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Nautical Northwest magazine is the greater Pacific Northwest’s premier aquatic adventure companion and resource for boat-owners and water-based wonder. We proudly champion the region’s incredible marine communities and business to the benefit of locals and visitors alike—one inspiring story at a time.
The heart of it all is Nautical Northwest magazine’s biennial print publication, with digital editorial compliment and unique services, as well as our wonderful media partnerships. Our eternal goal is to be your premier connection to life on the water.
Our ace, award-winning team combined brings decades of media, marine, and business experience from a diverse array of successful backgrounds. What’s more, our lives have been deeply formed by years of work and play on and along Pacific Northwest waters. We know what makes an ideal aquatic-facing regional publication because we’ve lived it, often with the helm, fishing rod, paddle, or working line in-hand.
What’s more, we are motivated by a belief and confidence that great storytelling and mutually beneficial relationships will never be out of style. To the contrary—these elements are the structure of a thriving, happy community. During this era of extreme media corporate consolidation, cratering public trust, and shuttering legacy publication doors, our experience from the trenches guides our successful strategy and business model. Bottom line, our team has seen the mistakes made by those from the past and know what it takes to create a flourishing future.
The allure and power of Nautical Northwest is a big tent ethos that embraces the Pacific Northwest aquatic in a holistic way. Our editorial recipe depends upon a meticulous, thoughtful balance that breaks down barriers between the various, often disparate worlds that orbit these waters. “These waters” extend beyond the Salish Sea to the rugged Oregon Coast, iconic rivers like the mighty Columbia, gorgeous lakes of Eastern Washington and Idaho, and the wild northern waters of British Columbia and Alaska. What’s more, where Pacific Northwesterners sea salty people and boats go in the world—be it for adventure or profit—we proudly go as well.
While our core reader will forever be local boaters, central to our mission is to give the casual beachside whale watcher and lifelong marine professional—both recreational and commercial—the visibility they deserve. Inspiring and important accomplishments happen every day in our corner of the universe, yet too often they occur uncelebrated or underappreciated. No longer, we say.
At the end of the day, our waters bring us together. This is a realm of world-class flavors and healthful lifestyles. Beautiful nature and sometimes complex policy; innovative technology and soulful art. Nautical Northwest lives what JFK once so eloquently stated, “We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch, we are going back from whence we came.”
As the owner and publisher of Nautical Northwest magazine, my primary role is to establish and lead the overall strategic direction of our print/digital publication, while also leading our sales and partnership efforts. Launching Nautical Northwest brings together a few of my personal and business passions, my love of sailing/boating, connecting highly talented people, and building a product that delivers lasting value to our community.
On a personal note, my love of sailing and boating began when I was a youngster growing up in New York. I was fortunate that my father loved cruising and racing sailboats on the Atlantic and on Lake George in upstate New York. I surely inherited his adventurous spirit, as over the past 30 years I have sailed all over the world, including high latitude adventures to Patagonia and Antarctica. Over the past several years since sailing in the Pacific Northwest, I discovered another related maritime passion in wood boats. I currently own a 1938 Alden designed Herreshoff cutter rigged sloop, a 1938 mahogany Hackercraft runabout, and a cold molded performance sloop designed and built by the venerable John Guzzwell, along with a few other wood boats.
I also love to bring together the most talented and creative people to build great products that connect diverse communities. I have done this very successfully in the open-source enterprise software space for over 25 years. Creating a culture of excellence is my mission at Nautical Northwest magazine. Our talented team aims to inform, educate, and entertain the water lovers who make up our maritime community by sharing amazing stories, promoting our strategic business partners, and connecting everyone that shares our love for the water in the Pacific Northwest.
I’m thrilled to head up the creative vision and execution of Nautical Northwest magazine to bring the very best stories to our readers. My love for the Pacific Northwest and our life aquatic started at a very young age during my Oregon upbringing from tidepooling on the coast, sail camp, scuba diving, and even a science fair project that involved an octopus. Flash forward to today, and I hold a BS in marine science from Eckerd College and have worked as a marine scientist, commercial fisherman chasing humpies and longfins, paddle guide, charter yacht deckhand/naturalist, and tugboater mostly on the waters between Oregon and Alaska. I’ve also lived aboard tired but good old sailboats and completed the Race to Alaska (R2AK) twice.
My awakening as a professional working storyteller was largely born from this draw to the great outdoors. I’ve been an editor of other sea salty-facing publications and an award-winning contributor to national boating and marine industry magazines for about a decade. My award-winning first book, Salmon in the Seine: Alaskan Memories of Life, Death, & Everything In-Between, was published in 2023 and is a memoir about my time as a greenhorn commercial fisherman and backpacking hitchhiker in Alaska after high school. Somewhere along the way, I also had the privilege to compete on one of Norway’s most popular reality TV shows, Alt for Norge (Season 5).
I aim to elevate Nautical Northwest magazine as an invaluable resource for the horizon-chasing adventurers, champion of common causes that benefit our region and its communities, and wellspring of cultural nourishment. Taking a detour to the local marina office or waterside restaurant to grab the newest copy of Nautical Northwest ought to be a highlight of a reader’s day, be the reader a casual beachcomber or lifelong marine professional. Welcome aboard, dear reader.
I have worked as a graphic designer for a range of businesses, including an advertising agency, a computer hardware company, and a public relations firm. For the past 20 years, I’ve focused my creative work on Fishermen’s News and Pacific Maritime magazines—an experience that deepened my appreciation for how vital the maritime and boating community is to our region. As Creative Director for Nautical Northwest Magazine, I’m excited to continue that connection to the water and bring fresh, thoughtful design to a publication that celebrates the people and spirit of the Pacific Northwest.
Some of my first childhood memories are of sailing as a toddler with my dad, with him at the helm and me propped securely in a safe spot. You could say from the get go I’ve earned my ‘ole timer’s sailors’ stripes. Despite my lack of sea legs at the time, this experience ignited my lifelong passion for being on and around the water. Growing up with Burrows Bay as my backyard, I skippered my own El Toro #6269, the mighty “Corinthian” and by the age of nine was traveling to weekend regattas across the western states with the Smith brothers, the original El Toro builders on Samish Island. My competition was simplified by my parents career managingSkyline Marina and Resort just outside Anacortes, which had us living just up the hill from the marina. I was incredibly fortunate.
While attending Western Washington University, I seized every opportunity to sail. Later, I moved to Seattle to open a café, which allowed me to race four or five nights a week. The regatta courses grew longer, the boats were faster, and I was completely hooked. From running a cafe, my professional career next transitioned to working with electronics, then to warehouse management and product distribution. During this time I spent a decade living aboard a motor yacht. This helped me gain an even deeper understanding of how much our local economy intertwines the maritime industries, fisheries, recreational activities, government, and the PNW’s largest corporations.
In 2004, it was my privilege to donate a kidney to my sister. This moment inspired me to pursue a career in the environment I loved—being on and around the water. That year, I volunteered at the Boat Show’s will call booth and was offered a Marina Management Position by the end of the show. For the next 13 years, I managed three marinas on the Thea Foss Waterway in Tacoma, collaborating with federal, state, and local agencies to protect the former superfund clean-up site. During my tenure, our marina was recognized as “National Marina of the Year” by Marina Dockage Magazine. Since this time, I’ve been an active member of the Northwest Marine Trade Association (NMTA), serving on and chairing committees as well as a board member and board chair.
From the earliest times in my life, to my current experiences on the water, my connection with the Salish Sea and boats guides the work and play that I do. It is an exciting next step in my maritime experience to be involved with this new Nautical NW magazine.
One of my life-long passions is being an ambassador of the Pacific Northwest by sharing the wide-ranging variety of history and activities the area has offer. I was drawn to Nautical Northwest Magazine by the opportunity to contribute to a publication that offers a unique combination of education & history, culture & cuisine and incorporates this into lifestyles on, and around, the water. And I do love the water!
ON the water, I was captivated by the America’s Cup broadcast in Fremantle, and I went to watch Cup racing in San Diego (’95) and Valencia (’07). After moving to Seattle in the 1990’s I learned to sail on a 40’ fractional rig race boat, Caccia Pomodoro, where I was the mast man. When we meet, you’ll understand why I’m a good fit for that position. Best sailing story: delivery crew for the 80’ maxi Emeraude II, steered by hand from Antigua, through the Panama Canal and onto Honolulu, Hawaii.
IN the water, I’ve competed in 12 Waikiki Roughwater swim races. Most interesting race story: At my last Waikiki Roughwater race, I battled a cross current and finished in 2-hours, almost collided with a sea turtle, and tragically a competitor died from a heart attack on the course. Today, I do a 1-mile swim 3-days a week, in about 31-minutes.
After years of successful IT infrastructure sales to the area’s largest tech companies, you now find me working with business partners to align their objectives to a theme, event, or special issue. My passion with Nautical Northwest is to bring the region’s most engaged boating and water enthusiasts to these partners. Since this is a community, we want your feedback, opinions, and article ideas.
Notably, this is a physical magazine (not a swipe on a screen), so face-to-face meetings reinforce this physical media. In the months ahead, I will be on the road discovering and learning more about Eastern Washington and Idaho, (Oregon too) meeting new partners and having fun along the way!
Our team works closely with you to create advertising opportunities that align with your goals and budget. Whether you’re promoting luxury products, marine services, waterfront real estate, or tourism experiences, Nautical Northwest positions your brand where it belongs – in front of the region’s most engaged boating audience.
