YACHT photo competition 2024: The 25 best reader photos of the year

YACHT-Redaktion

· 29.10.2024

25th place: A festival at sea Katja Noack, Giekau The "Alexander von Humboldt II" surrounded by hundreds of sailors during Kiel Week

24th place: From the old days Frank Kirstein, Hofweier, A traditional sloop Coquillier sails off the coast of Brittany, which disappears into the mist at the top of the picture

23rd place: At the end of the day Dieter Nienke, Cologne Cloudy evening sky in the small harbour of Paskallavik. Suddenly a small gap opens up in the clouds and the warm evening sun shines right on the skerry cruiser that is just entering the harbour just before it sets

22nd place: Evening atmosphere in the harbour Ingo Bartels, Schwarzenbach an der Saale Photographed with an iPhone over the railing at the home mooring in Heiligenhafen. It's really amazing what smartphones can do nowadays

21st place: Dancing lights Axel Hacheberger, Geisenheim During the voyage from Kirkenes to Tromsö/Norway, we also moored in Honningsvag. With no wind at all, Lady Aurora gave a marvellous guest performance

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The top 25 of the YACHT photo competition 2023 - click through to the winner!

Dreaming, raving and marvelling: the participants in our annual YACHT photo competition sent us some great pictures. We present the 25 best motifs in the photo gallery above

The winning photos from previous years:

2013: Sven Tuchel - often tried and perfectly captured. The balmy Baltic Sea day in the H-boat makes you inventive

2014: Sophie Stommel's dramatic shot of a night-time thunderstorm in Croatia is an indisputably great photo

2015: "Travelling with our friends and their new Dehler 41, we wanted to sail from Heiligenhafen to Oslo and back in three weeks in October 2014." This photo by Katrin Gruneberg was taken on the return journey between Buahamn and Varberg

2016: Buoy T6 in Texel harbour, lying on the back of the dyke. Long exposure shot by Ulrich Schleenbecker at full moon

2017: As evening falls, a magical atmosphere settles over Lake Neuchâtel. Chantal Weiss won with this photo

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The reader photos of the year, in chronological order from 2013 to 2023

The prizes for the 2024 winners:

1st place: Brompton folding bike

The winner can look forward to a classy 16-inch Brompton in Tempest Blue from the C-Line series worth 1895 euros. Its steel frame and silver-coloured components make it a real classic. It also comes with a six-speed gearbox and an all-weather saddle from Brooks. Thanks to the patented three-way folding mechanism, the bike can be reduced to a practical pack size in no time at all.

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2nd place: Garmin smartwatch

The Quatix 7 Pro from Garmin, worth €999, has a high-resolution 1.3-inch Amoled touch display. Its battery life of up to 42 hours in GPS mode (up to 16 days in smartwatch mode) makes it the ideal gadget on board. Can be combined with Garmin chartplotters and autopilots.

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3rd-5th place: Athleisure cashmere jumper

The elegant jumpers in the colour navy from Viktorias Athleisure, worth €799 each, keep you wonderfully cool on hot days and pleasantly warm on cold days.

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6th place: Musto bluson

The water-repellent Snug blouson is fleece-lined and has an extra high collar - ideal for sailors!

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7th place: GreenAkku solar bag

The 120-watt solar bag is not only quick to set up. It also has connections for mobile phones and other electronic gadgets.

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8th place: Secumar lifejacket

The Free 100 is an inflatable life-saving device for swimmers, kiters, surfers, paddlers and other water sports enthusiasts. It fits into a convenient belt pouch.