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William Reynolds: Ship's Captain
Captain William Reynolds has been captain of the Half Moon and Director of the New Netherland Museum since 1998. Before coming to the Half Moon, he captained numerous seagoing vessels, both historical and industrial. His background also includes training and work in the environmental sciences. He currently lives with his family in Selkirk, NY, and is looking forward to seeing the new student crew meet the challenges this Voyage of Discovery places before them.
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Bob Hansen: First Mate
Ship's mate Bob Hansen started sailing on the Hudson on the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater; later, on two engineless sloops. Since the 1990s, he has served as a volunteer and mate on the schooners Spirit of Massachuesetts and Ernestina.
When not sailing, he describes himself as a "bureaucrat" with the New York State government.
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Roxanne Wegman: Cook
Roxanne Wegman is a Voyage of Discovery alumna who sailed on the Half Moon in 2000. She graduated from Bethlehem Central High School in 2005. She attended United States Military Academy at West Point for two and a half years. She decided to take two years off from the Army to do Christian missionary work in Taiwan. While planning and raising money for her mission, she had the opportunity to sail on the Half Moon as a steward/cook. Her responsibility is to feed the crew and maintain the galley.
Her hobbies include running cross country and track, Shakespearean drama, American history, bluegrass music, singing, and playing violin.
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Scott Beiter: Educator
Scott Beiter is the 8th grade physical science teacher at Rensselaer Middle
School. This will be his third Voyage of Discovery. He looks forward to the history/science immersion of the voyage.
"This what education is about, not textbooks and worksheets."
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Kara Colley: Educator/Seaman
Kara Colley spent the last year volunteering at a meditation center in Mexico. She is happy to be back in the Albany area and back on board the Half Moon!
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Sky Colley: Carpenter/Seaman
Sky Colley has been living in Mexico for the last couple of years, but he's happy to be back on board the Half Moon for another Voyage of Discovery.
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Daniel Scott Dawson: Painter/Seaman
Mr. Dawson is a professional handyman/painter who spent most of this past summer assisting with major upgrade projects on the Half Moon. This is Mr. Dawson's fifth Voyage of Discovery. When not working on the Half Moon, Mr. Dawson is an avid fisherman and wilderness explorer, and he also enjoys skiing, billiards, the New York Yankees, and listening to and collecting live music.
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Mary Ellen Jacobs: Science Officer
Mary Ellen Jacobs has an undergraduate degree in history and a Ph.D. in molecular biology & biochemistry. She is currently a researcher at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, CT. She is serving as science officer on this Voyage of Discovery, during which she hopes to introduce students to the biology of the Hudson River, as well as the history of the Henry Hudson & his crew on their 1609 voyage along the river that would bear his name.
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John W. Mangrum: Chronicler
Originally hailing from the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA, John W. Mangrum holds one of the most anachronistic positions the crew of a 17th-century wooden sailing ship could imagine: the Half Moon's webmaster. Seldom seen in front of the camera, he oversses the daily updates to this website during our voyages. A former roleplaying game designer, Mr. Mangrum is now enjoying his fourth year of voyages aboard the Half Moon. What started as a simple, impromptu dockside tour of the ship has since turned into a life of adventure.
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Sean McDonald: Educator
Sean McDonald is a math teacher at Oneida Middle School. This is his second Voyage of Discovery with the Half Moon. He is hoping to have another great experience with the new crew.
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Grant Prime: Educator/Seaman
Grant Prime teaches 5th grade at Taconic Hills Middle School. Mr. Prime has been involved with historical re-enactments for more than thirty years, and has been bringing his enthusiasm to the Half Moon each summer since 1998. He has completed his Master's in Elementary Education, and was a contributor to the New Netherland Museum's 4th- and 7th-grade curriculum materials.
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