 Deirdre O'Regan is a licensed professional mariner who left the quarterdeck to become an instructor for Southhampton College's SEAmester Program, where she teaches maritime history and literature of the sea on board ship. As a mariner, instructor, and traditional sailmaker, she has shipped out on the schooners Spirit of Massachusetts, Ernestina, Californian, and Harvey Gamage and the brig Niagara.
Deirdre has a MA in Maritime History and Nautical Archeaology from East Carolina University, with an undergraduate degree from Cornell University. Her Masters thesis was "Sailmaking in the Nineteenth Century Southern New England," tapping on her professional experiences as a mariner and sailmaker. Deirdre has also documented a number of shipwrecks through field schools in nautical archeology.
Deirdre is married to Brian Andrews, a sailing ship captain and marine geographer. She is the mother of two. She lives in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
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