Marine Photography

Britannia, a replica of the hull of King George V's J-Class yacht, was captured on camera as the hull arrived under tow from Norway into East Cowes on the Isle of Wight.

In August 2011 I was offered a heaven-sent opportunity to show some of the photographic skills I had been patiently developing over the previous six years or so, writes photographer Penny Slacke of marinelens.co.uk.

Local Isle of Wight photographer Brian Williams LRPS is currently holding an exhibition of images based around the theme of John Masefield's poem 'Sea Fever'.

The 2012 calendar from Cowes-based marine photographer Paul Wyeth contains beautiful images from recent assignments in the world of sailing.

In what was an action packed week 191 record attempts were made at Coniston Powerboat Records Week in Cumbria over 31 October - 4 November.

The Volvo Ocean Race Legends Regatta has concluded with 1985-86 winner L'Espirit d'Equipe edging out Telefonica Black to clinch victory in a race featuring 16 boats from the first 10 editions of the round-the-world race.

Our latest slideshow includes October racing shots from the Garmin Hamble Winter Series and Hamble Autumn Championships.

Enjoy this fantastic sequence of images from the start of the Jubilee Sailing Trust's tall ships race on 11 October between Tenacious and Lord Nelson, courtesy of Cowes-based photographer Hamo Thornycroft.

Sparkling sailing conditions prevailed for the Garmin Hamble Winter Series and the Hamble Big Boat Series.

Here is an amazing collection of pictures from the recent AC45 World Series, Plymouth.

Enjoy these stunning images from the Regates Royales - Trophee Panerai which is currently taking place in the sun bathed bay of La Napoule, Cannes, in France.

Over 10,000 people turned out to watch day one's racing at the AC World Series - Plymouth on Saturday, 10 September, while Sunday saw three capsizes and winds gusting close to 30 knots across Plymouth Sound.

Watch a super collection of images taken at the Half Ton Classic Cup in Cowes, courtesy of marine photographers Hamo Thornycroft and Fiona Brown.

The team of Marcus Hendricks, Simon Wood-Power, and Eric Smillie on Cinzano won the British Powerboat Festival Cowes-Torquay-Cowes race over the Bank Holiday weekend.

The world's first ever sail-in cinema capped eight days of success at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week for Isle of Wight based Big Screen Media, specialists in large format LED and digital display solutions.

Fabulous sailing conditions, an exceptionally friendly and well-organised club and help from some great sponsors made for a great weekend's racing for the F18 and Hurricane Nationals at Yaverland Sailing Club.

Sunday, 14 August was a great day for the start of the Rolex Fastnet Race as shown in the latest Cowes Online slideshow.

Saturday, 13 August was the final day of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week; another breezy but sunny day with gusty and shifty winds continuing to test competitors.

Images from the penultimate day of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week are featured in this slideshow.

See plenty of on-the-water action, plus pictures of HRH The Princess Royal, from Day 6 of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week in the latest Cowes Online slideshow.

Enjoy this bumper collection of fabulous photos from a wet and windy Day 5 at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week.

The colours of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week are portrayed beautifully in this set of images from the fourth day of the regatta.

We have another selection of great photos from the third day of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week, Monday, 8 August.

Enjoy these great photographs from the second day of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week, courtesy of Rick Tomlinson, Paul Wyeth, and Brian Williams.

Here is a collection of images from the first day of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week, kindly contributed by Isle of Wight based marine photographers.

Competitors at the 2011 Panerai British Classic Week in Cowes were greeted by the best breezes of the regatta so far when they arrived at the dock on Thursday morning, 21 July.

A great selection of images from the Coutts Quarter Ton Cup and the Swan European Regatta which both took place off Cowes in the beautiful setting of the Solent; photographs courtesy of Hamo Thornycroft, Paul Wyeth, and Kurt Arrigo.

Big breezes and breakages were a feature of the recent RORC IRC National Championship staged in Cowes with all the major IRC racing boats from the Solent area taking part plus a few from overseas too.

The Daring Class is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and on 9 July, the anniversary of the first Daring race, the fleet took part in a sail past and salute in front of the Royal Yacht Squadron.

Whether sailing with the family in a regatta or racing on a maxi yacht, Musto's regatta photography competition offers you the chance to celebrate Britain's nautical summer and win prizes for photographing your regatta.

Evocative images of the trimaran Dragonfly 28 Escape capsizing in high seas off St Catherine's Point during the 80th Anniversary Round the Island Race in 2011, courtesy of Isle of Wight based photographer Brian Williams.

A treasure trove of dramatic pictures from the 80th Anniversary Round the Island Race where conditions were testing for both competitors and photographers alike.

Here's a great sequence of photos by Hamo Thornycroft of the French trimaran l'Hydroptere storming down the Solent in a near gale on 8 June and sailing off Cowes on 10 June.

Magic Marine Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, the first UK flagship store for the world renowned marine clothing company, was opened at the beginning of April by RYA Training Centre and Laser SB3 charter company Pelican Racing LLP.

The Norton family continues their circumnavigation on Miss Tippy with the Blue Water Rally, as related by Brian Norton, and, we bring you a slideshow of images from the last two years of their round the world voyage.

The X One-Design Class has its centenary this year and to celebrate we've got a superb collection of XOD photographs taken by Hamo Thornycroft of Cowes.

Courtesy of Cowes photographer Rick Tomlinson, we have some great photos from the RS400 Gull Grand Prix which took place on 7-8 May at Gurnard Sailing Club, Isle of Wight.

This year saw a RORC Easter Challenge where competitors not only headed home wiser after three days of on the water coaching, but also with suntans.

The Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, one of the world's premier classic yachting events, brought together a fantastic collection of boats and people for some great sailing and fun, in the ideal conditions of the Caribbean.