I've been a captain for about 12 years now. During the summers of 2002 and 2003 I was sailing around the islands of Croatia as a charter captain. It was incredibly nice sailing. Beautiful ancient villages built by the Venetian Republic in the 1500s. Back then I was renting a 43' Elan (sailboat) and everyone would put their money together to pay for the rental. It was so much fun that it took over my life.

In 2004 I sold my photography agency in Prague, Czech Republic and bought the lovely Krasna and I've been sailing and chartering her ever since. In eight years I've easily put over 10,000 sea miles under her keel. Cruising and chartering between Maine and the Caribbean. I'll cruise and charter for a year then stop and work on a project for a year.

The 20 years prior to being a Captain I was a photojournalist. I covered a lot of wars and social upheavals for magazines like Time, Newsweek, Stern, the London Sunday papers, etc. But after my second child I started slowing down and started a small photo agency, Spectrum Pictures. After building it up it became a bit too routine for me so I was ready for something new when sailing came along. I've always been a bit of a drifter, but I did manage to stay in Prague, Czech Republic for 15 years. I was covering the transitions of Eastern Europe, Bosnia, Croatia, Russia, Reunification of Germany, Czech, Poland and Hungary's changes in the transition. Before that I was living in Chile during the Pinochet times, Peru during the Shining Path, Guatemala during the massacres of the Maya Indians. I tried over the years to make some changes in the way people see the world and their neighbors, but I felt I wasn't really doing anything in a positive way anymore. So instead of trying to save the world, it's time to enjoy it. I love a good story, good conversations, both good and bad singing (I sing in the bad category).

I'm 52 years old. I'm fairly liberal minded and easy going, I have always done well in stressful situations. I never go looking for rough seas and will almost always go with the safest choices when it comes to the weather and sailing. I try to let everyone decide where we're going each day, whether we do a lot of sailing or a little depends on the make up of the crew. Now I am based here in St. Martin, have a lovely girlfriend and would like to stay put for awhile. So come sail and enjoy life and the Caribbean, sing some songs, swim with dolphins and live life.