SHARON GREEN | ULTIMATE SAILING PHOTOGRAPHY

Sharon Green presents Ultimate Sailing. pursuing excellence in sailing inspired photography, products, and public events.

Sharon is happiest when she is on the water or hanging from a helicopter in search of the elusive image that can be called 'Ultimate Sailing'. "My greatest satisfaction is when it all comes together: the anticipation, planning, organizing, traveling and epic conditions that combine to create a thrilling photograph. The pursuit of 'Ultimate Sailing' images never seems to grow old. Four decades and I still love the challenge of creating memorable images for my clients and the calendar."

SHOP

Distinctive goods and gifts featuring the
photography of Sharon Green, gifts that awe and inspire all year long.

Fine Art

Fully experience the passion, bustle and splendor of
competitive sailing with fine art prints of breathtaking images of yacht racing from the world’s top venues and events.

Regattas

Photographic prints, on canvas, sheet metal and more; plus novelties and imprinted products, from your favorite regattas worldwide.

Events

Sharon Green is a spirited speaker for club and corporate events; including the 'Sharon Green Exposed’ multimedia show and retrospective.

40th Edition - Ultimate Sailing Retrospective

The passage of time eludes our grasp: we can only look back in awe and look forward in anticipation. Never did I expect, 40 years ago, that my visionof creating the Ultimate Sailing Calendar would endure and provide such an extaordinary life experience. boundless advancements in sailing, and concurrently radical developmentsin camera and photographic technology, have kept me on my toes and the years have swept by! I find myself at this landmark anniversary: humbled by your patronage and inspired by your support. To my many friends, collegues, clients and subjects who have sustained and fueled this endless passion for capturing the ultimate Sailing image, I extend my deepest love and gratitude.

~Sharon Green

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Blog posts

Transpac: Thrilling and Lively

October 18, 2021

It’s Fall: what a cheery, crisp and colorful time of year! And the October images in the 2021 Ultimate Sailing Calendar bring me back to one of my favorite sailing events to photograph: the Transpacific Yacht Race. The Transpac always delivers the most thrilling boats and lively conditions – finishing right off of Oahu’s Diamond Head Lighthouse!

Bridges, Boats, Breeze and Bay

September 13, 2021

Girdled by a stunning skyline, the rolling hills of Marin, and distinctive Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay is an amphitheater of beauty and one of the most spectacular sailing venues in the world. But competitors in the Rolex Big Boat Series don’t have time to sightsee.

Spinnakers, colorful spinnakers!

June 16, 2021

It’s hard to ignore the cheerful, vibrant, billowing spinnakers on the June pages of the 2021 Ultimate Sailing Calendar! So few fleets fly colorful spinnakers anymore, it is a treat when I get to photograph an event like the Viper640 Worlds, featured here.