New Book Project in the Works

One Island One Ocean has been an amazing project but now a little more than one year out, the project is ramping down. I am in the process of beginning a new and interactive e-book project that will involve my 20 years of polar sailing and exploring the planet, early years, 10,000 miles bike journey, videos, stills and story-telling in a 21st century presentation. This will be a major challenge but before I begin the "what's next" phase of my adventures, it is time to compile some of my best work over the years. Oh boy, here we go...

Iowa Lakeside Laboratory

Thank you to Jane Shuttleworth and everyone at the lab that made the spring Earth Day celebration and my presentation a very successful evening. We had a sold-out crowd and very good questions as I would always expect.

And thank you, Friends of Lakeside Lab for inviting me to speak at the big top Chautauqua celebration and fundraiser for the lab June 17th. It was a great and windy evening with wonderful stories and interesting discoveries of days gone by at the lakes and the importance of the lab to the area, state of Iowa and the world with its renowned diatom lab.

Colorado Mountain College

A big thank you to all who came to the CMC theatre and the following book signing to hear my presentation on Friday evening. It was a great night with around 200 people in attendance and the
proceeds donated to the Summit Foundation of Colorado.

Special thanks to Jennifer at the Summit Foundation and Debbie at CMC for all their help and attention to detail. Also thanks to my wife Kirsty who always makes sure things run well and never misses a beat. Thanks to all of you.

We love Summit County and the great environment here in the mountains. Thanks to groups like the Summit Foundation, life is better for everyone who lives here and visits the Rockies...

Speaking at Colorado Mountain College March 9

Join me at the Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge, CO, on Friday evening, March 9th for a very special fund-raising event for the Summit Foundation.

The presentation begins at 7 pm and will run about one hour with a short Q&A session after. A dessert reception and a chance for more personal time to chat and ask questions will follow, along with a book signing of “One Island, One Ocean”. Tickets to the presentation are $10 and to attend both the presentation and reception with David are $20. Proceeds benefit The Summit Foundation and Colorado Mountain College. We hope to see you there! 

Please visit the Summit Foundation website for details on their wonderful organization and how you can contribute- http://www.summitfoundation.org/

One Island, One Ocean Book is Available!

I am happy to announce the publication of the new book on our expedition Around the Americas is now available to purchase. Titled "One Island, One Ocean" this beautiful photo book chronicles the entire 28,000 mile environmental adventure. Written by veteran Cruising World editor Herb McCormick with a forward by philanthropist David Rockefeller, the book contains over 350 images of the voyage by yours truly. I am very excited to have the book available at Blue Water Studios, local bookstores, Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Published by Weldon Owen in San Francisco and distributed by
Simon & Schuster.

*Note- I am currently in the Rockies through March, but will have copies at the studio to personally sign and share April-October 2012.

Pearson Lakes Art Center Exhibit

What a great run for the exhibit (May 5 - July 5, 2011) at the Pearson LAC! We had huge attendance for the duration of the One Island One Ocean show. Roughly 200 people attended my presentation in the Lauridsen Performing Arts Theatre for a very interesting and personal account of the Around the Americas adventure.

Thank you Danielle and everyone and the PLAC for making the exhibit a huge success.
*Please contact Danielle at the Pearson Lakes Art Center for booking information- 712-332-7013.

New exhibit at Algona, IA

I am excited to announce a new exhibit that I have unveiled in Algona, Iowa (yes my home town). The exhibit was funded through a grant from the Stinson Prairie Arts Council. This interactive exhibit represents the story of the 2009-10 voyage of the 64-foot sailing vessel, Ocean Watch, on her 28,000 mile expedition to circumnavigate the N/S American continents.

The exhibit features 24 large format images with 15-30x40 inch informational "magazine" panels which tell the story of adventure, science and education with ocean and sea awareness as the key features.

The exhibit also includes examples of plastics use and disposal including a continuous string of 220 plastic bottles which represent one person's yearly use. Also included is a plastic shopping bag exhibit used to illustrate the effects of these bags being disposed of in the seas and oceans.

The exhibit finishes its run in Algona on Jan. 21st and will come back to Okoboji. We are working on booking at the Pearson Lakes Art Center this summer along with speaking engagements. The exhibit is available for traveling. Please contact Blue Water Studios for details.