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Doing the DelMarva - A Solo Circumnavigation: Waterway Guide Magazine 2017
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More Citizen Science work aboard Base Camp. The incredibly low oyster population in the Chesapeake Bay is not helping. We are helping to raise awareness and improve water quality of the bay just a tiny bit by raising oysters. Read our article here.
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Doing the DelMarva - A Solo Circumnavigation: Waterway Guide Magazine 2017
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Hand made pendants add grip and color. Make your own Shackle Pulls article in Good Old Boat Magazine. Read the article here.
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Doing the DelMarva - A Solo Circumnavigation: Waterway Guide Magazine 2017
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Thinking of sailing around the DelMarVa? Read my article that was recently published in the Waterway Guide Magazine for details on the route, stopovers in marinas/anchorages and strategies for the overnight Atlantic segment. Read the article here.
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Florida Everglades National Park Wilderness Kayaking Field Note
In December 2016 we spent a week wilderness kayaking in Everglades National Park. We explored mangrove and camped on uninhabited islands as we crisscrossed the park. We also gathered water samples for Microplastic research for the Adventure Scientists organization. Read our field note here.
National Geographic also picked up our Everglades field note and posted it on their site. Read the article here.
National Geographic also picked up our Everglades field note and posted it on their site. Read the article here.
It's the Little Things... Chesapeake Bay Magazine Interview
Chesapeake Bay Magazine interviewed us and wrote the following article on our bay plastic pollution sampling and research work. We collect water samples and then have them analyzed for microplastic content. We also speak to local high schools about these pollution issues. Read the article here
Science and Solitude on the Chesapeake Bay
Our first field note published on Adventure Scientists site discussing our citizen science work on the Chesapeake Bay. Read the article here.
3rd Place Chesapeake Bay Magazine - Best of the Chesapeake 2016 Photography Contest
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There are always lots of photography opportunities on Base Camp.
Caption: Boys in a Boat - These boys are always looking for adventure. We were headed to an island on the Rhode River where we made a campfire and ate hot dogs and marshmallows. Link Here |
NIH Camera Club September 2014 Monthly Newsletter
While serving as Vice President for the National Institutes of Health Camera Club, I reported on a trip to local sunflower field in the Washington, DC area.
Practical Sailor Magazine
Practical Sailor magazine has bold, independent boat and product test reports for serious sailors and boaters. This article is in a section called 'Where Credit Is Due' and about DMI Datamarine Instruments.
Talks
Plastics in Our Waters: Adding Purpose to Adventure
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Speaking to students at Blair High School in Montgomery County, MD. We discussed some of our adventures on the Chesapeake bay, the microsplastics issues in the Bay and ways students can help reduce the amount of microsplastics in the environment. The presentation can be downloaded below. 
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Sailing the Chesapeake Bay and Beyond
Speaking to the National Institutes of Technology Photography Club - I presented a Photo-Talk on Sailing on the Chesapeake Bay and Beyond with a discussion on Microplastics in our waters.
Favorites
Favorite Smartphone Apps, Websites, and Books. A working list and as it is constantly changing, be sure to keep checking back.
Books
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Plastic Ocean: How a Sea Captain's Chance Discovery Launched a Determined Quest to Save the Oceans
Breaking Seas: A middle-aged computer nerd buys quits his job, buys a boat, and sails off to adventure
Storm Passage:: Alone Around Cape Horn
Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail
Plastic Ocean: How a Sea Captain's Chance Discovery Launched a Determined Quest to Save the Oceans
Breaking Seas: A middle-aged computer nerd buys quits his job, buys a boat, and sails off to adventure
Storm Passage:: Alone Around Cape Horn
Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail
Websites
NOAA National Data Buoy Center - Live network of weather data collecting buoys and coastal stations
NOAA Hourly Forecast: 6NM SE Annapolis MD - Weather forecast for my local cruising grounds
PATC - Potomac Appalachian Trail Club conserves, maintains and protects the Appalachian Trail and regional trails
NIH Camera Club - Past Vice President - Photography club with monthly meetings, workshops, fieldtrips and more
Active Captain - Interactive Cruising Guidebook
Pearson Sailing Owners Association - As Commodore, check out our club.
NOAA Hourly Forecast: 6NM SE Annapolis MD - Weather forecast for my local cruising grounds
PATC - Potomac Appalachian Trail Club conserves, maintains and protects the Appalachian Trail and regional trails
NIH Camera Club - Past Vice President - Photography club with monthly meetings, workshops, fieldtrips and more
Active Captain - Interactive Cruising Guidebook
Pearson Sailing Owners Association - As Commodore, check out our club.
Smartphone Apps
MX Mariner - The best mobile marine chart plotter featuring offline raster marine charts - I have used this offshore with confidence
MX TIdes - Execellent tide and current prediction application that works offline
Sailflow - A mobile application to locate, monitor, analyze, and share wind data - Quick and accurate wind information for your area and beyond
Windyty - Worldwide live and historic weather, wind and wave data
MX TIdes - Execellent tide and current prediction application that works offline
Sailflow - A mobile application to locate, monitor, analyze, and share wind data - Quick and accurate wind information for your area and beyond
Windyty - Worldwide live and historic weather, wind and wave data