Deadrise Marine Photography launched October 2017 to share the images created by Mark Hergan. Mark is an avid sailor and photographer on the Chesapeake Bay and it's tributaries. A graduate of St. Mary's College of Maryland and a founding member of the college's Offshore Sailing Team. He currently races his Soverel 27 Morning Star on Tuesday nights with BCYA. Mark started actively photographing CBYRA junior sailing regattas the summer of 2014 while traveling the Chesapeake Bay with his son and the North East River Yacht Club's junior sailing team. He could always be found floating around the racing course in his 17' Boston Whaler taking photos and assisting junior sailors in needed. Mark now travels the bay photographing in his 18' Scout.