Pantaenius Yacht Racing Image Award: 17th Edition Open

Founded in 2010, the Pantaenius Yacht Racing Image Award continues to celebrate the most striking and powerful images captured every year in competitive sailing. Professional photographers worldwide are invited to submit their best photograph taken between October 13, 2025 and October 12, 2026, showcasing the intensity, beauty and emotion of the sport.

Firmly established as the international reference in sailing photography, the competition enters its 17th edition with the continued support of Pantaenius, Europe’s leading specialist in yacht and boat insurance.

The contest is open to professional yacht racing photographers worldwide. Its ambition is to reward photographic excellence, offer international exposure to talented photographers, and promote sailing to a wider audience.

The 80 best images selected by the international jury will be published online, allowing the public to vote for the Public Award. The top 20 photographs will be exhibited throughout the Metstrade Show, in the central hub of the exhibition.

“The Pantaenius Yacht Racing Image Award has become a key moment in the sailing season”, said Bernard Schopfer, organiser of the event. “Alongside the achievements of our sport’s champions, the world’s finest photographers are celebrated each year in November. It is thanks to them that sailing enjoys such visibility, and that these champions can be truly recognised.”

The prize giving ceremony will be held during the Yacht Racing Forum in Amsterdam on November 20, in front of leading figures from the international sailing and yacht racing community.

The Pantaenius Yacht Racing Image Award 2026 is open. Photographers have until October 12 to submit their entries.

https://www.yachtracingimage.com/registration.html

Hall of Fame
PREVIOUS WINNERS

2025: Martina Orsini (ITA)
2024 : Samo Vidic (SLO)
2023 : Samo Vidic (SLO)
2022 : Nico Martinez (ESP)
2021 : Loïc Venance (FRA)
2020 : Gilles Martin Raget (FRA)
2019 : Loris VonSiebenthal (SUI)
2018 : Ricardo Pinto (POR)
2017 : Sören Hese (GER)
2016 : Jean-Marie Liot (FRA)
2015 : Nikos Zagas (GRE)
2014 : Alfred Farre (ESP)
2013 : Abner Kingman (USA)
2012 : Kurt Arrigo (MAL)
2011 : Thierry Martinez (FRA)
2010 : Thierry Martinez (FRA)

NUMBER OF VICTORIES BY COUNTRY

France : 5
Slovenia : 2
Spain : 2
Germany : 1
Grece : 1
Italy: 1
Malta : 1
Portugal : 1
Switzerland : 1
United States : 1

Prize money confirmed
Two prizes will be awarded:
The main prize, the Pantaenius Yacht Racing Image Award, selected by the International Jury.
The Public Award, based on the number of public votes cast on the Internet.
--> The winner of the Pantaenius Yacht Racing Image award will receive € 1500 prize money. The second placed will receive € 750 prize money. The third placed will receive € 250 prize money
--> The winner of the Public Award will receive € 500 prize money.