Winners 2018 Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image

Bernardi Bibiloni - XXIV Regata Illes Balears Classics - Club de Mar 2018

The impeccable quality photographs presented illustrate the successful yachting season of 2018 and highlight the extraordinary diversity of sailing, which combines both team round-the-world regattas and youth competitions and the many yachting events that take place around the world.

International jury composed of professional photographers Jesus renedo and cory silken; Brice lechevalier, Chief Editor Skippers Magazine; Nicolas mirabaud, member of the Executive Committee Mirabaud & Cie SA; Sofia bekatorou, former Olympic champion; and naval architect Jean-baptiste epron; decided to award a Portuguese photographer Ricardo Pinto and his picture taken during the race Volvo Ocean Race... Based in Lisbon, Pinto has been a yacht photographer for many years. Although he was absent at the time of the announcement of the results, since he is currently working in Africa, Pinto commented:

“It is a privilege to be able to follow some of the best events in the world and watch such amazing moments. My goal is to share this with everyone, as if they were next to me. " "Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image brings together the world's best yacht photographers and their unique work. It is a great honor for me to be among them in recent years, and that my photography was awarded the main prize by such an amazing group of specialists. "

2018 Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image Award Winner - Photographer Ricardo Pinto - Volvo Ocean Race

Jesus renedo, an internationally renowned professional photographer and member of the international jury, explained his choice of the winner:

"I liked this shot at first sight and in my opinion it deserves to win." “For us, photographers, the most difficult thing is not to take the picture itself, but everything that happens before and leads to it. In Ricardo's case, I can only imagine that he had to convince the skipper of the boat that followed Scallywag and other passengers on board will move away from the boat when they arrive at Lisbonto capture this dark silhouette in the last rays of the sun, but still identify it. This is definitely a winning shot by a great photographer. "

Top 10 winners of Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image 2018: 

• Ricardo Pinto (Portugal)
• Martin Keruzore (France)
• Pierre Bouras (France)
• Michael Chittenden (New Zealand)
• Joran Bubke (Germany)
• Benjamin Sans (Chile)
• Yann Riou (France)
• Yvan Zedda (France)
• Eloi Stichelbaut (France)
• Andrea Francolini (Australia)

Martin Keruzore - Volvo Ocean Race

Pierre Bouras - Transat jacques vabre

Michael Chittenden - Manly 16ft Skiff Club Point Score Race 15

Joran Bubke - Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2018

Benjamin Sans - 29er Classificatory

Yann Riou - Brunel - Volvo Ocean Race

Yvan Zedda - Foil-Dingue

Eloi Stichelbaut - Dongfeng - Volvo Ocean Race

Andrea Francolini - SuperFoiler Grand Prix Series

The awards ceremony took place during Yacht Racing Forum in Lorient, France. France is the most productive country this year, with seven photographs by French photographers in the top 20, followed by Australia and Russia. By voting results Yacht Racing Forum the top five included four top-10 winners, and the Swiss Loris von Siebenthal.

Top 5 Voted by Yacht Racing Forum:

• Eloi Stichelbaut (France)
• Martin Keruzore (France)
• Benjamin Sans (Chile)
• Loris von Siebenthal (Switzerland)
• Michael Chittenden (New Zealand)

Loris von Siebenthal - Monofoil Gonet - Sisikon, Uri Lake, Switzerland

Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image always arouses increased public interest, especially on social networks. Over 10,000 votes were counted and over 235,000 pages were viewed on the website.

Top 5 public opinion photos:

• Brigi Torok (Hungary)
• Gabor Cserta (Hungary)
• Alex Irwin (UK)
• Andras Kollmann (Hungary)
• Martina Orsini (Italy)

Brigi Torok - Volvo Ocean Race

Gabor Cserta - Safaram- 50 Kekszalag Erste World Nagydij

Alex Irwin - Lendy Cowes Week 2018

Andras Kollmann - Kekszalag

Martina Orsini - Moth European Championship 2018

“As every year, the success of this photo competition is confirmed, and the group Mirabaud is happy to actively support this great event, ”said Nicholas Mirabeau, member of the Executive Committee Mirabaud & Cie SA and jury member. “This year's photographs highlight values close to our hearts. Mirabaudsuch as performance and team spirit. All of these photographers do extraordinary work and it was a pleasure to discover their work. "

Photos of the contestants who did not make it to the finals are still worthy of great respect and evoke strong emotions:

David Branigan - Super Yacht Cup 2018

Gerhard Batur - Halfton Classics Cup

Matias Cappizzano - International Optimist Regatta

Marie Romain - Red Bull Foiling Generation

Monica Haar - J70 European Championships

Steven Lapkin - M32 Winter Series I

Gerald Coulon - Les Voiles de Cassis

Tobias Stoerkle - Hempel Sailing World Championships Aarhus 2018

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26.10.2018