PhotoBoat.com Sailing, Boating and Regatta Photography: Nov 1, 2010

Monday, November 1, 2010

2010 J80 Worlds

The word of the week at the 2010 J80 World Championship in Newport was Epic. All 4 days, plus the practice day before the event, we saw wind speeds above 15 knots.

The event started with a nasty, grey-skied Noreaster that brought huge seas to the offshore sailing area, and ended with a 30-35mph westerly with bright skies and porpoises playing off of Newport. Every day was memorable in its own way, including Wednesday, during which we all g

ot drenched by pouring rain for several hours. We probably took more photos of broaching boats at this event alone than we ha

ve in our entire career so far. Even the winner was caught on her side at one point- it was just part of life during this regatta. The photos are a must-see. Check them out here.

AYC Fall Series

AYC Fall series was a 2-weekend, 4-day series, as always. This year mother nature delivered for us on the last day, starting off a long stretch of extremely high-wind shooting for us in October. In fact, we shot for 10 consecutive days, with the wind speed averaging around 25 and reaching a max of 35. We know everybody loves high-wind photos, and we had so much web traffic in October that we had to increase our bandwidth- twice!

Check out the 2010 AYC Fall Series shots here and stay tuned for the rest of the October story.

IHYC Classic and IRC LIS Champs

The weekend of Sept 18-19 brought two new regattas to the Long Island Sound sailing scene, right in the heart of the busy fall season: the Indian Harbor Yacht Club Classic Yacht Regatta and the IRC LIS Champs/Fall PHRF Classic. We covered both- not only were they both run out of Greenwich, but some of the classic yachts actually sailed through the IRC/PHRF course while sailing their distance race. It was great to see so many sailboats out on the sound, though apparently not everybody thinks so. I was photographing at the windward mark of the IRC course when one of the big charter fishing boats- the kind that takes hundreds of people out at a time- actually came over to race committee to complain that the course was taking up too much space...

It's nice to still have some surprises out there after shooting 50 regattas a year for the past 5 years.

We're looking forward to shooting these two great events again. As always, the classics are beautiful. Check out the photos here.

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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.