by Betsy Senescu
November 18, 2024
Our spectacular November 2024 calendar images were captured by Sharon Green at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez in France during a particularly spicy season. Shenandoah of Sark is a three--masted gaff topsail schooner measuring 180-feet overall. Her waterline is 107-feet, beam 27-feet, and draft 15-feet. Originally constructed in 1902, and most recently refit in 2019, she weighs in at 178-tonns!
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by Betsy Senescu
October 07, 2024
Everywhere there’s a pop of color – in the spinnakers, graphics and the depth of the sea – adding to sailing’s multi-sensory sport, art and passion. ‘Like the intense vermilion and marigold of Fast Exit II’s sail plan; the tones emblemizing the force and fury of the yacht as it plows through the azure waves of Hawaii.
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by Betsy Senescu
September 03, 2024
These dynamic images from Optimist regattas on opposite sides of the globe show just how far he (Matias Capizzano) will go to capture the sport – from any angle, in any place!
“Matias is an incredibly versatile photographer,” Sharon Green asserts. “He operates underwater with his housing, flies a drone, drives his own rib, and captures phenomenal stills and video!”
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by Betsy Senescu
August 08, 2024
We turn the tables on you with the August pages of the 2024 Ultimate Sailing Calendar. This exhilarating image of the TP52 Vitesse – cool, calm, and crackin’ down the Molokai Channel – was captured by our own intrepid Sharon Green: clearly hovering just inches above the spray! An added perspective on this shot comes to you from Vitesse skipper Thomas Furlong on the water, not just our aerial wizard.
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by Betsy Senescu
July 15, 2024
Who wouldn’t want to climb aboard one of these Melges24s and enjoy the brisk spray, during these dog days of summer? The July images in the 2024 Ultimate Sailing Calendar feature the Melges24 World Championship regatta
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by Betsy Senescu
June 09, 2024
These stunning photos are from our colleagues at Studio Borlenghi: Luca Butto’s dramatic capture of the Landmark 43 Skarp (top) and Francesco Ferri’s artistic spinnaker douse aboard the superyacht Sorceress – both photographed in Porto Cervo, Sardinia.
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by Betsy Senescu
May 16, 2024
Blue on blue on blue. How can one word embrace so many hues and moods? But the symphony of blues on the May pages of the 2024 Ultimate Sailing Calendar do just that. The solid intensity of the 85-foot maxi yacht Deep Blue. The frothy ombre of the sea. The ethereal powder-puff of the sky.
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by Betsy Senescu
April 08, 2024
Where in the world is Amory Ross? Our intrepid contributor – who captured these incredible breathtaking images on the April pages of the 2024 Ultimate Sailing Calendar – is off the grid! And it’s no surprise.
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by Betsy Senescu
March 06, 2024
We had to chase down photographer Christophe Favreau in Sydney, Aus. for his comments on this month’s 2024 Ultimate Sailing Calendar images: coincidentally where the March calendar shots were taken! These thrilling photos depict one of Christophe’s favorite subjects, in one of his favorite venues: the 18-foot skiffs in the land down under.
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by Betsy Senescu
February 08, 2024
Don’t you just love the new Olympic Class iQFOiL windsurfer? This super-sonic fleet featured in the February pages of the 2024 Ultimate Sailing Calendar will makes its Olympic debut at the 2024 Games: bringing a whole new level of excitement as they fly around the racecourse!
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by Betsy Senescu
January 15, 2024
The January images in the new 2024 Ultimate Sailing Calendar are from our friend and colleague Stephen Cloutier, who is by no means a stranger to Ultimate Sailing. Steve captured these photos during the M32 Winter Series in Miami. “The M32 class, for me, is one of the most exciting classes to photograph,” said Steve.
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by Betsy Senescu
December 18, 2023
The December 2023 calendar images feature one of Sharon Green’s favorite regattas, the St. Francis Yacht Club Big Boat series sponsored by Rolex. Since Sharon arrived on the scene in 1983 she has been at nearly every running of this wet and wild event, which is now approaching its 60th year!
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by Betsy Senescu
November 03, 2023
Sharon Green captured these images during the SailGP Series in San Francisco Bay: a great amphitheater for these super-sonic boats. Between the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, the hills of Marin and stunning city front, add 360-degrees of spectacular backdrop to the excitement of the event.
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by Betsy Senescu
October 05, 2023
It’s October, when the world turns golden: the sky, the foliage, even our coffee turns an umber shade, as pumpkin spice abounds! And the October pages of the 2023 Ultimate Sailing Calendar highlight this rich and glowing time of day, when the sun is sinking low, while tenacious sailors eke every morsel out of the last whisper of dying breeze.
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by Betsy Senescu
September 28, 2023
Who wants to guess how many images our awesome Ultimate Sailing team captured during this last Transpac? Looking at the September pages of the 2023 Ultimate Sailing Calendar, it’s easy to see how this thrilling race – a 2,225-mile dash from Los Angeles to Honolulu – could inspire us to get a little shutter happy!
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by Betsy Senescu
September 24, 2023
It’s been an odd year! Not as in “unusual” but as in “odd” numbered: 2023. Which means we’ve been up to our ears this summer with Transpac: a thrilling but exhausting whirlwind that happens every other year. So ‘apologies for the delay: this is your July/August Ultimate Sailing blog at last!
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by Betsy Senescu
July 01, 2023
St. Barth is always where the action is – both on the water and off. Caressed by trade winds and waves that have traveled over 3,000-miles of uninterrupted sea, it is definitely ‘fresh-to-frightening’ all the time.
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by Betsy Senescu
May 17, 2023
And the legacy that started nearly half a century ago and continues to this day. Pyewacket 70, pictured here, crushed the 2021 Transpacific Yacht Race, coming in first-to-finish in just five-and-one-half fast and furious days.
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by Betsy Senescu
April 04, 2023
There was a time people used to say, ‘Don’t trust anyone over 30!’ Well you can trust this: the Melges 24 turns 30 in 2023 and is here to stay! The ease and excitement of this thrilling sportboat has endured as a leading craft for high-performance yet fun one-design racing.
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by Betsy Senescu
February 28, 2023
“Our March images were captured at the 2022 LVSB, which definitely delivered ‘fresh to frightening’ wind and massive seas!” adds Sharon. “I had been biting my nails, anticipating my favorite conditions would develop, and they did!”
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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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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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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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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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