecommunications from Bates Technical College and has been putting it to use working on new construction sites for Amazon and Microsoft. He discovered sailing after taking his father to a Tall Ship Festival in Tacoma last year and totally fell in love with it. After sailing on the Adventuress he decided he really wanted to get involved and volunteered during each Winter Maintenance Weekends. He feels very fortunate to be offered the opportunity to be crew, and is looking forward to sailing and educating youth, hoping to make a positive lasting impact on their lives. Fun fact: Evan spent two years traveling the US for work in a work van, visiting a total of 39 states and numerous retired Navy ships.

Sean Flynn - Second Mate
Sean grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas and studied Environmental Science, Wildlife Habitat Management and Entomology at the University of Arkansas. He started sailing and racing 24' vessels on Arkansas lakes. Sean served as a Deckhand on S/V Seaward in San Francisco and S/V Liberty Clipper on the East Coast. Most recently he held the position as First Mate aboard S/V When And If and sailed over 10,000 nm with her in the last year. He is extremely excited to sail in the Pacific NW!

Taylor Jackson – Educator / Deckhand / Relief Program Coordinator
Taylor hails from beautiful Bainbridge Island in Washington. She earned her degree in Marine Biology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2015 and has since been working at a variety of outdoor schools and on tall ships all over the country! Even though she calls Washington home, Taylor's ideal place to live is the North Maine Woods.

Shay Hohmann – Educator / Deckhand / Relief Galley Coordinator


Gray McKenna– Educator / Deckhand/Relief Engineer
Gray grew up in Baltimore, and just completed their B.S. in Marine Biology at Northeastern University. This is Gray's second season onboard. Prior to this, they were a Program Director at Sail Caribbean in the British Virgin Islands. Gray dreams of being a master clawhammer banjo player.

Kevin Sandel – Lead Educator / Deckhand
Kevin is a proud cheesehead from southeastern Wisconsin. He graduated in 2015 from the University of Wisconsin - Madison with a BA in Zoology and Environmental Studies. He has spent the following two years living in Naples, Florida as a naturalist for the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, where he had a variety of crazy jobs ranging from teaching kids how to snorkel to target training baby alligators.

Christina Wine – Season Long Educator / Deckhand
Christina is an island girl, born and raised in Maui, Hawaii. She stayed in Hawaii for school to pick up a BS in Marine Science (with a chemistry minor and a Marine Option Program certificate) and has been working on another island -- Catalina Island-- for the Catalina Island Marine Institute as a marine science instructor at Camp Fox.

Danny Lucas – Season Long Educator / Deckhand
Danny recently graduated from Warren Wilson in North Carolina, with a degree in Chemistry and Environmental Studies. He's originally from the South-West of France and has lived there for the first 18 years of his life! Danny's last job was as a Independent Research Consultant for the NASA Develop Program. He worked on a livestock farm at the same time as his NASA job, which was a great combo!

Chloe Goodson – Season Long Educator / Deckhand
Chloe is currently living in Haines, Alaska and has a Bachelor's Degree in Animal Sciences from the University of Missouri. Most recently she has worked as a baker at the Rusty Compass Coffeehouse and walks dogs for a side job. Chloe also volunteers at the local radio station and the animal rescue service.

Anna Ripley – July & August Month Educator / Deckhand
Anna grew up on Vashon Island, Washington and currently lives in Walla Walla, where she is a rising senior at Whitman College, majoring in biology and minoring in chemistry. She loves cats, and spent 6 weeks last spring sailing around New Zealand.

Tori Lambert – August - October Month Educator / Deckhand
Tori is from Baton Rouge, Louisiana and graduated with a degree in Marine Biology in May 2018 from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Prior to Sound Experience she have worked at Project Transformation - a non-profit organization in the Dallas, Texas area- where she got to know and work with children in grades K-12 in low-income communities. Besides working with kids, another passion of Tori's is competitive jump roping!

Lena Goss – September & October Month-long Educator / Deckhand
Lena is returning for for second season aboard the Schooner Adventuress. She was born and raised on the shores of the Salish Sea and looks forward to sharing her love of the marine world and all things sailing. For the last year Lena tried her hand at a "land job" teaching environmental science and conservation in elementary schools in Western Massachusetts and is now excited to be back on the water in the Pacific Northwest.

Katharine Troth – September & October Month-long Educator / Deckhand
Katharine has a VA Bachelor of Science in Biology and minor in Anthropology from Longwood University Burgundy Style Consulting LLC. She recently worked as a Grape Harvest and Cellar Worker, processing grapes to make wine! Fun Fact: Katharine is a novice rollerskater!

Amelia Foster – September & October Month-long Educator / Deckhand
Amelia received her B.S. and B.A. in microbiology and international studies at Oregon State University. She is dedicated to learning more about the ocean and bridging the gap between science and the arts.