I will be in San Diego to host a meet-and-greet-the-artist event aboard the Star of India on August 22nd. Making the perfect entry for a nautical photographer, I'll arrive in San Diego aboard the Coast Guard barque Eagle just in time for the Tall Ship Festival parade of sail, after spending four days sailing down the California coast.

The Maritime Museum of San Diego is featuring 15 of my images images in their Portrait of Tall Ships exhibit. The two person exhibit opened on July 1st and runs through January 2009 on board the Star of India, the oldest active sailing ship in the world. the exhibit includes images of well known schooners and sailing ships Martha, Zodiac, Pride of Baltimore II, Lynx, Californian, Gazela, Virginia, H.M.S. Surprise, Lady Washington and Star of India.

Five of my photographs were selected by curator Charlotte Beal for the University House summer art exhibit. University House is located in the Wallingford section of Seattle at 4400 Stone Way. The exhibit runs through October 19th.

I'm sailing from the Canary Islands to St. Lucia on a Hylas 54 named L'ame Libre, one of the few American boats to join the Transatlantic ARC Rally. On November 25th, 242 boats hit the starting line for the trade wind run to St. Lucia. Follow the weather and fleet positions on the official web site http://www.worldcruising.net/.%5Carcviewer.asp?eventid=1 or click on the link below to follow L'ame Libre's track across the Atlantic.

A couple weeks after the Great Schooner Race I visited San Diego to photograph the Maritime Museum's annual tall ship sail. We were not blessed with the strong winds that we had for the Great Schooner Race but the Star of India, HMS Surprise and the California are beautiful boats so I was able to take some lovely photographs that will be shown in the Portrait of Tall Ships Exhibit next summer.

Abstract photograph of schooner Blue Finger's tan bark gaff sails chosen by juror Lisa Van Doren for exhibition in the Northwind Arts Center, Art Port Townsend show.

October and November were busy months. I returned to my old cruising waters to photograph the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race: 40 large and small schooners racing from Annapolis, MD to Norfolk, VA. A front came through, breaking a late season heat wave, the day before the start and blew the fleet down the bay at a record setting pace giving me a rare opportunity to photograph Pride of Baltimore II, Virginia and Gazela reaching down the bay at over 10 knots.

I am very honored to be the only photographer selected to show their work at this show. Visit the Kirsten Gallery in north Seattle by the end of August to see to see some wonderful marine paintings, carvings and of course photography!

We have been offered an exhibit at the Maritime Museum of San Diego! The exhibit, called Portrait of Talll Ships, will open in June 2008 just in time for the San Diego Tall Ships Festival.

We have printed a limited edition (150) poster of Schooner Martha to commemorate her 100 th birthday. The posters are individually printed, signed and numbered and sell for $50 with half of the proceeds donated to the Schooner Martha Foundation. The posters are available at The Wooden Boat Foundation in Port Townsend, the Center for Wooden Boats in Seattle, The Art Mine in Port Hadlock, directly from us and at Martha Centennial events. Buy a poster and support the restoration of the lovely Martha.