'FULL SAIL' - Celebrating the Pendennis Cup, Falmouth Art Gallery

"Speeding along in a RIB at 12 Knots beside the yachts, I realised that much of what had driven me in architecture was here manifested in mahogany, canvas, and brass rather than in stone - supreme beauty animated by the fleeting effects of light and the power of nature: the architecture of the sea."

This tradition of a marine art that can capture the drama, exhilaration and respect for the power of the sea continues to flourish today. Falmouth, and the Pendennis Cup in particular, still attracts marine artists with international reputations to the area.