Zak is a twenty two year old degree candidate at Prescott College in Arizona. [...]Having already become coast guard licensed captain at the 100 ton masters level he spends much of his free time fabricating useful objects from raw metal and fixing engines when they inevitably break.

Ross made the unfortunate decision at the age of 16 to buy a sailboat with the money he had saved up for a car; he has rarely arrived on time since. Amazingly, despite his transportation handicap, he graduated from Green Mountain College (on time) in 2007 and has spent the time since holding down steady jobs.

Sula is a 1979 Chrysler 22 "Sandpiper" Shes rigged for heavy [...]

weather but is still capable of making good speed in light wind. The reason for this expedition to the Sea of Cortez is to explore and document the region and its life. This expedition will follow loosely along the path of John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts' expedition of 1941, which gave way to The Log from the Sea of Cortez. Our study sites will be the original "tidepooling stations" visited by Ricketts and Steinbeck in 1941. The data collection and comparison to the the 1941 journey, as well as a detailed ships log and Grinnell style field journal will be the basis for Zak's senior project. The intended route (In Red) follows a similar route to Steinbecks (In black)