Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image award: Votes are Open

No less than 150 professional photographers representing 29 nations submitted their best photo for the 2022 edition of the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image award. 

The six members of the international jury, David Graham (UK), CEO of World Sailing, Jonquil Hackenberg (UK), Chair of the Magenta Project, Loïc Venance (FRA), professional photographer at AFP and winner of the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image award 2021, Meg Reilly (USA), Marketing & Media consultant, Nicolas Mirabaud (SUI), Managing Partner, Mirabaud & Cie SA and Brice Lechevallier (SUI), Editor-in-Chief of Skippers magazine have selected the 80 best images which are now online. 

The top 20 images will be exhibited at World Sailing's annual conference in Abu Dhabi and at the Yacht Racing Forum in Malta. 

The awards ceremony will take place during the Yacht Racing Forum gala evening reception on November 21. Yacht racing photographers form all over the world are cordially invited to the event. 

Three prizes will be awarded to the winners: the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image Award (main prize), selected by the international jury, the 'Public Award', based on the number of public votes cast on the Internet and the 'Delegates Award' based on votes from participants at World Sailing's annual conference and the Yacht Racing Forum. 

Public voting is open from today until November 15.