PhotoBoat.com Sailing, Boating and Regatta Photography: Jan 6, 2009

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

The Best and Worst of 2008

The votes are in and the HR department has finally finished tallying them...it's time to announce the PhotoBoat.com best and worst list from 2008.

THE BEST

1. Best Regatta Party: Governor's Cup, St. Mary's College

The fact that we were staying in a college dorm helped lock in the number 1 position for this party.

2. Best Overall Weather: Opera House Cup, Nantucket

It doesn't get much better than this, and Windcheck Magazine thought so as well...this photo made the cover.

3. Best Wind: American YC Spring Series, Week 1

Not just wind, but current-on-wind in an Easterly on LIS.

4. Best Digs During a Regatta: The "The Mount Gay Room" at the Screwpile

5. Best New Product: limited edition fine art photos

THE WORST

1. Longest day without wind: V15 Nationals, take 1

Hanging out alone in an 11' dinghy for four hours is not as glamorous as it sounds.

2. Longest dinghy ride to event: Charleston Race Week

Newport to Bermuda was a close second with a max distance offshore of only 9 miles for Allen...

3. Most over-complicated logistical weekend: Annapolis - Rye, NY - Annapolis, May 2008

Our rig averages 10 mpg.

4. Biggest Carnage: American Spring Series, Week 1

5. Best storm sky: Screwpile, Solomons Island, MD

2008 was a great year on the water and we look forward to kicking off 2009's adventures with Key West Race Week later this month.

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PhotoBoat's Professional Marine Photographers provide regatta and boating lifestyle photography, with specialties in commercial advertising photography, editorial photography, private yacht assignments and on-the-water event photography. Their online galleries include personal event photos, stock power and sailboat images, and marine art. They are based in Connecticut and regularly travel to Newport, Annapolis, Miami, Key West, Boston, New York, New Jersey, and other sailing hotspots.

Allen and Daniela started PhotoBoat in 2005 and have spent every day since building PhotoBoat from the ground up. Their growth has been tremendous. Their "crazy" style- harnessed into a small RIB and photographing and driving at the same time- got them noticed quickly, and their oustanding photos and professionalism have done the talking ever since.

Today the brand is known across the United States sailing community and beyond. With thousands of hours on the water photographing, they use their experience and creativity to go beyond the usual.

With as many hours logged at sea and also in front of the chalkboard, teaching sailing, their love for the sport comes out in their work, and their skills behind the "wheel" have been noticed across the country. Their "never-satisfied" attitude has made waves in the marine photography field.

Now Allen and Daniela shoot from a variety of platforms, depending on the gig and the client, but they still utilize the "dinghy" extensively to get the close-up shots that nobody else can without disturbing the race course.

Allen and Daniela both have 50 Ton Master USCG Captains licenses. When they are not on their way to or from an event or assignment in South Carolina, Maryland, Maine, or beyond, they live in Connecticut in the summer and Florida in the winter.