Two Skippers

During Major League Baseball’s 2017 All-Star Break, Boston Red Sox Manager John Farrell (third from left) and friends and family visited WHOI’s research vessel Neil Armstrong and were given a tour by ship’s captain Kent Sheasley (second from left). Farrell grew up the son of a New Jersey lobsterman, still owns a lobster boat, and respects and loves the ocean and the ships that sail it. In recognition of their dedication and hard work, the crews of the Armstrong and WHOI’s R/V Atlantis were invited to Fenway Park last week as guests of a WHOI Trustee to watch the Red Sox play the Toronto Blue Jays. (Photo by Colin Reed, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)