F/V ERICA LEE Captains and Crew
978-463-2233
Capt. Rob Yeomans has worked aboard the Erica Lee for 31 years, 21 of those as captain. He holds a 100-ton U.S. Coast Guard captain's license, and has decades of experience fishing for a variety of New England species in the Gulf of Maine. Rob has been the owner/operator of the Erica Lee since 2005. When not at sea, Rob, teaches Anatomy & Physiology, Biology, and Marine Biology at Newburyport High School. He taught biology at Lynn Classical High School from 1996 to 2005. He earned a BA Biology (1996) and a MA in Teaching Biology from Salem State (2000). During the summer of 2009, Rob also worked as a high school curriculum development consultant for a National Marine Fisheries education project Rob was a 2009 recipient of the Swasey Grant for curriculum development at Newburyport High School. In November, he traveled to Monterey, California, to study humboldt squids. This trip included tagging the giant squids with Stanford University's Dr. William Gilly and his staff from the Hopkins Marine Station. Rob returned with squid to be dissected with his high school marine biology students, as well as great connections and ideas to bridge the east and west coast ecosystems for his students at N.H.S. and at BOAT CAMP. |
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Capt. Kate Yeomans grew up on the water messing about in family-owned recreational boats before heading to sea as a deckhand on the Newburyport Whale Watch boat Capt. Red at age 12, a seasonal job she held for more than ten years. During this time she attained a 100-ton U.S. Coast Guard license. For the past 15 years, Kate has written about the sea and the people who work and recreate upon it. She is the former editor of Embassy Cruising Guides, a series of four bi-annual guides spanning the cruising waters from Canada to Alabama. She has a BA in Journalism (minor in marine biology) from UNH (1995) and an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College (1999). Her award-winning work has appeared in Boston Magazine, Boston Sunday Globe Magazine, Cruising World, Commercial Fisheries News, National Fisherman, Offshore, Professional Mariner, Robb Report, Voyaging and others. Kate is currently finishing up work on a masters degree in environmental education at UNH (2011), and applying this knowledge directly to the development and enrichment of BOAT CAMP Inc.'s curriculum and programming. Rob and Kate were high-school sweethearts at Triton Regional High School, where they first studied marine biology and oceanography in 1989. Kate and Rob were married in 1996 and have two young sons, with whom they share their love for boats and the sea. Rob and Kate have owned the Erica Lee since April 2005. She is the author of Dead Men Tapping: |
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Devin started aboard the ERICA LEE first at nine years old. He joined our crew in 2001 and is a dedicated, skilled, friendly and hardworking deckhand worked full-time onboard the Erica Lee for more than 10 years. Devin graduated in 2009 with a degre in criminal justice from Westfield State College in Westfield,
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| April Odell has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute(2008) and a MA in Elementary Education from Lesley University (2010). She has been aboard the Erica Lee since 1995 and is always known to dive right into her work! She is also an accomplished artist and works in the off-season as an elementary school teacher. You can see April's art here. |  |
Jack Barry was a student in Capt. Rob's marine biology class at NHS. He was raised on boats starting at the age of six, and now takes his father's boat to Gloucester, Rockport, Isles of Shoals, and Jeffreys Ledge. He has taken three boating safety courses offered by the USCG. Jack's also a certified lifeguard, and swims often at the YWCA. When not at sea or at school, Jack is also a talented musician. He plays piano at Copley Plaza every Saturday and Monday night, and at Newburyport's Joseph's Winter St. Cafe every Tuesday night. He has also played at Michaels Harborside and Sea Glass. He is active in the US Coast Guard Reserves and is making college plans. |
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| Tucker will be entering his 8th year aboard the Eric Lee, his 4th as a crew member. Tucker has a passion for boating and exploring the sea and enjoys sharing his enthusiasm with kids of all ages. Tucker is also an avid skier and spends his winter weekends in the glades and bumps of Cannon Mountain in Franconia, NH. and plans to join the Junior Ski Patrol Program next season. When not working on the Erica Lee or skiing, Tucker is an honor student and president of his freshman class at The Governor’s Academy. |  |
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Captains Rob and Kate Yeomans
978-463-2233