2022 Photo Competition

Overall WinnerMGB 81 by Mark Sutherland (pictured below)
Highly CommendedPS Waverley, Last Journey of the Season by Graeme Phanco
People's Choice AwardOff to Sea by Nick Harborne
Newcomer of the YearJourney to the Big Refit by Neil Holmes
Classic Boat AwardSchooner Girl by Lucy Tulloch
Classic Boat Award Highly CommendedDrifting with Friends by Shane Granger

MGB 81 by Mark Sutherland

2021 Photo Competition

Overall Winner: Thames Sailing Barges by Fraser Gray (pictured below)
Highly Commended: Danny on the Weaver by John Eyres
People's Choice Award: The Boat at Thornham by Gary Holford
Newcomer of the Year (Joint Award): Ebb and Flow by Raymond Carruthers & The RRS Discovery, Orion and the V&A by Kuljit Athwal
Classic Boat Award: Ethel Alice & Besom Fleet. Moment of Beauty by Sandy Miller
Classic Boat Award Highly Commended: On the deck of the Blue Peter by Ed Whiting

Thames Sailing Barges by Fraser Gray

2020 Photo Competition

Overall Winner: Riverside Museum, Glasgow and Tall Ship Glenlee by Daniel Jones (pictured below)
Highly CommendedThe Sallie and Cambria, May Dawn by Sandy Miller
People's Choice AwardThe Channel Rose outside Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage on Dungeness Beach by David Stearne
Classic Boat AwardPeace CK171 by Colm O'Laoi
Classic Boat Award Highly CommendedNorfolk Dinghies by Sandy Miller

Riverside Museum, Glasgow and Tall Ship Glenlee by Daniel Jones

 

 

 

 

 


2019 Photo Competition

Overall Winner: Ena: Heroine of Dunkirk by David Stearne (pictured below)
Highly CommendedSS Great Britain by Peter Pangbourne
People's Choice AwardTrinity's Little Helper by Stacey Belbin
Classic Boat AwardPriscilla CK437 at Rowhedge Regatta 2019 by Sandy Miller
Classic Boat Award Highly CommendedUnder sail by George Fisk
Photo of the Decade*: 50 Degrees South by Yasmin Steel

*A special award to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the National Historic Ships UK Photo Competition.  The winner was chosen by public vote from all ten previous winning images.

Ena Heroine of Dunkirk by David Stearne

 

 

 

 



2018 Photo Competition

Overall Winner: Graceful Lines by Russell Anley (pictured below)
Highly CommendedRadio Caroline Dramatics by Stacey Belbin
People's Choice Award: Radio Caroline Dramatics by Stacey Belbin
Classic Boat AwardEdge to edge by Philippe Saudreau
Classic Boat Award Highly CommendedBarges on the Blackwater by Colm O’Laoi

Graceful Lines by Russell Anley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2017 Photo Competition

Overall WinnerButty boat Ilford breaks the September Dawn by Teresa Fuller (pictured below)
Highly CommendedRattray Head at Sunset by Linzi Higgins
Classic Boat AwardHaul Together by Sophie Hunt
Classic Boat Award Highly CommendedBark Europa in Fort Point, Antarctica by Joram Hoevenaars

Butty boat Ilford breaks the September dawn by Teresa Fuller

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016 Photo Competition

Overall Winner: 50 Degrees South by Yasmin Steel (pictured below)
Highly CommendedCK 78 Mary by Shaun Mills
Classic Boat Award50 Degrees South by Yasmin Steel
Classic Boat Award Highly CommendedCK 78 Mary by Shaun Mills

50 Degrees South by Yasmin Steel

 

 

 

 

 

 

2015 Photo Competition

Overall WinnerReaper passing The Blocks at St Monans by Alistair Ramsey (pictured below)
Classic Boat AwardReaper passing The Blocks at St Monans by Alistair Ramsey
Classic Boat Award Highly CommendedORIOLE, Herreshoff NY 30, during "Les régates Royales" 2014 by Jean Francois Canavaggia
Young Photographer of the Year
HMS President (close up) by Victor Ghose

Reaper passing The Blocks at St Monans by Alistair Ramsey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2014 Photo Competition

Overall Winner: To the jib sheet by Philippe Saudreau (pictured below)
Classic Boat AwardOver the gunnels by Chrissie Westgate
Classic Boat Award Highly CommendedReflecting on summer past in the Pyefleet by Diane Warner
Young Photographer of the Year
Shavings by Callum Leverett

To the jib sheet by Philippe Saudreau

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


2013 Photo Competition

Overall Winner: The Joys of Sailing by Ian Kippax (pictured below)
Classic Boat AwardEarly Morning - Llangollen Canal by Alan Kempster
Classic Boat Award Highly CommendedStranded by Ruediger Zitt
Young Photographer of the Year: Beyond the Bristol Channel by Edward French

The Joys of Sailing by Ian Kippax
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2012 Photo Competition

Overall Winner: Scorpio by Ian Kippax (pictured, below)
Classic Boat AwardScorpio by Ian Kippax

Scorpio by Ian Kippax

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011 Photo Competition

Overall Winner: Maybird by Mike Garlick (pictured below)
Classic Boat Award: Glasgow Tall Ship Glenlee towed down the Clyde by Tom Finnie

Maybird


 

 

 

 

 

 

2010 Photo Competition

Overall Winner: Calder & Hebble Keel Pauline, Misty Morning by Gabrielle Lorenz (pictured below)
Classic Boat Award: Lifestyle by Andre Boto

Calder and Hebble Keele Pauline by Gabrielle Lorenz