I was born and raised in West Virginia with an unshakeable urge to travel.  I went to college at the University of Illinois at Chicago where I received two bachelor of fine arts degrees (graphic design and photography).  My summer job while I was in school was in working for some charter yachts as a deckhand.  A few months after my graduation I landed a job as a photographer’s assistant.  And one week into this job I was offered a position on a tall ship going from Chicago to the Virgin Islands.  I decided that a career in photography could wait a few months. 

10 years later I am still perfecting the art of staying in debt by continuing to work on tall ships.  And for the most part I am happy to do so.

Sarah hails from Milwaukee, WI, and joins the Amistad with diverse knowledge and experience aboard several tall ships including the Irving Johnson, Denis Sullivan, and Lady Maryland. She especially enjoys traveling to new, exciting places and backpacking. Sarah has a B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Vermont. She looks forward to the challenges and opportunities that await this season aboard Amistad.

Cook / Medical Officer :Mountain's, Hiking, Fly Fishing, getting to know people and intellectual conversations... Life is what you make it. At least, that is what my mother always told me as a young lad. I try to respect all this world has given me and I am out there seeing it all. I travel the back roads and sea to find new people and skills and meet the people that work behind the doors of the world.

Brynna hails from Takoma Park, Maryland. Having a love of the water and traveling since a little girl, she has found her calling on tall ships. With a degree in Geography form the University of Mary Washington, working on tall ships has become a chance to see all the places she has only ever read about. Brynna is eager to share the experiences of traveling, the story of the Amistad and sailing with people from around the world.

Ben has been in and around sailboat since his earliet memories, but he got into the tallship industry through the backdoor, as a carpenter on the build crew of the brigantines Irving and Exy Johnson. When the boats were commissioned, he managed to snag a deckhand position on Irving. He has also worked on the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, and volunteered on the Hawaiian Chieftain. When he’s not sailing, Ben is a science journalist. His writing has appeared in the Australian titles COSMOS and G: The Green Lifestyle Magazine, as well as Science magazine and online.

Haley Cox was born and raised in Shelburne, Nova Scotia.  Haley loves reading, traveling and playing sports including soccer, basketball, and softball. After graduating from high school, she moved to St. Johns, New Foundland and did a year at Memorial University before signing aboard the Amistad mid August. After finishing the second leg of the Freedom Tour in Sierra Leone as a student she knew she wanted to come back. Four months after returning home she flew down to Barbados to rejoined as crew. The boat and the story has become a large part of her life and she is enjoying every minute of it. Haley and her sister Nina became Amistad's personal connections to the Black Loyalists story.

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As a 21 year old I have decided to take some time out to find out exactly what I want do with my life. My boyfriend Mike, who is sailing on the Amistad, introduced me to the ship. I live in Exeter UK and work as a coach driver; I would like to be able to take new skills away from this experience and possibly even new career path. I have never sailed before but I am ready and willing to learn.

I was born, raised, and learned how to sail in Camden, Maine, which is famous for being a beautiful harbor where boats from all over the world come to visit. So I guess it makes sense why I’d still be out the water and have chosen to make boats a part of my career choice. I started out on tall ships as a student aboard the Harvey Gamage and Spirit of Massachusettes and began working aboard the Maine Windjammers, Timberwind, Stephen Taber, and Victory Chimes. I spent this summer touring California aboard the Washington ketch Hawaiian Chieftain and this spring working in Nova Scotia on the European film of “The Sea Wolf” as crew aboard the schooner Alabama. Once my time on Amistad is over, I’m moving to Nova Scotia and would eventually one day like to go to boatbuilding school, as well as continue with making sailtraining a part of my career.

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