CORA is truly grateful to Priscilla for all of her dedication to the organization and for all of the beautiful shots.

Images that capture harrowing feats in world-class sailing competitions are frozen in perpetuity through Priscilla Parker’s viewfinder.  Serving as an organizing official and/or race committee member for local, national and international sailing regattas, Parker has managed to grab photographic stills of competitors pursuing victory in perilously rough, fast Charleston waters —all from the deck of a rocking boat.
After becoming the first person to use computer technology for onboard scoring of Charleston Race Week in 2005, Parker started toting a camera as part of her racing official gear—generally a scoring pad, whistle, flags and count down clock. After 25 years as a sailing event competitor or race committee member, Parker figured it was time she started recording the experience for enjoyment later.
Within the past two years, her work has been featured in national sailing publications: M24 National; Southwinds; Woodenboat; and TideLines magazines. The Catalyst and the Post & Courier also have used her photographs.
Exerpts from the MUSC Catalyst http://www.musc.edu/catalyst/archive/2009/co4-17shutterbug.html