They may have been taken at any time, before, during and after regattas.
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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 awards ceremony will take place during the Yacht Racing Forum on November 21. The jury will advance their top 20 images on October 22 which will be exhibited and voted on at the 2022 World Sailing Annual Conference in Abu Dhabi and at the 2022 Yacht Racing Forum in Malta. Brice Lechevallier (SUI), Editor-in-Chief of Skippers magazine.Nicolas Mirabaud (SUI), Managing Partner, Mirabaud & Cie SA.Meg Reilly (USA), The Magenta Project Chief Coordination and Engagement Officer.Loïc Venance (FRA), professional photographer at AFP and winner of the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image award 2021.Jonquil Hackenberg (GBR), The Magenta Project Chair.David Graham (GBR), CEO of World Sailing.The six members of the international jury: Delegates Award based on votes from participants at World Sailing’s Annual Conference and the Yacht Racing Forum.Public Award based on the number of public votes cast on the internet for the 80 images.Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image Award (main prize), selected by the international jury.
Three prizes will be awarded to the winners:
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For the US Sailing championship, all entries will be scored for the podium finishes and there will be separate awards for singlehanded and doublehanded entries for the Wetafest portion of the event.įWYC has a full schedule of dinners and breakfasts during the course of the regatta and there is even an afternoon Weta seminar with Olympic medalist Randy Smyth who will also be racing the event.The 2022 edition of the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image award attracted submissions from 150 professional photographers representing 29 nations, with the six-person jury advancing the 80 entrants that fulfilled contest rules and were deemed to be among the best images. The Weta is typically raced singlehanded but some entries are doublehanded. This year’s championship already has 33 entries pre-registered and has two charter boats still available. This championship is being held concurrently with the 2018 Wetafest which was started several years ago by Fort Walton Yacht Club member and multihull and general go-fast guy Cliff Farrah (from J/30 to Corsair trimaran to Weta with also a Viper 640 and a Tesla Lamborghini killer).Ĭliff was so enthused after he got his first Weta that he took the idea to FWYC and Wetafest is now probably the most popular Weta event on the annual Weta North American calendar. and his extraordinary promotion of one-design multihull sailing and racing programs. The perpetual trophy was presented and named the Alter Trophy in 1986 in honor of Hobie Alter, Sr. The US Multihull Championship is one of several prestigious events hosted by US Sailing and sailed in selected one-design class boats. No racing was cancelled and the Weta sailors showed how fast and tough the boats and sailors were.Īnd now the Weta Class of North America is geared up and excited about hosting for the first time the US Multihull Championship on April 18-22 in Fort Walton Beach, FL. Last year, the class held its US National Championship at the Columbia River Gorge and all the racing was held in 15-22 knots of breeze with two days having gust bands up to 30 knots.
This simple but brilliant 14.5-foot trimaran is one of the most fun and easy to sail high performance boats that is also very forgiving for smaller sailors like women and juniors. As Bob Hodges reports, there’s a lot to be said for just popping off the cover to get on the water.Īs someone who also sails and races a foiling A-Class catamaran, I also really enjoy sailing and racing the Weta. Additionally, the increased amount of boat work needed to go sailing might not be everyone’s ‘cup of tea’. While boats with technical and high performance attributes are rewarding, the skill they require can exclude a lot of people.
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