A graduate of Swarthmore College with a BA in Religion and a concentration in Environmental Studies and Education, Claire came to ERNESTINA in the 2001 season, with extensive water-based program experience. She is a graduate of the Sea Education Association course in Nautical Science, Oceanography and Maritime studies, sailing on WESTWARD, and worked professionally as a deckhand on the CORWITH CRAMER for a supplemental 6-week program. In addition, Claire worked as a deckhand and teacher onboard the JOLLY II ROVER. During 2002, Claire helped with Ernestinas up-rig, and start of season, before heading out to the west coast to work on Schooner ADVENTURESS as a deckhand and Program Coordinator. |
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Monika joined the ERNESTINA crew in 1999. Having previous shipboard cooking and sailing experience onboard CORWITH CRAMER, Monika made an easy transition into the ERNESTINA galley. She makes excellent food, and keeps both the crew and participants amused with her keen sense of humor. In the past, Monika has worked as a teaching assistant and for a catering company, both experiences which help her to adapt to life onboard a sail training and educational vessel with ease. |
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Erika has spent much of her life around boats and water, as she comes from a family of schooner Captains. She has worked onboard the MYSTIC WHALER, SOUND WATERS and QUINNIPIACK all providing educational programs on the Long Island Sound, and joined the ERNESTINA crew for the full season 2001. |
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Jessica joined the crew of ERNESTINA in 2001 as an apprentice, after graduating in June from Natick High School, where she was part of the National Honors Society. Her first experience onboard was during her 3 years participation at the Camp Favorite summer sailing program. Jessicas other sailing experiences have included time onboard the SPIRIT OF MASSACHUSETTS while studying New England Coastal ecology, marine science and maritime history and literature. She also participated in the boating program at Charles River Community Boating. She returns to ERNESTINA in 2002, as part of the professional crew. |
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Frank joined the ERNESTINA as an apprentice, in the spring of 2002, for the up-rig. At the time, he was in the process of completing a 10-week practicum as the final requirement of a Master of Science in Environmental Education from Lesley University. From June through the end of the season, he has worked as a deckhand and relief engineer. |
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Brenda came to the rescue for ERNESTINA early in the 2001 season, as the ships crew did not have a full-time cook. With most of her past food handling experience being as a cook, wait staff and assistant manager at Red Lobster and Miami Subs, working onboard a ship, cooking for up to 36 people was a huge challenge, which Brenda seemed to master with ease. She made great meals always presenting with her personal flair and had focused energy.Brendas professional past has greatly varied. |
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Scott came to ERNESTINA as an AB in 1999, with a wealth of outdoor education experience. In 2001, he led the crew as ERNESTINAS Chief Mate. Prior, Scott worked as Waterfront Director at Camp Norwester on Lopez Island, Washington for three summers, and led outdoor excursions for the Outdoor Center at Western Washington University. Scotts experience working on other educational sailing ships includes BOUNTY, Schooner ADVENTURESS, and the HARVEY GAMAGE. He holds a 100-ton Inland Masters License, and AB Certificate. Scott returns in the 2002 season, for one month, to fill an AB position at the start of the season, before heading put to the West Coast as Chief Mate on the ADVENTURESS. |
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Missy returned to ERNESTINA in 2002, while on summer leave from her studies at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. She had volunteered onboard in both 1998 and 1999, after graduating from high-school and realizing that on a ship and on the water is where she felt most at home. She returns to join the professional crew, and use the skills she has learned while studying marine engineering at the academy. |
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Jim joined the ERNESTINA in September of 2002, after a busy summer working with Sea Education Association onboard the CORWITH CRAMER as an assistant scientist. He has spent over 2 years working in the maritime industry, and currently holds a USCG Inland Masters License of 100 tons. |
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Tom has been staff with ERNESTINA since 1994. His primary responsibilities include community outreach and special events coordination, working closely with the many community groups and school districts to take advantage of ERNESTINAs offerings. As one of the most talented interpreters of New England Maritime Folklore and Traditional Music of the Sea, Tom has been a guest lecturer at the Sea Education Association, Mystic Seaport Museum, the Kendall Whaling Museum and other maritime, musical and historical institutions across the country. |
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The 2002 season brings MaryHelen from Volunteer to Program Coordinator onboard the Schooner ERNESTINA. Having served for four years as Administrator and Program Director for the Schooner ADVENTURE in Gloucester, with experience in expansion of community support and involvement in the schooners restoration, and having directed a multi-generational community learning project involving local high school students, it was thought that this transition, from one old Gloucester fishing schooner to the next, would be a natural fit. |
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During his brief but remarkable sailing career with ERNESTINA, Rob’s performances have been described by critics as “electrifyingly tall” and “occasionally bearded”. Assuming the role of AB Deckhand in the 2002 edition of the block buster “Schooner Ernestina”, you are sure to cry and laugh as a result of Rob’s unforgettable days aboard. |
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Alan brings a wealth of knowledge and energy to several projects, including the development of the Expedition to the Water Planet curriculum guides and incorporation of MA Curriculum Frameworks and Benchmarks on the Way the Environmental Literacy into ERNESTINA programs. |
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Jonathan joined the ERNESTINA in the Fall of 2001. He is a skilled and experienced outdoorsman, who has worked professionally for over twenty years in commercial/advertising photography for corporations and businesses. Jonathan has recently worked with Thompson Island Outward Bound Educational Center and Hurricane Island Outward Bound as a challenge course facilitator. He comes to ERNESTINA to continue to gain experience in a career focused on the outdoor educational field. He is a licensed pilot with significant back country experience. And, he is a certified Wilderness First Responder. |
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Carl has been involved with the Ernestina since 1997, serving as both a Mate and Chief Mate. Carl adds depth to ERNESTINA’s program with his extensive knowledge of environmental issues, ecology and celestial navigation. Holding a 200 ton Near-Coastal Mates and 100 ton Inland Masters license, Carl has worked on a variety of sail training and educational vessels including BOUNTY, CORWITH CRAMER, and OCEAN STAR. |
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Samantha came to ERNESTINA with extensive experience as mate, bosun and watch officer on PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II, SLOOP CLEARWATER, SCHOONER SHENANDOAH, ROSEWAY, VOYAGER and BARKENTINE GAZELA. |
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Katie joined the crew of the ERNESTINA as a deckhand for the first half of the 2002 season. Originally from upstate New York, Katie fell in love with the southern coast of Massachusetts having spent most of her summers in, on and around the waters of Westport, MA. After graduating, from McGill University in 2000 with a BS from the School of Environment, Katie gravitated back towards Southern New England. |
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Rosie was onboard ERNESTINA for about two months during the 2001 season. She came from the schooner ADVENTURESS, where she had been involved as a Deckhand and Educator for about seven years. |
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Mary Anne comes to the ship during the summer months when off from her regular duties as 9th grade high school teacher in Westport, MA where she also serves as Academy Coordinator. She has an M.Ed. from Boston University and a B.S. cum laude from UMASS Dartmouth. |
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Crista came to ERNESTINA in 1999, first leading a group of participants from the New England Aquarium summer program, and then joining the professional crew later that fall as a deckhand. She accepted the position of Program Coordinator in 2000, bringing her wealth of experience, solid organizational skills and enthusiasm to ERNESTINAs programs. |
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It was her amazing passion for environmental studies that brought Leda to the ERNESTINA for two months of the 2002 season. As the Coordinator of the Marine Science Exploration Program for Schooner, Inc and Marine Educator onboard both QUINNIPIAK and RV OCEANIC, she has lead and taught many marine based programs for students of all ages. Working as a deckhand and educator for ERNESTINA was a very smooth transition. |
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Inette joined the Schooner Ernestina in 2000, as an Onboard Program Coordinator. Originally from the Southeastern Massachusetts area, she has an educational background at some of the local educational institutions, including Friends Academy, Moses Brown School and Bristol County Community College, the latter of which she has some Environmental and Marine Science coursework. Inette holds a degree in Art History and Native American Studies from Gettysburg College. |
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Erica joined the ERNESTINA crew in 1999 as Mate. For the 2002 season, she enthusiastically stepped naturally into the leadership role of Chief Mate. |
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Greg came highly recommended to the ERNESTINA in the 2001 season. A student at Wesleyan University, he is working towards his degree. Part of his studies has included the Sea Education Association course in Nautical Science, Oceanography and maritime studies, 6 weeks of which he spent sailing onboard the CORWITH CRAMER. |
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Gordon came to the ERNESTINA from our sister, ADVENTURESS, across the country in the Pacific Northwest. Gordons experience is substantial. He served as master on the LADY WASHINGTON in Grays Harbor, Aberdeen, WA, master on the Schooner ADVENTURESS and plied the inland waters of Puget Sound as a tugboat master. Gordon has worked with Lug Rig Longboats for the Pacific Crest Outward Bound School in Anacortes, WA and the Wooden Boat Foundation in Port Townsend, WA. He has incredible versatility and depth for experiential education programs. Gordon holds a BS Degree in Botany from Duke University. |
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Mike came aboard the ERNESTINA in 2000, after majoring in Geology and graduating with honors from Carleton College. There he received Independent Research Fellowship and a distinction award for his senior thesis. While working towards his degree, he participated in the Sea Education Association course in Nautical Science, Oceanography and maritime studies, and sailed upon the CORWITH CRAMER. |
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Who is Stubbs anyway? We didn’t hire him, didn’t even get to meet him face to face. But he is most definitely well known to the crew, and like “grape little buddy”, seems to have become part of it. Interestingly, Stubbs joined the ERNESTINA at the start of the spring up-rig, at the same time as Frank Calascione. |
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Amanda met up with the ERNESTINA at the Gloucester Schooner race in September 2001, and joined soon after to complete the season with the crew. She has significant shipboard experience, working as an educator and deckhand onboard the LETTIE G.HOWARD, and volunteer deckhand on CLEARWATER. She also worked as a pump-out boat operator. |
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Eric joined ERNESTINA in June of 2002. He is a graduate of Dickinson College, with a BS in Environmental Science and a concentration in Marine Science. During his undergraduate studies, Eric attended Sea Education Associations semester program in Nautical Science, Oceanography and Maritime Studies, where he sailed onboard WESTWARD. Eric also spent a semester studying Marine Science at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. |
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Doralee signed on to cook for the ERNESTINA in July 2001. She has had a significant amount of shipboard cooking, having worked on MALABAR, MANITOU, ROSEWAY, WESTWARD, and the YOUNG AMERICA and for the Down-East Windjammer Cruise Line. Doralee also has on-shore cooking experience working at a number of hotels including the Grand Traverse Resort and the Bowers Harbor Inn, both of which are fine dining restaurants in the Travers City, MI area. |
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Calvin returned to the ERNESTINA in 2001 for his third consecutive summer, to work intern in the office. The internship is funded through a grant from the Island Foundation. Previously, he has helped with everything from educational programs to shaving our newly acquired timber to remove the bark for ultimate construction of bowsprit and gaffs. In the 2001 summer, Calvin worked on transcribing the writings Edward Stafford, the grandson of Admiral Peary, from his 1932 journal of the voyage of the EFFIE M. MORRISSEY from New York to Newfoundland, NS. |
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Peter sailed as our Austrian intern aboard ERNESTINA and works along side his aunt, Traudi, for the summer. This is Peter's first summer following in his brother's footsteps. |
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After many attempts to get to New Bedford, Frank finally got onboard the ERNESTINA to be the first of the 2002 seasons apprentices. With a great deal of small sail boat experience, both as a sailor and instructor, he enthusiastically signed on to participate in one of the great life adventures of learning the role of a seaman on a tall-ship, before heading on to start his professional working career. |
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Edison and Jonathan are brothers who are at New Bedford High School and came to help ERNESTINA for several summers. Whether aboard from time to time or ashore, we can count on them to be there and do a great job! They help with programs as well as the maintenance of the ship. Edison is back for his third year. These internships are funded thanks to a grant from the Island Foundation. |
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Annie is a doctoral student at Brown University studying epidemiology. She also received her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Brown University. She is also a certified EMT and coordinates the volunteer EMT services at Brown. This is her first sailing experience. |
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LeeAnne joins the ERNESTINA crew to help finish-up the end of the season, and work on down-rigging the ship. She comes directly from working onboard the US BRIG NIAGRA. There she worked both as an OS, Assistant Cook, and Volunteer Deckhand for the past two summers. |
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Julia returned to the ERNESTINA for three weeks during the summer of 2001. Previously, she had participated as a guest of her father, Alan, on a number of the Sea Connection programs, and wanted to participate as part of the crew in a longer term experience. |
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Sarah is completing her Associates Degree in Education at Bristol Community College. She worked closely with the junior high students who were constructing the scale models of Schooner Ernestina and the Bark Wanderer. Sarah is also an active volunteer for Habitats for Humanity. |
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Will returned to the ERNESTINA in the 2002 season as an apprentice. He had spent a week onboard the ship in 2001 as a student with the St. Margaret McTernan School in CT, and enjoyed his experience so much, he longed to continue it for an extended period of time. Joining the crew, in the dual position that the apprentice takes on, both as student and teacher, Will was able to further his seamanship skills, and then turn around and teach them to students that came onboard with their schools, thus teaching him skills to be an educator. |
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Natalie and Nathan, twin brother and sister, joined the ERNESTINA staff as part of the internship program, which is sponsored by the Island Foundation. They come to the ERNESTINA, following in the foot steps of their great grandfather Henrique Mendes, the owner of the ship, who brought her to Cape Verde. Natalie worked on transcribing the writings Edward Stafford, the grandson of Admiral Peary, from his 1932 journal of the voyage of the EFFIE M. MORRISSEY from New York to Newfoundland, NS. Nathan helped to organize the Ernestina Archive room to make it a more usable space. |
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Gabe Miranda began his sea voyages at the age of ten working with his father, a captain on Eastern Fisheries commercial scallop vessels. Gabe came to Ernestina through the New Bedford Fishermans Family Assistance Center to work with the junior high school students. Gabe also worked with Capt. Willi Bank in the re-rigging of the ship this spring. |
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Katina joined the ERNESTINA crew for three weeks of the 2001 season. As a student of the Small Vessel Operations Program at the Maine Maritime Academy, Katina was looking for a co-operative experience in which she could participate in boat handling, navigation and the maintenance of a sailing vessel. Her ultimate goal is to single-handedly sail from the United States to Greece, after she completes her program. |
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Gil joined the ERNESTINA staff during the summer of 2001, as part of the internship program, which is sponsored by the Island Foundation. Fluent in Kriolu, Gils project was to translate a Schooner Ernestina Deck Log book from the 1954-55 transatlantic voyages. Part of the archive, this logbook is a huge representation of the ERNESTINA history. After translating, Gil put the details of the navigation to paper, by charting the three voyages on one chart, to be displayed in the Schooner Ernestina Museum. |
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Giovanni joined ERNESTINA early in the 2001 season for 6 weeks. Part of his academic requirements, as a senior at the Fenway High School in Boston, he was to find a position working in a field in which he aspired to work professionally. |
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Randy began as a volunteer during the re-rigging of the ship in March and April 2000 as a Dartmouth home-school high school student and came aboard for 4 weeks in May 2000. She participated in numerous day sails and worked with the crew to prepare the ship for the sailing season. |
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Jessica is at Swarthmore College. She recently completed an underway program on the Harvey Gamage with Williams College studying the ecology,history, literature and policy of the sea. Jessica sailed onboard Ernestina in June. |
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Patricia recently graduated from New York University with a B.A. in History. She has studied at NYU in Paris, France and has related experiences researching archival materials in Praia, Cape Verde and organizing a conference in Ethiopia. She is fluent in Cape Verdean, Portuguese and some French and Spanish. Patricia came to ERNESTINA as a graduate intern helping us build an interactive interpretive display focusing on the Cape Verdean packet trade for our 89 North Water Street facility. This project is funded through a grant from the Island Foundation. |
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Kendra joined the ERNESTINA staff as an intern in the summer of 2002. She enthusiastically worked on the genealogy project, spending many hours researching, interviewing and documenting many of the families who have been involved with the Schooner Ernestina ex. Effie M. Morrissey. |
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Rebeca was in the History Museum Studies Program at Cooperstown Graduate Program and came to Schooner ERNESTINA as graduate intern thanks to a grant from the Island Foundation. ERNESTINA and the New Bedford Historical Society worked jointly on a Cape Verdean Immigration Internship for ten weeks in summer 2000 to look at immigration patterns and factors of Cape Verdean residence in Greater New Bedford drawing from the censuses of the late 19th and early 20th century. |
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Kaitlyn joined the ERNESTINA crew in September 2001. She came onboard after completing an apprentice program as an Education Assistant onboard the CLEARWATER. |
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Jeremiah has been a long-time ERNESTINA volunteer, as a part of the Boy Scout Troop 52 from Fairhaven, MA. Over the past 4 years, Jeremiah was one the consistent members of the troop who comes every spring and fall to help the crew rig and de-rig the ship. The summer of 2001, Jeremiah joined the staff and crew as part of the intern program, sponsored by the Island Foundation. He spent 2 weeks working in the office on a variety of projects, including drawing the plans for a knot board he hopes to build. After, he joined the ship for 4 weeks, as part of the crew, an educator and deckhand. Once finished, Jeremiah was invited to continue in the intern program, to assist the staff in teaching the after-school boat-building program. |
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