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Worth the wait

Worth the wait

by Betsy Senescu February 05, 2023

The pandemic put a lot of things on hold and one of the most significant was the 2020 Olympic Games. ... Ultimately the sailboat races began a full year later in the Enoshima venue. Jesús  and Pedro’s exciting images of the Olympics are featured...

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On your mark ... get set ... 2023!

On your mark ... get set ... 2023!

by Sharon Green January 05, 2023

The legendary J-class yacht Velsheda plunges into a surly Mediterranean with might and determination at the top of our January 2023 pages. Much like our entrance to the New Year, this treasured classic battles ahead with hope and determination. It’s what we do!

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`Tis the Season

`Tis the Season

by Sharon Green December 02, 2022

Who can deny the joy of such colorful sails? The juxtaposition of hues, designs, shadows and shapes. The 1980s were an eye-popping era in yacht racing, it’s no wonder I was spurred to launch my career as a yachting photographer!

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Move-over Mo-vember!

Move-over Mo-vember!

by Sharon Green October 31, 2022

Hoist the broom up the rig for Samba Pa Ti, featured in the November pages of the 2022 Ultimate Sailing Calendar! ... one of only five boats to win a ‘clean sweep’ in 100-plus years of Transpac Races...

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ROCKTOBER

ROCKTOBER

by Sharon Green October 02, 2022

The Farr 40 is one of the most rockin’ yachts out there! And the photo featured in October in the 2022 Ultimate Sailing Calendar is a prime example...

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Tropical attitudes and latitudes

Tropical attitudes and latitudes

by Sharon Green August 31, 2022

Some of the most spectacular sailing venues are in the Tropics, like the Caribbean and Hawaii featured in the September pages of the 2022 Ultimate Sailing Calendar. 

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Symmetry and splash!

Symmetry and splash!

by Sharon Green August 11, 2022

One-design racing – as featured in the August 2022 pages of the Ultimate Sailing Calendar – provides a thrilling and unique indulgence for a photographer. 

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Who wears short shorts?

Who wears short shorts?

by Sharon Green July 26, 2022

July’s inset ‘Man in the Stars’ is among my most beloved. It was taken in 1989 but I remember it as if it were yesterday!

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Magical Melges and Mumms

Magical Melges and Mumms

by Sharon Green May 26, 2022

There truly is something magical about the Florida Keys: the azure of the water, the insistence of the breeze, the liveliness of the sailors, breaking free of winter hibernations in frosty latitudes. It has always been one of my favorite venues to photograph.

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12 Metre Mania!

12 Metre Mania!

by Sharon Green April 15, 2022

And they’re off! I’m not talking about just this robust herd of 12 Metres charging off the page of the 2022 Ultimate Sailing Calendar! Although the power and might of this commanding fleet is impressive.

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Green is my favorite color!

Green is my favorite color!

by Sharon Green March 13, 2022

I focus on images that prominently feature the color green in March. ... Both of these images were shot in Australasia around the turn of the 21st century and represent the latest and greatest of that era. 

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Funk & Punk: The Colorful '80s

Funk & Punk: The Colorful '80s

by Sharon Green February 14, 2022

Funk, punk, Spandex and big hair … the Eighties were a colorful era! These fun, lively images, featured on our February 2022 pages of the Ultimate Sailing Calendar, remind me what a remarkable decade this was: both on-the-water and off! 

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Color My World: Big, Bold & Beautiful!

Color My World: Big, Bold & Beautiful!

by Sharon Green January 14, 2022

January 2022 (wow!) opens with two colorful shots taken in the 1990s. Both of these images were scanned from slides, on a Canon SLR with real film – Fuji Velvia. 

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Flight of the Giants

Flight of the Giants

by Sharon Green December 29, 2021

“This was the first race in 35 years where I saw boats starting with only a mainsail up!” Thierry exclaimed. Triple reefed in the 40-knot breeze and big seas, the fleet was taking off on the Brest Atlantique Race, called the Flight of the Giants.

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Fascinating: Luis Fernandez and RC44s

Fascinating: Luis Fernandez and RC44s

by Sharon Green November 04, 2021

Charge!! The dynamic image that greets us in November in the 2021 Ultimate Sailing Calendar is by the fascinating Luis Fernández, at one of the last RC44 events to have materialized before the world shut down last year.

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Transpac: Thrilling and Lively

Transpac: Thrilling and Lively

by Sharon Green 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. 

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Bridges, Boats, Breeze and Bay

Bridges, Boats, Breeze and Bay

by Sharon Green 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.

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Spinnakers, colorful spinnakers!

Spinnakers, colorful spinnakers!

by Sharon Green 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. 

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Star Quality

Star Quality

by Sharon Green May 09, 2021

May’s image in the 2021 Ultimate Sailing Calendar brings me back many years. Although this exciting moment was captured during the most recent Star World Championships at Porto Cervo, Italy; when I look at Paul Cayard (at the helm) I still see the energetic young athlete I first met nearly four decades ago!

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A feast for all senses!

A feast for all senses!

by Sharon Green April 06, 2021

April’s dynamic image, as you can see, is also the cover photo for the 2021 Ultimate Sailing Calendar. Choosing the cover is one of my biggest decisions and challenges each year when production time rolls around. 

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Chasing Rainbows

Chasing Rainbows

by Sharon Green March 08, 2021

‘Talk about chasing rainbows! My ongoing, eternal quest is to capture the ‘Ultimate Sailing’ image: the perfect composition, light, action and angles. It’s just like chasing rainbows: a seemingly elusive and implausible task, searching for that pot of gold at the end ... But sometimes – like this magical shot – it does.

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Sailing Energy’s Dynamic Duo

Sailing Energy’s Dynamic Duo

by Sharon Green February 17, 2021

 It was in Enoshima, Japan that Jesús and Pedro captured the images that leap off the February 2021 pages of the Ultimate Sailing Calendar. Their imagery of Nacra 17 racers, the intensity and exhilaration, exemplifies what I look for when curating and producing the Ultimate Sailing Calendar.

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Lessons in Hindsight

Lessons in Hindsight

by Sharon Green January 18, 2021

If ever you could say “hindsight is 2020,” last year was the case. Looking back on 2020, it was a time of much trauma and loss, highs and lows. Our thoughts are with those who have suffered during this trying time, and our hats are off to those who have served our communities. Thank you.

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A Dream Come True - Marina Semenova

A Dream Come True - Marina Semenova

by Sharon Green December 07, 2020

Happy Holidays! We wrap up 2020 with one of my favorite spreads of this year’s Ultimate Sailing Calendar: Marina Semenova’s stunning interpretation of Melges 32s racing in Porto Ercole and Cagliari, Italy.

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