Top 80 for Yacht Racing Image 2024

After 130+ photographers representing 31 nations submitted their best photo for the 2024 Yacht Racing Image award competition, an international jury advanced 80 entries that are available for public vote until November 12.

The jury will further reduce the nominees to the top 20 images to be exhibited at the METSTRADE industry trade fair on November 19-21 in Amsterdam. The Yacht Racing Forum, held alongside METSTRADE, will host the awards ceremony on November 21.

For the 15th edition of the contest, there are three prize categories: the Yacht Racing Image Award (main prize), selected by the international jury; the ‘Public Award’, based on the number of public votes online; and the ‘Delegates Award’ based on votes from METSTRADE visitors.

The international jury was comprised of Carlos Pich (ESP), journalist; Patricia Becker (NED), project manager at METSTRADE; Andy Rice (UK), sailing journalist and commentator; Soco Nunez de Cela (ESP), chair of The Magenta Project; and Shirley Robertson (UK), double Olympic champion and journalist.

Editor’s note: We question how some of the entries meet the rules below. A photo of water? A photo of a face? Photos taken well out of competition? We encourage the public to vote for entries that clearly fulfill the rules. To vote, click here.

Contest rules:
The contest is open to professional photographers who can confirm and prove that they have regularly published pictures and been paid for their work. The subject of the contest is boat racing in all its forms, from classic yachts to top-end racers, including multihulls, dinghies, foilers, windsurf and kitesurfing. The pictures submitted must reflect the spirit of yacht racing, and may have been taken at any time: before, during, or after regattas.

Complete rules: https://www.yachtracingimage.com/contest/rules.html

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