Saint Barthelemy’s GYC launches an International Photography Contest

Saint Barthelemy’s Gustavia Yacht Club launches an International Photography Contest

Sir Stelios Haji Ioannou, Founder and Commodore of the Gustavia Yacht Club, Mrs Milena Modigliani Perini, Board member, and Mr Jean-Pierre Hennequet, member of its Social Committee, co-founders, are pleased to announce the creation of the Gustavia Yacht Club International Photography Contest Open to all professional photographers, more than 18 years old, of any genre or nationality, it is centred on the following theme :

« Capture the beauty of sailing »

Results will be announced by Sir Stelios and Mrs. Modigliani Pereni, on September 24th,
At the Stelios Foundation 14 quai Antoine 1er, Monaco The wining photographs will be revealed only during the St Barts Bucket, in march 2021, in Saint Barthelemy The Contest will offer three prizes. The two first ones will be remitted at the Stelios Foundation, 14 Quai Antoine 1er, Monaco on September 24 2020. The third one will be remitted in Saint Barthelemy, during the Bucket regatta in march 2021.

The 1st prize will be a Ulysse Nardin watch presented by the manufacture Ulysse Nardin, to be revealed during the prize remittance. Ulysse Nardin is the Official Timekeeper of the Gustavia Yacht Club. The 2nd prize will be a stay of three nights in the panoramic suite of the Manapany 5 stars eco-resort on Saint-Barthelemy (or similar in any other hotel of the B Signature Group in France)

The 3rd prize will be the “Collectivité de Saint Barthélemy Cup”, together with a pièce unique sculpture by famous Saint Barthélemy artist Kay Quattrocchi. Each of these prizes will be topped by a check from the Gustavia Yacht Club, of respectively one thousand, six and four hundred euros.

Exhibition of the ten best marked photographs in Saint Barthelemy in march-april 2021, followed by a charity auction benefiting the local SNSM

(Société Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer)