Judges & Sponsors 2011
Judges and Supporters
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Keen boater and acclaimed actor David Suchet CBE is delighted to support this photography competition. Best known for his portrayal of Agatha Christie's Belgian detective Poirot, David is Vice-President of The Waterways Trust and a staunch supporter of the Trust's historic boat collection, sponsoring historic narrowboat Shad. |
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Peter Mumford took his first photograph in 1958 and created his own darkroom when he was sixteen. Following a career of twenty years as a shipbroker on The Baltic Exchange, he joined Beken of Cowes in 1992. Peter now forms half of Beken's photographic team, taking the largest proportion of the colour photographs sold by the firm today.
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Captain David Newberry served as an engineer in the Royal Navy followed by being the Captain of HMS Warrior 1860 and Chief Executive of the Warrior Preservation Trust. |
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An enthusiastic sailor since his infancy, Dan Houston has edited Classic Boat Magazine since 2000. He has covered boating stories from various corners of the globe and is never happier than when sailing. Classic Boat has an enviable reputation for marine photography both from today and yesteryear which forms a large part of the title's narrative on the joy of owning, restoring and sailing traditional craft. |
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An experienced author and broadcaster, Philip Hoare, presented the BBC 2 film The Hunt for Moby-Dick, and directed three films for BBC's Whale Night. He is a visiting fellow at Southampton University, and is currently Leverhulme Artist-in-residence at The Marine Institute, University of Plymouth. |
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Geoff Holt MBE, an inspirational yachtsman and a memorable, entertaining speaker with some powerful messages to share. Geoff entered the history books on 5 September 2007 when he sailed 1,445 miles, solo, around Great Britain.Geoff set another record when he sailed across the Atlantic in 2010. He is currently YJA Pantaenius Yachtsman of the Year. |
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Dr Paul Atterbury, a writer, lecturer and broadcaster whose enthusiasts include 19th and 20th century art and design, railways and canals, industrial history and the the First World War. He has been a member of the Antiques Roadshow team of experts for 21 years. |
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Timothy West CBE, reknowned actor with a strong interest in heritage and Inland Waterways. He is one of the Vice Presidents of the Waterways Trust and the Patron of The National Piers Society, a charity dedicated to preserving and promoting seaside piers. |
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Jock Wishart is one of the UK's leading maritime and polar adventurers. His rowing, polar trekking and extreme navigational feats include rowing the Atlantic, setting 15 world records on a circumnavigation of the globe in a powerboat and captaining a team which broke the London to Paris rowing record in 1999. This year his lifetime interest in polar exploration resulted in an historic expedition which resulted in his crew of 6 oarsmen becoming the first to row to one of the Earth's Pole positions - the 1996 Magnetic North Pole during The Old Pulteney Row to the Pole. |
Sponsors
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Classic Boat Magazine is the media partner for the competition, but is also sponsoring Category D by offering a two-year subscription as a prize, with the winning photograph being used as the CB ‘Big Picture' of the month. |
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Category B has been sponsored by Lucas Fettes & Partners Ltd, who is offering an evening on HMS Warrior (or similar historic vessel based locally) for four people. |
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Categories C.1 & C.2 have been sponsored by Olympus, who is offering an Olympus Tough 3000 digital camera for each category winner's school. |
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One photograph will be marked as highly commended in every category and the successful entrant will be awarded a copy of the book Photography at Sea, sponsored by the publisher, Adlard Coles Nautical. |
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Category A has been sponsored by Beken of Cowes, who is offering a photograph of your vessel or, if unavailable, a Beken image of your choice. |
Kelvin:
A scale use to measure the colour temperature. 5000K refer to normal daylight
