Rick Deppe Fundraiser

Come meet RICK DEPPE, America's Cup Photographer!
 
Join DC Sail at a fundraiser as we welcome Rick Deppe! Rick is an America's Cup media crew-member and will present behind-the-scenes footage of Larry Eliison's successful campaign to bring the Cup back to the United States.
 
What is is like to be a professional sailor? How does Ocean Racing and Match Racing compare? What WAS the deal with this years America's Cup and why did it take so long to race? Is Larry Ellison really as difficult as the media portrays him?
 
This is your chance to interact one-on-one and ask your pressing questions and see amazing on-the-water footage of both the American's Cup and Volvo Ocean Race.
 
Rick is a Brittish native and professional yachtsman and has been involved in some of the most successful and memorable sailing campaigns of the last decade.
-Crew member aborad the local entry, Chessie Racing, in the 1998 Whitbread Round the World Race
-Director of Photography on the Disney sailing feature film "Morning Light"
-Production Team on the "Deadliest Catch"
-Media Crew Member on Puma Ocean Racing's "Il Mostro" in the 2007/2008 Volvo Ocean Race
-BMW Oracle Racing Team for the 33rd America's Cup