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08101166
First sailing for William Fife's "Seabird", one of the smallest yachts from William Fife III. She is a very elegant replica, entirely wooden built. Douarnenez Bay, Brittany, France. July 2000.

08101165
Residence of the Marquis d'Anglesey in Cowes, 1825, behind the West Castle. It was the "Marine Villa of the late Sir John Coxe Hippesley, Baronet", according to the caption with this engraving by Geo Brannon. Original engraving in collection of Christian Fevrier.

08101164
Cowes West Castle in 1765, facing the Solent at the mouth of the Medina River. ^^^It was the residence of the Isle of Wight Governor until 1857, when the Marquis d'Anglesey died. The Royal Yacht Squadron then established its club house in the old castle. Original engraving by Roberts, in collection of Christian Fevrier.

08101163
Countess of Dufferin, the third challenger for the 1876 America's Cup, as she appeared on the ways ready for launching at Cobourg, Ontario, Canada. ^^^The challenge was sent by the Royal Canadian Yacht Club of Toronto and the owner was Major Charles Gifford, vice-Commodore of the club. At 32.61m long overall, 7.31m beam and drawing only 2m, she was a centerboard yacht with a very long straight keel. From a wash drawing by W.G. Wood, after a photograph used by courtesy of G. Cuthbert, son of the yacht's designer and builder. In The Lawson History of the America's Cup Photograph by Christian Fevrier, owner of the 1902 original edition NÂ° 1363.

08101162
Columbia, skippered by Charlie Barr, nearing the finishing line with Shamrock I, half a mile astern. October 20th, 1899. Chromolitography from W.G.Wood. From The Lawson History of the America's Cup. Photograph by Christian Fevrier, owner of the 1902 original edition NÂ° 1363.

08101161
Columbia, skippered by Charlie Barr, nearing the finishing line with Shamrock I, half a mile astern. October 20th, 1899. Chromolitography from W.G.Wood. From The Lawson History of the America's Cup. Photograph by Christian Fevrier, owner of the 1902 original edition NÂ° 1363.

08101160
Steering wheel of the schooner "America", the first replica built in 1967 for the Schaefer Company. Launched on May 3, 1967 at the Goudy and Stevens ^^^Boatyard, East Boothbay, Maine, USA.

08101158
Schooner "America" in the Solent, England, August 1851. Drawn by O.W Brierly. Lithography by Thomas G. Dutton, Printed by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen. London. Published 5th September 1851. Reproduced by Christian Février.

08101156
The schooner "America", as published on 30 August 1851 in the Illustrated London News. The artist has enhanced the raked masts. America carries her flying-jib, ^^^a bet with Ratsey sailmaker in Cowes before the race. She broke the jib-boom south of Wight during the race. Contrary to the artist's interpretation, America had no boom on the fore main. And her jib was boomed. Original 1851 newspaper in collection of Christian Fevrier.

08101155
Three different angles of the schooner "America", painted by Marblehead painter Fitz Hugh Lane in 1851. ^^^Owned by Francis L. Herreshoff, the painting was acquired after his death by Samuel L. Lowe, a Boston antiquarian, who edited a limited edition in 8 colours. Now at the Peabody Museum in Salem. Reproduction of one copy of the limited edition in the collection of Christian Fevrier.

08101154
Schooner "America" painting on a shop sign in Le Bourg, Terre de Haut, Les Saintes Islands, French Caribbean.

08101153
Poster produced by Joe Gribbins celebrating schooner America's "Triumph over Brittania's Best". Collection of Christian Fevrier.

08101152
Schooner "America" on an American poster printed in chromolithography from a design by the Thurwanger Brothers, 1851. Reproduced by Christian Fevrier.

08101151
Schooner America rounding the Needles on the 22 August 1851, with the Royal Yacht paddle-steamer "Victoria & Albert" approaching. Painting by G.F Campell, A.M.R.I.N Naval architect and maritime painter. ^^^The painting was made for Mr.Schaefer, who rebuilt the first America replica in 1967 and is reproduced in a brochure to promote his American brewery. Reproduction by Christian Fevrier.

08101150
Schooner "America" in Isle of Wight, 1851, on the front cover of a piece of music ^^^dedicated to The Commodore John C. Stevens, composed and arranged for the Piano Forte, by William Dressler. The challenging yacht is represented here with the second jib bought to Ratsey in Cowes before the race. She did not used it for long as the jib boom broke early in the race, before rounding St. Catherine Point. Reproduced by Christian Fevrier.

08101148
First engraving published in England about schooner "America", published on Saturday March 15th, 1851, in The Illustrated London News. ^^^The illustration is not very correct about the bow, the cutwater and the stern lines. Original newspaper collection of Christian Fevrier.

08101145
Poster for the Royal Yacht Squadron races of August 1851, announcing the One Hundred Guineas Cup, which was the cash prize won by America as well as the Cup itself.

08101143
Action shot of crew aboard Big Class Royal cutter "Britannia" in 1931. Captain Albert Turner, is on the wheel. Britannia won that Royal Thames Yacht Club Regatta, in June 1931. From John Irving's book "The King's Britannia", 1937. Seeley Service & Co., London. Unknown photographer. Reproduced by Christian Février.

08101142
Action shot of crew aboard Big Class Royal cutter "Britannia" in 1931. Captain Albert Turner, is on the wheel at left. Sir Philip Hunloke, her skipper, helps with a firm hand on the spoke. Britannia won that Royal Thames Yacht Club Regatta, in June 1931. From John Irving's book "The King's Britannia", 1937. Seeley Service & Co., London. Unknown photographer. Reproduced by Christian Février.

08101139
Barrel cactus {Ferocactus acanthodes} Anza Borrego NP, California, USA.

08101137
22.9m catamaran "Jet Services V", probably the most succesful of all the Gilles Ollier's designs. ^^^Launched in 1987, she twice beat the Atlantic record, once in 1988 - 7d 6h 30', then in 1990 in 6d 13h 3', a record which was not beaten for eleven more years. The yacht was so fast that the sponsors of the other boats created a shorter class at 18.28 metres to eliminate "Jet Services" from the racing circuit. Gilles Ollier designed her from his hospital bed in November 1986, where he was recovering from a fall from a quay in Brest which broke both his heels.

08101136
22.9m catamaran "Jet Services V", probably the most succesful of all the Gilles Ollier's designs. ^^^Launched in 1987, she twice beat the Atlantic record, once in 1988 - 7d 6h 30', then in 1990 in 6d 13h 3', a record which was not beaten for eleven more years. The yacht was so fast that the sponsors of the other boats created a shorter class at 18.28 metres to eliminate "Jet Services" from the racing circuit. Gilles Ollier designed her from his hospital bed in November 1986, where he was recovering from a fall from a quay in Brest which broke both his heels.

08101135
22.9m catamaran "Jet Services V" in calm conditions at the start of the 1987 Quebec to Saint Malo crew race, on the Saint Laurent River, Canada. She is probably the most succesful of all the Gilles Ollier's designs. ^^^Launched in 1987, she twice beat the Atlantic record, once in 1988 - 7d 6h 30', then in 1990 in 6d 13h 3', a record which was not beaten for eleven more years. The yacht was so fast that the sponsors of the other boats decided to create a shorter class at 18.28 metres to eliminate "Jet Services" from the racing circuit. Gilles Ollier designed her from his hospital bed in November 1986, where he was recovering from a fall from a quay in Brest which broke both his heels.

08101134
22.9m catamaran "Jet Services V" at the start of the 1987 two-handed La Baule-Dakar Race. Probably the most succesful of all the Gilles Ollier's designs. ^^^Launched in 1987, she twice beat the Atlantic record, once in 1988 - 7d 6h 30', then in 1990 in 6d 13h 3', a record which was not beaten for eleven more years. The yacht was so fast that the sponsors of the other boats decided to create a shorter class at 18.28 metres to eliminate "Jet Services" from the racing circuit. Gilles Ollier designed her from his hospital bed in November 1986, where he was recovering from a fall from a quay in Brest which broke both his heels.

08101131
Rudder of 21.9m "Ticonderoga", built by L. Francis Herreshoff. ^^^Tioga, or 'Big Ti' was designed in 1935 as a family cruiser. Her Indian name then changed in 1946 to Ticonderoga. During her long life, she broke no less than 30 elapsed-time ocean records.

08101130
Boom of a 60 foot trimaran, with clutches and ropes of different colours.

08101129
Old steam-boat "Atlantide" passing in front of the Needles Rocks, Isle of Wight, UK.

08101127
10 Metre "Pesa" on a reach in Brest Bay, France. This heavily canvassed, gaff-rigged racing yacht is one of the rare 10 Metre JI's still existing today. She was designed and built in 1911 by the German architect Max Oertz. ^^^55 yachts of that series were built in Europe before 1914. Pesa was been abandoned in a French boatyard until 1996 when a new owner decided to restore the boat with the help of Guy Ribadeau Dumas, also responsible for the 12 Metre Vanity V refit. Overall length: 19,90 metres. Deck length: 15,78 metres. Sail area upwind: 170 m2.

08101125
Two nudibranchs (Chromodoris elizabethina), Kudat, Borneo.

08101123
Face of a toadfish (Batrachoididae sp), endemic to Bay Islands, Honduras.

08101122
Waves meeting the coral barrier in south-east Bora Bora. To the left is an area called the Aquarium.

08101116
Couple cruising in the Mediterranean at sunset, near Porquerolles Island, Provence, France.

08101115
Eric Tabarly helming classic 25.6m 1923 William Fife ketch "Kentra".^^^ Kentra was refitted at Fairlie Restorations between 1993 and 1995. She carries 460 sq.metres of sail.

08101114
64.5m three-masted schooner "Adix" during a race around the Isle of Wight in 1997. ^^^Adix can carry 1280 sq.metres when sailing upwind, and 2604 sq.metres on a run. The yacht is the former Jessica, built in 1984 in Palma de Mallorca, belonging to Carlo Perdomo. When her new owner bought Jessica, it took two years to totally modify the old steel yacht with new bow, stern, keel and rig. Work was supervised by the Dutch designer Gerard Dijskra.

08101108
1885 classic cutter "Partridge" at the America's Cup Jubilee in 2001. Restored in 1998 after 20 years of work by Alex Laird.

08101107
Hull of Victorian cutter "Partridge" in garden off the Yarmouth road, Isle of Wight, UK, in the mid 1980's ^^^Alex Laird, whose parents garden it was found in, decided to save the old hull, built nearly one hundred years before at Camper & Nicholson's boatyard in Gosport.

08101106
Bronze tiller head of "Avel", launched in 1896 at Camper & Nicholson. Avel is one of the oldest racing yachts afloat.

08101105
Anchor on a cargo-ship.

08101104
3DL mainsail on IACC Swiss yacht "Be Happy" during the Louis Vuitton Cup 1999 in Auckland, New Zealand.

08101102
Palm trees on a white sandy beach at Lighthouse Reef Resort, Belize.

08101101
Boy holding two rock lobsters (panulirus sp), Walea island, Toigan islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

08101100
Indonesian food on table with chopsticks, Walea diving resort, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

08101099
Woman relaxing in the water off the southern tip of Walea Island, Tanjung Kramat (Mystery Point), Togian Islands, Sulawesi. Model released.

08101098
Swimming off the southern tip of Walea Island, Tanjung Kramat (Mystery Point), Togian Islands, Sulawesi. Model released.

08101097
Snorkelling near Dondola Island, Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

08101095
Woman sunbathing on the sandy shore, Lankayan Island, Borneo. Model released.

08101094
Sunset at Lankayan, Sabah, Borneo.

08101089
Bora Bora Pearl Resort on the Bora Bora lagoon, French Polynesia.

08101086
Aerial view of Rangiroa and lagoon, Tuamotu Archipelago, Polynesia.

08101084
Tropical island with clear blue water, Maldives.

08101081
Weaving flowers, for hair and neck decoration, Yap, Micronesia.

08101078
Dancers in traditional costume, Yap, Micronesia.

08101077
Young boy wearing palm leaf headdress and decorations for traditional feast, with young girl behind, Yap, Micronesia.

08101076
Men sailing a popow, the traditional outrigger canoe used on Yap. The popow is characterized by v shaped ends, and is used for travel and fishing. The popows are designed so that the mast can be moved from one end to the other to reverse the sailing direction.

08101075
View from the trail that leads to Kayangan lake, Coron island, Philippines.

08101074
Bangka, traditinal outrigger boat on shore of Kayangan Lake, Philippines.

08101072
Wooden model of an outrigger canoe, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

08101067
The Azure Window, a stunning and dramatic rock formation on the cliff-lined coast of Gozo, Malta.

08101066
A black pearl sitting in a freshly opened oyster shell. The Polynesian black pearl is created only by the Giant blacklipped oyster (Pinctada margaritifera), which thrives in the Tuamotu lagoons, French Polynesia

08101061
Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) lying on ice, Antarctic Peninsula

08101060
Pair of Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) walking together, Antarctic Peninsula

08101059
Shag on a tree, Half Moon Caye, Belize

08101056
Coconut crab / Robber crab (Birgus latro), the largest terrestrial arthropod on earth, Sulawesi, Indonesia. ^^^Very powerful with vastly strong pincers, it climbs trees and eat coconuts. Considered a delicacy for the meat.

08101053
Female green turtle (Chelonia mydas) laying eggs, Heron Island, Australia

08101051
Female green turtle (Chelonia mydas) digging a hole in the sand to deposit her eggs, Heron Island, Australia

08101050
Hanging Heliconia / lobster claw / parrots beak (Heliconia rostrata), Chaa Creek, Belize

08101047
Kelp leaves lying on the surface of the water. The air sacks cause the kelp to float, California

08101046
A sulphur hole on the small volcanic island of Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy

08101043
People on the deck of the "Kotick" crossing the Drake Passage from Puerto Williams, Chile, to the Antarctic Peninsula

08101042
A model ship maker working from detailed plans to recreate traditional sailing ships, Mauritius

08101040
Sailing among the Aeolian Islands / Seven Sisters, Sicily, Italy

08101039
Navigation-chart plotting. Northern parts of Sabah, Borneo.

08101038
Figurehead on 54m three masted schooner "Shenandoah". ^^^Gibson Fahnestock chose for the original carving an Indian from a tribe in the Shenandoah Valley in 1902. The figurehead, however, was lost - this one is a replica.

08101036
Carved icebergs against a thundery sky, Antarctic Peninsula

08101035
A cruising yacht anchored in the protected natural harbour at Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula

08101034
Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) skeleton at Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula

08101032
Climbing inside a cave carved by a river in Perito Moreno Glacier, Patagonia, Argentina

08101031
Gangway on a classic yacht tied on each side with a neat rope carpet underneath.

08101030
Longsnout seahorse / slender seahorse(Hippocampus reidi) with its tail around a white gorgonian seafan (Gorgonacea), Toon Town dive site, Cayos Cochinos, Honduras

08101029
Emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) hiding among the feathery gills of a spanish dancer nudibranch / sea slug (Hexabranchus sanguineus), La Réunion, Indian Ocean

08101027
A female Shaw's cowfish (Arcana aurita), Tasmania, Australia

08101026
A school of anthias (Anthias sp) swimming over soft coral reef on the impressive wall of Ras Mohammed, protected by the Ras Mohammed National Marine Park, southern Sinai Peninsula, Egypt

08101022
Reef fish, Lankayan Island, Borneo

08101021
Close up of stone coral (Favites sp), Lankayan Island, Borneo

08101020
Close-up of a starfish, Lankayan Island, Borneo

08101019
Commensal shrimp / Anemone shrimp (Pliopontonia sp) on a bubble coral (Plerogyra sp), Lankayan Island, Borneo

08101017
Close-up of a fish's face, Lankayan Island, Borneo

08101016
Hermit crab in the waters of the Aeolian Islands, Sicily, Italy.

08101015
Double spined sea star (Asteroidea sp) on volcanic sand, Aeolian Islands, Sicily, Italy

08101014
Fish eyes peeking out of volcanic sand on the sea bed of the Aeolian Islands / Seven Sisters, Sicily, Italy

08101011
Close-up of a Potbelly seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri), one of the largest species of seahorses, Tasmania, Australia

08101010
Close-up of Giant string kelp (Macrocystis sp), Eaglehawk, Tasmania. ^^^The small green bubbles, full of gas, keep the whole plant off the sea bed and floating to the surface.

08101009
Close-up of Giant string kelp (Macrocystis sp), Eaglehawk, Tasmania. ^^^The small green bubbles, full of gas, keep the whole plant off the sea bed and floating to the surface.

08101006
Coral reef, Sulawesi, Indonesia

08101005
Coral reef, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

08101004
Yellow feather star (Crinoid sp), Sulawesi, Indonesia

08101003
Close-up of a crab (Brachyura sp), Sulawesi, Indonesia

08101002
Close-up of a parrot fish (Scaridae sp), Sulawesi, Indonesia

08101001
Close-up of a parrot fish (Scaridae sp), Sulawesi, Indonesia

08101000
Camouflaged fish, Sulawesi, Indonesia

08100997
Blue starfish (Linckia laevigata) on coral reef, Sulawesi, Indonesia

08100995
Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) with two remoras / suckerfish (Echeneidae) attached to its underside, Pulau Island, Sipadan, Borneo

08100993
Underside of a boat on the surface with giant blacklipped oyster (Pinctada margaritifera) lattices submerged, Polynesia

08100992
Farmers monitoring the giant blacklipped oyster (Pinctada margaritifera) lines in a pearl farm, Polynesia

08100990
Squid (Teuthoidea sp.) on the Tubbataha Reef, Philippines

08100989
Soft coral (Dendronephthya sp), Tubbataha Reef, Philippines

08100988
A fish on the Tubbataha Reef, Philippines

08100987
Giant clam (Tridacna gigas) on the Tubbataha Reef, Philippines

08100986
Small Yellow damselfish / Golden damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon aureus) hiding among the branches of a red sea fan, Philippines.

08100985
Diver shining torch at an octopus (Octopus sp) eating a crab, Tubbataha Reef, Philippines Model released.

08100984
Close up of coral (Alcyonaria), Tubbataha Reef, Philippines

08100983
Giant cuttlefish (Sepia amapa), the largest species of cuttlefish in the world, Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia

08100980
Mediterranean basket star (Astrospartus mediterraneus) on a red gorgonian sea fan, Messina, Sicily, Italy

08100979
Fish caught in a net, Messina, Sicily, Italy

08100978
A jellyfish (Netrostoma sp.), Maldives

08100976
Close-up of coral (Alcyonacea), Layang Layang, Borneo, South East Asia.

08100975
Sea anemone (Actiniaria sp), Kudat, Sabah, Borneo

08100974
Sea anemone (Actiniaria sp), Kudat, Sabah, Borneo

08100973
Close up of an octopus (Octopus sp), Kudat, Sabah, Borneo

08100972
Porcelain anemone crab (Neopetrolisthes maculatus) in anemone, Kudat, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. Not a true crab but a squatlobster.

08100971
The modern wreck of 'Ka Hing', a Japanese trawler, with corals, Kudat, Sabah, Borneo

08100970
Longsnout seahorse / slender seahorse (Hippocampus reidi) in a white gorgonian seafan (Gorgonacea), Honduras

08100969
Grass octopus / long-armed octopus (Octopus macropus), Elba Island, Italy

08100968
Fish caught in net underwater, Elba Island, Italy

08100967
Yellow kelp leaves just below water surface, California.

08100966
Kelp with air sacks in kelp forest, California.

08100965
Kelp with air sacks in the kelp forest, California.

08100964
Garibaldi damselfish (Hypsypops rubicundus) in kelp forest, California.

08100963
Barracuda (Sphyraena sp), Belize.

08100962
Yellow tube sponges (Aplysina fistularis), Belize.

08100961
Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), giant barrel sponge (Xestospongia muta) and scuba diver, Belize. Model released.

08100960
Close up of the patterns on a brain coral, Belize

08100959
Arrow crab (Stenorhynchus setircornis), Belize.

08100958
Christmas tree worms (Spirobranchus giganteus) growing on brain coral, Belize.

08100957
Fairy basslet (Gramma loreto) swimming over stony coral / brain coral, Belize.

08100956
Trumpet fish (Aulostomus Maculatus), Belize.

08100955
White margate (Haemulon album), Belize.

08100953
Gray angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus), Belize.

08100950
Close up of the structure of a soft coral (Dendronephthya sp), Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

08100949
Large barracuda (Sphyraena sp), Flinders Reef, Australia.

08100947
Diver swimming over a brain coral at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

08100943
Wooden Lapstrake dinghy "Small" sailing in Newport harbour, Rhode Island, USA

08100942
Classic brass compass, hung on gimbals, aboard the 1923 William Fife-design ketch "Kentra".

08100941
Old brass compass, with two tubular containers on each side to hold candles.

08100937
Aerial view of a motorboat crossing the Bora Bora lagoon, French Polynesia, South Pacific.

08100936
Polynesian sailing pirogues (pahi) racing in the Bora Bora lagoon during Bastille Day celebrations.

08100935
French challenger "Le Defi", alongside the close quick turn of rival "Young America" during the 1999 Louis Vuitton Cup races, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand.

08100934
Close crossing during the "Road to the America's Cup", a friendly event created by Team New Zealand before the America's Cup, where some challengers could race against the defender.

08100933
"Black Magic", aka NZL-32, during the 1995 America's Cup Final in San Diego, California.

08100931
Sails of "America 3" & the "Black Magic" yachts in the distance. December 1994, off Point Loma in San Diego, California, USA.

08100929
Maxi-yachts beating and crossing with crews on the upper gunwales, in the Saint-Raphael Gulf, France.

08100928
American record-chaser Steve Fossett, on the boom end of his Gino Morelli/Pete Melvin mega catamaran "Playstation", during his first sail. 15th January 1999, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand. ^^^After increasing her length to 38 metres, Playstation smashed the Atlantic record in the incredible time of 4 days 17 hours 28 mins and 6 secs, on 10 October 2001. Average speed: 25,79 knots - nearly three times faster than Charlie Barr's record with the schooner Atlantic in 1905.

08100926
Old yacht compass from the 19th century, with a twisted column. Collection of the Royal Ocean Racing Club, Cowes.

08100925
Old compass card on Charles Nicholson cutter "Marigold" by the actual owner. North is indicated by the French stylised lily. ^^^Marigold is one of the very early designs (1892). The gaff-rigged black cutter has been beautifully restored since the old hull was discovered in 1981.

08100924
Yachts racing in the San Francisco Bay during the Big Boat Series, California, USA.

08100923
Yachts racing in the San Francisco Bay during the Big Boat Series, California, USA.

08100922
J-Class yacht "Endeavour" being launched after two years of work at the Royal Huisman Shipyard, 22 April 1989.

08100920
Admiral's Cup contestants beating in the eastern Solent, off the Isle of Wight, UK. One yacht is tacking to port to get clear wind.

08100919
Six-Metre Class JI racing in European Championship in Cannes Bay, France.

08100917
Yellow yacht, on port tack, crossing very close ahead of a larger yacht at the Nioulargue, Saint-Tropez, France.

08100916
Admiral's Cup fleet in Christchurch Bay, Western Solent, Isle of Wight, UK.

08100915
Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) swimming on its back, British Columbia, Canada.

08100914
Two people snorkelling on Outer Reef Aquarium in Bora Bora, French Polynesia.

08100912
Sunrise reflections in fog on the Solent. Yarmouth Bay, Isle of Wight, England.

08100911
Ted Turner racing J-Class "Shamrock V" against "Endeavour" off Newport, Rhode Island, August 1989. The "Clash of the Titans" was the first new J-Class race since 1937 in America, ^^^privately organized by Elizabeth Meyer, Endeavour's owner. At the helm of Shamrock, the last Sir Thomas Lipton challenger, the CNN tycoon Ted Turner, a former America's Cup winner. Garry Jobson is steering Endeavour upwind and trying to blanket his rival. Both skippers swapped the yachts during the three day-long event. To the right of Turner, in white cap, stands John Mecray, one of the most skilled yacht painters in the world.

08100910
Bora Bora lagoon, French Polynesia.

08100909
Corel 45 "Corum" with crew on upside rail, as she has just rounded the windward mark and prepares for the spinnaker hoist. Miami's SORC regatta, Florida 1997.

08100908
Aerial view of a J145 sailing off Brenton Reef, Rhode Island, USA.

08100906
Close racing in the Farr 40 fleet as they approach the weather mark during Key West Race Week, Florida, USA.

08100905
Jboat bashing its way to windward through the waves at Key West Race Week, Florida, USA, 1999.

08100904
Local old man in Vanuatu with machete, pipe and loin cloth chopping plantains. Pacific Islands.

08100903
Local Fanla tribal dancer with head decoration and costume, Vanuatu, South Pacific.

08100902
A traditional tribal dance in Vanuatu, South Pacific.

08100898
New England Lobster, clams and mussels, USA

08100897
Small fishing boat on the mud at low tide as the sun rises over the small village of Bosham on the south coast, Sussex, UK 1993.

08100893
Mistral class windsurfing race start during the Youth World Championships under the Newport Bridge, Rhode Island, USA

08100891
Man jet skiing and flinging arms in the air. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. 1998.

08100890
Two Tall ships in fog during Boston tall ships parade, Massachusetts, USA. "Amerigo Vespucci" is in the foregound.

08100888
Local work boats racing at the Grenada Sailing Festival, Grenada, Caribbean.

08100887
Bamboo canes strapped to a traditional brightly coloured fishing boat on the beach at the Grenada Sailing Festival, Grenada, Caribbean.

08100886
Workboats lined along a perfect sandy shore on Grand Anse Beach during the Grenada Sailing Festival, Grenada, Caribbean.

08100885
Small speed boat travelling at high speed.

08100884
Large motor yachts moored in a marina, Caribbean.

08100883
Outerlimits high speed powerboat.

08100882
Outerlimits high speed powerboat showing out drives.

08100881
Motorboat aground on a sand bar at low tide, Cape Cod, USA.

08100879
British single handed sailor Ellen MacArthur.

08100877
Courtenay Becker-Dey having just finished with a bronze in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic games, Savannah, Georgia.

08100876
420 dinghy fleet racing during the Youth Worlds off Newport, Rhode Island, USA

08100875
420s racing during the Youth Worlds held in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

08100874
Peter Johnstone steering the One design hobiecat 14 from the wire off Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

08100873
A lone yacht cruises through a silvery sea 1998.

08100872
Superyacht "Sariyah" under full sail. Property Released.

08100871
Trimming the spinnaker aboard a 31 foot C&C sloop while night cruising on Lake Erie, Great Lakes, USA.

08100868
Passage planning at the chart table of a cruising yacht.

08100867
A member of the crew enjoying cruising from the bow of "Realite", St Maarten, Caribbean.

08100866
Coastguard helicopter lowering one of its crew onto the deck of a sailing yacht during a practise drill. 1995.

08100865
The Hinckley sloop "The Golden Argosy" hard on the wind during a late afternoon sail on Somes Sound, Maine, USA.

08100861
Classic schooner "Shenandoah" moored off a remote beach in the Apataki atoll in the Tuamotu archipelago, Polynesia.

08100858
A US nuclear submarine surfacing off Hawaii, Pacific Islands. 1994

08100857
The shadow of a man through a classic yacht's sails as he climbs the ratlines 1995.

08100855
Bowman on the bowsprit of Schooner "Adix" sailing close by a large North cardinal mark at La Nioulargue, St Tropez, South France 1993.

08100854
Boys sailing a Laser 2 during the Youth World Championships in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

08100853
Young boy sailing an plastic roto moulded Escape dinghy. ^^^ These boats are aimed at beginners and provide an inexpensive solution to getting children out on the water.

08100852
Children on deck of powerboat wearing life jackets, looking and pointing upwards.

08100851
Billy Kerr building sand castles on a beach in Antigua, Caribbean.

08100849
Anonymous chalk portrait of a sardine fisherman on the quay at the Douarnenez 1986 Traditional Boat Festival.

08100848
Close up of the sea showing some colourful reflections, St Tropez, France.

08100847
Close up of the sea showing some colourful reflections, St Tropez, France.

08100845
Shallow waters on the eastern coral reef barrier, Tahaa Island, French Polynesia.

08100844
Fishing schooner "Bluenose II" moored in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. ^^^She is the replica of the ship lost in January 1946 off the coast of Haiti. Throughout the 20's and the 30's, she remained undefeated in races against her American rivals from Gloucester and peerless as a working fishing vessel.

08100843
"Bluenose II" waiting to have her main mast replaced in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. ^^^She is the replica of the ship lost in January 1946 off the coast of Haiti. Throughout the 20's and the 30's, she remained undefeated in races against her American rivals from Gloucester and peerless as a working fishing vessel.

08100840
American naval architect Doug Peterson, steering the J-Class "Endeavour" during a cruise in south Alaska, Pacific.

08100839
Thomas Sopwith's J-class "Endeavour" anchored off the Queen Charlotte Islands, south of Alaska. ^^^Rondal, the sparmaking department of Dutch Royal Huisman shipyard, built it from rolled aluminium sections. The rig is as it was in 1934, seven/eighths cutter flying high-clew jib and staysail. The boom is the "Park Avenue" type, with its beamy, triangular cross-section. The elliptical shape of its upper part, hidden here by the folded mainsail, is like the deck of a boat.

08100838
Two Dragon yachts in the old Clare Lallow boatyard in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England.

08100836
Classic yachts beating to windward in stormy weather during the Museum of Yachting's annual regatta in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

08100834
Fleet of traditional boats with some lateen rigs in Rosmeur fishing harbour, Douarnenez, France.

08100833
Fleet of traditional boats with some lateen rigs, Rosmeur harbour, Douarnenez, France.

08100832
Replica of "Le Renard", the last Robert Surcouf privateer ship, sailing in the Douarnenez Bay, Brittany, France. Behind is "La Cancalaise", a rebuilt oyster-fishing lugger ^^^which operated in Cancale in the Mount St. Michel Bay.

08100831
Replica of "Le Renard", the last Robert Surcouf privateer ship, sailing in the Douarnenez Bay, Brittany, France. The Saint-Malo flag is flying at top mast.

08100828
Emerald Terrace, the largest colourful silica terrace, Lake Ohakuri, Orakei Korako, North Island, New Zealand. Probably the best remaining example of the geothermal phenomenon in the country, it is 20 meters thick and continues for 35 metres beneath the lake.

08100827
Sir Thomas Lipton's "Shamrock V", racing off Newport, Rhode Island, USA in August 1989. She is the only wooden-built J-Class yacht still in existance, ^^^and had a total refit at Pendennis Shipyard in Cornwall, UK, ten years later, when bought by Brazilian Marcos de Moraes.

08100826
Palm fringed motu (small island) on the east coral reef of Tahaa Island, French Polynesia.

08100825
Lada Poch monohull skippered by Loick Peyron at the start of the first singlehanded, non-stop, round the world race: the Vendee Globe, 1989. ^^^He finished second in 110d 1h 48', behind Titouan Lamazou's Ecureuil d'Aquitaine (109d 8h 48' 50).

08100824
Foil-equipped trimaran "Lada Poch", designed by Marc Lombard. Loick Peyron and Jacques Delorme are footing fast at the start of the two-handed 1987 La Baule-Dakar race. ^^^They won it, 34 minutes ahead of Ericsson.

08100823
Launching of 25.91m maxi-foiler "Charles Heidsieck" at the Multiplast shipyard in 1984, France. Designed by Gilles Vaton, she was supposed to be built at 9 tons but, due to miscalculations, weighed over 20 tons.

08100821
William Fife's "Seabird" sailing on Odet River, Brittany, France, July 2000. One of the smallest yachts from William Fife III, she is a very elegant replica, entirely wooden built.

08100820
Gaff-rigged Star sailing on the Seine River during the 1996 "Regates des Impressionnistes", Chatou, France. Created by French designer Guy Ribadeau-Dumas. ^^^The Star was designed in 1911 by the American designer William Gardner, who had also designed the three-masted schooner "Atlantic" six years earlier.

08100819
Manfred Curry's 1937 8.4m yole "Aero" sailing on the Garonne River, near Bordeaux, France, 1996. ^^^She was a revolution in aerodynamism of her lines and includes several inventions from aerodynamicist and inventor Dr Curry, such as the two brakes that can be seen above the rudder.

08100818
Manfred Curry's 1937 8.4m yole "Aero" sailing on the Garonne River, near Bordeaux, France, 1996. ^^^She was a revolution in aerodynamism of her lines and includes several inventions from aerodynamicist and inventor Dr Curry, such as the two brakes that can be seen above the rudder. Miraculously rediscovered, the old hull was repaired by Hans Mader, a Flying Dutchman expert boatbuilder, between 1993 and 1995.

08100817
27.5ft yawl "Aero" sailing on the Garonne River, near Bordeaux, France. 1996. ^^^Built in 1937 by the famous German aerodynamicist and inventor Dr Manfred Curry, she was a revolution by the perfect aerodynamism of her lines and the several inventions from her maker such as the two brakes that can be seen above the rudder. Miraculously rediscovered, the old hull was repaired by Hans Mader, a Flying Dutchman expert boatbuilder, between 1993 and 1995.

08100816
Trotte-Midi, a clinker-built small open dinghy, catboat-rigged with a gaff mainsail. An International 12 ft dinghy, she was built in 1927. Capucine Maradan, her young skipper is sailing her during the 1995 Regate des Vieux Bateaux (Old Wooden Yachts Race), on the Lake Geneva. She uses a tiller extension in rope.

08100815
Originally a Swedish design from 1910, the 30m SI Class is still active on Lake Geneva. This one is Sunny Boy, built in 1935. These daily racers are 13,25 metres long, with a narrow beam of only 2,10 metres. The yacht behind is Espadon, a smaller Swiss class designed by Copponex in 1946.

08100814
Launching "Roastbeef" replica at Chatou, on the Seine River, France. ^^^The original 30 sq.meter Class Roastbeef was built in 1891 by Gustave Caillebotte. She was 8 metres long, only 5,28 metres at the waterline. Her beam was 1,63 metres and the weight 1,4 ton.

08100812
Replica of "Roastbeef", built in 1996, sailing at Chatou, on the Seine River, France. ^^^The original 30 sq.metre Class was built in 1891, by Gustave Caillebotte. She was 8 metres long, only 5,28 metres at the waterline. Her beam was 1,63 metres and the weight 1,4 ton.

08100810
Two men with lowered sail in a dinghy on the Seine River at Chatou, France.

08100809
Clipper d'Argenteuil replica "Margot" during a race at Chatou, on the Seine River, near Paris, France. These craft have a long curved bowsprit and can carry nearly 100 square metres of canvas for a hull only 8 metres long.

08100807
Emerald Terrace, the largest colourful silica terrace in New Zealand, on Lake Ohakuri, Orakei Korako, North Island. It is 20 metres thick and continues for 35 metres beneath the lake.

08100805
Russian four-masted tall ship "Sedov" in Monaco. At 117,50 metres long, ^^^she has a total of four square kilometers in 34 different sails.

08100804
Small acrobatic hydroplane flying in front of the giant sail plan of the Russian tall ship "Sedov" in Monaco. ^^^The four-masted Sedov was built in 1921 at the Krupp Boatyard in Kiel, Germany. At 117,50 metres long, she is the biggest of all the existing tall-ships with a sail area of four square kilometers.

08100803
Impressionist reflection of a white sail in the sea, looks like a Claude Monnet painting.

08100802
Reflections of houses in water, Honfleur Old Basin, Normandy, France.

08100801
Evening sunlight catches the edges of some floating kelp in the calm waters off Hotsprings Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada.

08100799
Chris-Craft Cobra, with engine hatch open, and rear vertical golden fin, Lake Como, Italy. ^^^The Cobra was not the first finned boat on the market, combining mahogany and plastic with class and style.

08100796
Carved tiller head of "Phoebus II".

08100794
Sailor climbing the rigging on three-masted schooner "Adix" during a Nioulargue race. St Tropez, France.

08100787
Australian Heron, Australia.

08100785
Dark clouds bring the first cats paws of wind as the strong tides disturb the early morning calm sea. Badung Strait, Bali, Indonesia. July 1999.

08100784
Three yachts, heavily reefed, racing in the Mistral wind on Saint Tropez Bay, Mediterranean coast.

08100758
Pelicans passing in front of "Ville de Paris" sail in San Diego, 1992 America's Cup.

08100757
"Nippon Challenge" sailing team, skippered by Peter Gilmour, training off Gamagoori (the base camp in Japan) on "Idaten" (JPN-52). 5th August 1999.

08100756
"Abracadabra", John Kolius's America's Cup 2000 challenger racing in the Louis Vuitton Cup 1999. Marine artist Wyland's painting depicts the sea life that proliferates around Hawaii and New Zealand. Jumping dolphins adorn one side of the bow.

08100748
Pilot cabin of "Destriero". ^^^At 67 meters long, the Agha Khan owned motoryacht broke the Blue Ribbon Atlantic record on 9 August 1992, with a 53.09 knots average speed, in 58 hours 34 minutes and 5 seconds.

08100747
67m "Destriero" broke the Blue Ribbon Atlantic record on 9 August 1992, with a 53,09 knots average speed, in 58 hours 34 minutes and 5 seconds.

08100746
Australian defender "The Edge" during the Little America's Cup 1996. Note how crew Tim Daddo stands very far aft to lift the bows. McCrae, Victoria, Auctralia.

08100745
Masting C-Class boat "Cogito", McCrae beach, Australia, 1996. ^^^With a clever system of tackles, the wing rotates to be hoisted vertically. "Cogito" was built by Henry Elliott (Swansea, Mass), a leading specialist in carbon-fibre and composites, and master builder Erich Chase, a world-class sailor and experimental aircraft fabricator.

08100744
Australian crew trapezing on "The Edge" (foreground), racing against "Cogito" in the 4th race of the Little America's Cup challenge off McCrae, Victoria, Australia 1996. ^^^Duncan MacLane, the skipper of "Cogito", later said: "This was the only race in which I wasn't happy with our starting position. I let Simon get too much separation to windward and he was able to climb off us and get control early in the race - before the first downwind leg".

08100743
C-Class challenger "Cogito", which later won the series, crosses the Australian defender, "The Edge", before the start of the last Little America's Cup Challenge in 1996 at McCrae, near Melbourne, Australia.

08100742
Porthole in the hull of an old cargo ship.

08100730
Old fashioned lobster fishermen surrounded by rot-proof, flexible, chestnut wood lobster traps, Houat Island, near Belle-Ile, south Bretagne, France, 1960s.

08100729
Palms in the east lagoon of Bora Bora Island, French Polynesia.

08100728
Long-tail boats moored in Bangkok. They allow tourists to visit the numerous "klongs", or narrow canals which start from the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand. ^^^Their drivers use powerful pivoting car engines at the rear, directly connected to a very long shaft with the propeller at the deep end.

08100726
Boiler of Edwardian steam launch "Garlandstone", Henley Traditional Rally, England.

08100725
Boiler of the Edwardian steam saloon-launch "Winander", built by Borwicks in 1930, Lake Windermere, Lake Disrict, UK.

08100724
Two cylinder steam engine aboard "Hussard", a clipper-bowed elegant Victorian steamboat, Henley-on-Thames, UK.

08100723
Figurehead of the passenger launch "Alaska", a 59ft Thames boat built in 1883 by J. Horsham in Bourne, UK.

08100722
New Zealand / Hooker's sealion (Phocartos hookeri) female vocalising, Catlins region, South Island, New Zealand.

08100720
Close up of fishing nets, Scheveningen harbour, Netherlands.

08100718
Driftwood in British Columbia, Canada, with J-Class "Endeavour" anchored in the background.

08100717
Shadow of block on the Oregon pine mast of the three-masted schooner "Shenandoah".

08100716
Schooner "Shenandoah" shock-absorber detail. ^^^To avoid breaking the boom of the heavily canvassed rig in a gybe, the Pilot boats adopted this system. It is composed of cylinders of hard rubber, with a hole in the middle and separated by bronze disks to distribute the load of the main sheet tackle. Most of the classic schooners adopted the system later.

08100713
Classic old compass aboard the 54 metre long three-masted schooner "Shenandoah". ^^^The two bottles on each side contained candles to light the compass card at night. The two black balls contain the magnets necessary to compensate the compass.

08100712
Old bronze steering wheel and compass fitted on the same binnacle and pedestal.

08100711
Schooner "Altaïr" steering wheel in St.Tropez during the Nioulargue, France.

08100710
Modern three-masted cruiser "Friday Star" sailing past three-masted ship "Belem" in the middle of the Channel.

08100709
Chris-Craft Cobra, easily recognizable with the rear vertical golden fin. This model belongs to the Windermere Steam Boats Museum, in the Lake District, UK.

08100708
Chris-Craft Cobra, easily recognizable with the rear vertical golden fin. This model belongs to the Windermere Steam Boats Museum, in the Lake District, UK.

08100706
Palm leaf, Guadeloupe Island, French Caribbean.

08100705
Wake on Pukaki Lake, South Island, New Zealand.

08100697
Barrel cactus (Ferocactus acanthodes) flowers in Anza Borrego National Park, California, USA.

08100696
Barrel cactus (Ferocactus acanthodes), Anza Borrego National Park, California, USA.

08100695
Skutsjes racing on a lake in Holland. These steel-built sailing barges race every year in the Skutsjesilen annual event.

08100691
The three crew of an 18 Foot Skiff trapezing during a World Championship on the Swan River, Perth, Australia.

08100690
The three crew of an 18 Foot Skiff trapezing during a World Championship on the Swan River, Perth, Australia.

08100685
Australian lifesavers getting into a rescue boat as they push it out from the beach for their evening daily training. Manly Beach, near Sydney, Australia.

08100677
Carved tiller head of Bristol Pilot Cutter "Marguerite-T".

08100675
"America One" and Prada's "Luna Rossa" after a start during Round Robin 1 of the Louis Vuitton Cup. Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand, 1999.

08100672
Skutsjes racing on a lake in Holland. These steel-built sailing barges race every year in the Skutsjesilen annual event.

08100670
Skutsjes rudders reflecting in a calm lake in Holland, during the Skutsjesilen Dutch sailing annual event.

08100668
Trademark of the Scottish Fife family of naval architects and yacht builders at Fairlie. ^^^It was created first for a small series of yachts called Dragons. Then the Fife used it on the bows of all their yachts.

08100667
Formula 40 catamaran, skippered by Yvon Fauconnier ^^^who went on to win the 1984 Ostar singlehanded transatlantic race.

08100661
Batavia shipwright Willem Vos, with his replica of the 1628 three-masted return ship from the Dutch East India Company, which took him 10 years to build.

08100657
Construction of "Batavia" replica, a three-masted return ship from the Dutch East India Company, May 1989. ^^^The original sailed bound for Indonesia on October 27, 1628 and was wrecked on the Australian coast. It has taken ten years to build the ship.

08100656
Jaimie Peterson, daughter of Doug Peterson, steering J-Class "Endeavour" off British Columbia, Canada.

08100655
Jaimie Peterson, daughter of designer Doug Peterson, steering J-Class "Endeavour" during a cruise off British Columbia, 1998. To her right is Lucien Schiltz.

08100654
An old wooden purchase block and tackle 1993.

08100653
Double (or violin) block - powerful tackle to hoist the yards. One of the 725 huge pulleys hand-carved in ash for the rigging of the Batavia replica, a three-masted return ship from the Dutch East India Company in 1628. Lelystad, Holland.

08100652
Moon behind blocks and tackles on "Batavia" rigging, which are waiting to be fixed. The replica of the 1628 three-masted return ship from the Dutch East India Company needed more than 725 ash blocks of this kind.

08100651
Hawser made from hemp on three-masted "Batavia" replica of a 1628 Dutch East Indiaman return ship.

08100650
Batavia stern gargoyle carving.

08100649
Part-carved "Batavia" figurehead during the construction of the Batavia replica, a 1628 three-masted return ship from the Dutch East India Company. Lelystad, 1989.

08100648
Carving on the stern of the 17th century "Batavia" replica. The replica of a Dutch three-masted return ship from 1628, launched in 1998, has no less than 250 different carved pieces.

08100647
Carving on the stern of the 17th century "Batavia" replica. The replica of a Dutch three-masted return ship from 1628, launched in 1998, has no less than 250 different carved pieces.

08100646
725 blocks and pulleys were hand-carved in ash for the rigging of the Batavia replica, a three-masted return ship from the Dutch East India Company in 1628. Lelystad, Holland.

08100645
725 blocks and pulleys were hand-carved in ash for the rigging of the Batavia replica, a three-masted return ship from the Dutch East India Company in 1628. Lelystad, Holland.

08100644
Interior of the replica of 1628 three-masted, three-decked, 17th Dutch Indiaman Returnship "Batavia". ^^^650 oaks of different shapes were needed to build the 65 metres long, 1,000 tons displacement. A perfect replica of the Batavia, she was launched in April 1998 after ten years of work.

08100642
Shallow waters in the east lagoon of Tahaa Island, French Polynesia.

08100640
Aerial view of the Bora Bora coral reef, French Polynesia, South Pacific.

08100639
Reflection of palm trees in still water, Koh Samui Island, Thailand.

08100635
Coupe de France yachting trophy.

08100634
Yachts sailing at the America's Cup Jubilee, Cowes, 2001. 220 of the most famous classic and modern yachts took part. Here, the 1903 William Fife cutter "Moonbeam III" and the Italian America's Cup challenger "Luna Rossa".

08100633
Bright Star beating upwind at Key West Race Week, Florida, USA.

08100632
Crew member pulling on halyard during night race.

08100630
12 Metres "Weatherly", "Neffertiti" and "Columbia" sailing off Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

08100628
Yacht has just rounded the windward mark and prepares to hoist the spinnaker. SORC regatta, Miami, Florida, 1997.

08100627
Two yachts colliding during a breezy race at Antigua Race Week, resulting in the loss of the rig for one unfortunate boat 1997.

08100624
Close-up of Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) in Kalbarri, Western Australia.

08100621
Woman in fur hat holding a seal pup. Madeleine Islands, St. Laurent Gulf, Canada.

08100619
Mute swan (Cygnus olor) resting on Lake Windermere, England.

08100618
Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) lying on ice, Antarctica.

08100614
A mast and bell buoy emerging from the fog in the waters off Somes Sound, Maine, USA.

08100607
ISAF Judge, Bryan Willis. ^^^Willis, of the Isle of Wight, was appointed in 2002 to be the Chairman of the Jury and Chief Umpire for the Louis Vuitton Cup and 31st America's Cup Match in New Zealand from October 2002 to March 2003.

08100606
Harold S. Vanderbilt, then 56, ordered his portrait from Bernard Boutet de Monvel in 1939, two years after the "Ranger" victory, for his book "On The Wind's Highway". The painting caption explains that "the wheel was used on three America's Cup ^^^ Defenders - on "Enterprise" in 1930, on "Rainbow" in 1934 and on "Ranger" in 1937. Note duralumin bending boom and stenciling on the mainsail "No. 1,1930". Copy of the Vanderbilt book: Collection Christian Fevrier

08100605
Gerard B. Lambert, ^^^part of the 1930 American elimination races with his old "Vanitie", improved for the J-Class rules. Unknown photographer. In Christian Février collection.

08100604
Edward Burgess, designer of the America's Cup US Defenders "Puritan", "Mayflower" and "Volunteer". As published in "A Testimonial to Charles J. Paine and Edward Burgess from the City of Boston, for their successful defense of the America's Cup." 1887. In collection of Christian Fevrier.

08100603
Schooner "Livonia", the 1871 America's Cup challenger. Drawing by T.G Dutton, from an oil painting by A.Fowles. Published in The Hunt's Yachting magazine, July 1871. In collection of Christian Fevrier.Livonia was the property of J. Asbury, Commodore of the Royal Harwich Yacht Club, UK. Launched from Ratsey's yard at Cowes on April 6th, She has a low freeboard, her deck being only four feet from the water line.

08100602
America's Cup Presentation Trophy on the Royal Perth Yacht Club lawn, February 1987. An emotional Dennis Conner is at right. Beside Alan Bond, the previous winner, and behind the Trophy, is Warren Jones, Alan Bond's former team manager.

08100600
Winner Dennis Conner holding the trophy at the America's Cup presentation at the Royal Perth YC, Australia, in February 1987.

08100598
Early photograph published in 1887 in 'A Testimonial to Charles Paine and Edward Burgess from the City of Boston, for their succesful defense of the America's Cup'. In collection Christian FÃ©vrier. The original America's Cup trophy, ^^^as it was presented to John Cox Stevens, Commodore of the New York Yacht Club by Thomas Egerton, Earl of Wilton, and third Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron, on the August 22nd, 1851, at the Castle.

08100597
Bulb of "Black Magic" in San Diego for the America's Cup, May 6th, 1995.

08100593
Challenger "Black Magic" leading at the first windward mark by 32 seconds during the first match race of the 1995 America's Cup. San Diego, USA.

08100591
Sir Peter Blake lifting the America's Cup trophy, with Team New Zealand sponsors around him. May 15th, 1995 at the San Diego Yacht Club. Back row, left to right: Peter Hay, Chris Cooney, John McCliskie, Peter Blake, Joe Pope, Jane Johns and Ed Baird. Front row, left to right: Craig Monk, Dean Phipps, Andrew Taylor, Joe Allen, Robbie Naismith.

08100590
Discussion about tactics in the "Black Magic" cockpit for race one of the America's Cup Match, 1995. Peter Blake is on the right, with Brad Butterworth in front of him. Skipper/ helmsman Russell Coutts is at the wheel. On the left, tactician Murray Jones.

08100576
Start manoeuvre (circling) between "GBR Challenge" and "Alinghi". America's Cup, February 2002. Auckland, New Zealand.

08100571
Laser sailing for shelter as a squall approaches during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in Savannah, Georgia, USA

08100570
Decks awash on "Endeavour" underway in the Queen Charlotte Islands, north Pacific, July 1996.

08100569
Early morning fog over container ships in Istanbul, Turkey.

08100568
Water spout on the west coast of Guadeloupe Island, French Caribbean.

08100565
Tahitian girl surfing on the western Tahiti coast.

08100562
Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), Roatan, Honduras.

08100561
Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) at night, Pantelleria, Strait of Sicily, Italy.

08100560
Colonies of Ascidians (Clavelina lepadiformis) and Zoantharians (Parazoanthus axinellae), Noli, Liguria, Italy.

08100558
Common octopus (octopus vulgaris), Scilla, Strait of Messina, Italy, Mediterranean sea.

08100557
Weedy sea dragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus), Australia.

08100555
Fishing boat sails in Port-Rhu, Douarnenez, France.

08100552
17th century discovery ship "Pelican" replica under construction on the banks of the Saint-Laurent River, Quebec, Canada 1988.

08100551
Two Edwardian electric-powered canoes at the Henley-on-Thames Traditional Rally, England.

08100549
Detail of canvas sails on the Breton fishing boats, Douarnenez, Brittany, France.

08100547
Rudders stacked in a row at the Mystic Seaport Sailing School, Mystic, Connecticut, USA.

08100545
Model boat builder, Robert Eddy, with a scale model of the 1915 Herreshoff schooner "Mariette" in his shop in Camden, Maine, USA.

08100543
Woman sewing leather, making repairs on the bowsprit of a tall ship 1992.

08100542
Sailing aboard classic yacht "Outlaw" in wet weather. A John Illingworth and Angus Primrose design, built for the late Sir Max Aitken at the Souters boatyard. La Nioulargue, St Tropez, France 1997.

08100541
Sail Training Ship 'Astrid' seen through the arch at Durdle Door, Lulworth. Dorset, England 1990.

08100540
Members of the Mystic Seaport Sailing School have a good sense of humour in arranging their rudders like a troop of storks. Mystic River, Connecticut, USA.

08100538
Open sardine fishing boat in Douarnenez Bay, France.

08100533
Modern hanks on J-Class yacht "Endeavour".

08100532
Polished bronze compass on a classic yacht. ^^^The two "bottles" on each side of the case contained the candles to light the compass card.

08100530
Two William Fife yachts: "Tuiga" (foreground) and "Moonbeam" on a broad reach during the Nioulargue of Saint-Tropez. Moonbeam was built in 1903 as a cruiser-racer yacht and Tuiga in 1909.

08100529
Gaff schooner "Mariette" during a race at the 1996 Monaco Classic Week. The Herreshoff schooner was built during 1915-1916.

08100528
58m three-masted schooner "Creole" racing under stormy skies during the Nioulargue in Saint-Tropez. A Charles Nicholson design, she was ordered under the Vira name by Sir Alexander Cochran, ^^^who once owned the famous schooner Westward. She was launched in Gosport in 1927. The Greek billionnaire Stravos Niarchos acquired her in 1953, following a total refit in Kiel. Then Maurizzio Gucci bought her. She is still owned by the family.

08100527
Two Dragons in the Clare Lallows boatyard, Cowes, Isle of Wight.

08100525
64.5m three-masted schooner "Adix" during a race around the Isle of Wight in 1997. ^^^Adix can carry 1280 sq.metres when sailing upwind, and 2604 sq.metres on a run. The yacht is the former Jessica, built in 1984 in Palma de Mallorca, belonging to Carlo Perdomo. When her new owner bought Jessica, it took two years to totally modify the old steel yacht with new bow, stern, keel and rig. Work was supervised by the Dutch designer Gerard Dijskra.

08100524
Auckland Harbour Bridge, New Zealand.

08100523
Two William Fife yachts, "Tuiga" (first) and "Moonbeam III" on a run during the Nioulargue of Saint-Tropez, France.

08100516
Late afternoon sun shining on black volcanic sand, Guadeloupe, Caribbean.

08100514
Bull kelp (Durvillea antarctica) floating off Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand.

08100513
Piece of driftwood shaped like a bird. Hotsprings Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada.

08100511
Seaweed in a rockpool on the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada.

08100510
Delicate black sea-fan, Deshaies beach, Guadeloupe, Caribbean.

08100509
Stream on beach, blue in the twilight, west Auckland beach, New Zealand.

08100508
Mud at low tide on the banks of Wanganui River, South Island west coast, New Zealand.

08100506
Close-up of lapping waves and sand at sunset on Deshaies beach, Guadeloupe.

08100505
Patterns at low tide at sunset, on the volcanic sand of Whatipu Beach, west Auckland, New Zealand.

08100504
Reflections in the wake of a boat slowly motoring through Saguenay Fjord, Quebec, Canada.

08100501
Sunset reflected in the waters of Otago Bay, South Island, New Zealand.

08100497
Sport fishing boat

08100496
Center console sport fishing boat "on the Fly" in swell.

08100492
A True North 39 powerboat ploughing through a wave.

08100490
Aerial view of an Alden 38 powerboat, Rhode Island, USA.

08100479
Ted Turner at the helm of J-Class "Endeavour", August 1989. ^^^After her return to America with the newly restored "Endeavour" in August 1989, Elizabeth Meyer, her owner, organized a competition between "Endeavour" and "Shamrock V" which had not met on the water since 1937. The two skippers, Ted Turner and Gary Jobson, swapped the yachts during the 3-day long event.

08100478
The late Frank Murdoch steering "Endeavour" in the Solent, July 1989. He passed away on June 13, 1996, aged 92.

08100477
Elizabeth Meyer steering "Endeavour" on a reach at the Nioulargue 1992, St Tropez, France.

08100476
Elizabeth Meyer, 33, on J-Class yacht "Endeavour" near Southampton ready to be launched in the Solent on the next morning. 8 August 1986.

08100475
Rare colour photograph of the "Endeavour II" afterguard in 1937. Captain Williams is at the helm. Owner and skipper Thomas Sopwith and wife Phillis stand to the left. Frank Murdoch is behind. (Christian Fevrier's Personal collection).

08100474
Frank Murdoch working on a model of "Endeavour" in his London apartment, September 1991.

08100470
Gilded Garuda, guardian of the Wat Phra Keo Temple in Bangkok, Thailand.

08100469
128ft J-Class yacht "Velsheda" powers upwind during the 1998 Antigua Classic Week. ^^^Named after first owner W L Stephenson's three daughters Velma, Sheila and Daphne, Velsheda was the second of four legendary J-class yachts built.

08100467
Skipper / owner Elizabeth Meyer at the helm of her J-Class yacht "Endeavour" during a race at the 1992 Nioulargue in Saint-Tropez, France.

08100465
Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus / Larus ridibundus) flying infront of J-Class "Endeavour", on her first sail along Texel Island (Holland) after her two year-long refit at the Royal Huisman Shipyard in Vollenhove, Holland. 23 June 1989.

08100464
J-Class yacht "Endeavour" sailing past the 1864 Victorian drinking fountain on Princes Green, Cowes, during her first sail in the Solent, July 1989. ^^^After her three year refit at the Royal Huisman Shipyard in Holland, she is here skippered by Frank Murdoch, who raced aboard for the 1934 America's Cup in Newport.

08100462
J-Class "Endeavour" in Christchurch Bay, Western Solent, UK, during the races organized for the class one week before the America's Cup Jubilee. 12 August 2001.

08100460
J-Class "Endeavour" moored in Scott's Head Bay at sunset, south Dominica Island, Carribean.

08100459
Campfire in De la Beche inlet, with J-Class yacht "Endeavour" moored offshore. Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada.

08100458
"Velsheda" Number 1 crew member on the bow during 1998 Antigua Classic Week.

08100457
J-Class "Velsheda" beating during the 1998 Antigua Classic Week. Launched in 1933, Velsheda is the first steel-built J-Class from Charles E. Nicholson.

08100456
"Velsheda" at Antigua Classics Week, 1998. ^^^She was just a big skeleton at Camper & Nicholson's boatyard when Ronald de Waal acquired her at the end of 1996, with a view to challenging "Endeavour". Dutch designer Gerard Dijkstra directed the refit at Southampton Yacht Services boatyard.

08100455
J-Class "Velsheda" at Antigua Classics Week, 1999. Launched in 1933, Velsheda is the first steel-built J-Class from Charles E. Nicholson. Now owned by Ronald de Waal, ^^^Velsheda is the only J-Class yacht without an America's Cup record.

08100454
175 ton J-Class "Endeavour" with deck awash off Antigua, during a race in Classics Week 1999. ^^^Crew working to leeward must be very careful not to be washed overboard when securing a line.

08100452
J-Class "Endeavour" sailing off Newport, Rhode Island, USA. The crew is sitting on the upside rail to counteract the huge quadrilateral jib (360 sq.met). August 1989.

08100451
First sail of the J-Class "Endeavour" along Texel Island in Holland, 23 June 1989, ^^^after three year-long refit at the Royal Huisman Shipyard. Frank Murdoch is steering her. He was part of the afterguard aboard for the 1934 America's Cup challenge in Newport against Rainbow.

08100450
CNN tycoon Ted Turner at the helm of "Shamrock V", Sir Thomas Lipton's J-Class yacht, off Newport, Rhode Island, August 1989. Behind and to the left of Ted, in white cap, stands yacht painter John Mecray. "Endeavour" is racing on the port side.

08100449
Elizabeth Meyer, owner of the J-Class Endeavour, inside the 51 meter aluminium mast. Rondal factory, Vollenhove, Holland, March 1989.

08100445
Cultivated Tulip (Tulipa sp.) fields around Vollenhove in the Netherlands at spring time.

08100440
Venetian gondolas, all with a "ferro" to decorate the bow. Venice, Italy. ^^^This was often an iron masterpiece in the XVII century, but is now a simple aluminium sheet with six teeth. The larger flat blade on top represents the Dodge's hat. The ferro allows the gondolier (oarsman) to judge from the stern platform if he can make it under a bridge at high tide.

08100434
25.6m William Fife cruising ketch "Kentra" approaching St.Tropez quay, France. Built in 1923, she was refitted Fairlie Restorations shipyard.

08100424
Eric Tabarly, tired at the end of the 1997 two-handed transatlantic Jacques Vabre race. ^^^Eric and Yves Parlier won the monohull category on "Aquitaine Innovations". The race started from Le Havre (France) and finished in Cartagena.

08100411
Laurie Smith helms during a Swan regatta in Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK 1994.

08100408
Catamaran "Enza New Zealand", 60 miles from Ushant Island during the Jules Verne Trophy, France on 1st April 1994. The wind is still blowing at 45 knots, and Enza is under storm jib only, ^^^towing the coiled chain behind to avoid pitchpoling in the steep running waves. Skippered by Sir Peter Blake and Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the Kiwi boat established a new Jules Verne Trophy record during this second attempt - 74 days 22 hours 17 minutes and 22 seconds.

08100404
Cargo ship motoring though water, causing a small bow wave.

08100403
1909-built 15-Metre Class "Tuiga" during the St Tropez Nioulargue Classic, France. Designed and built in 1909 by William Fife, Tuiga was saved from a wreck state by Albert Obrist, and rebuilt at Fairlie Restorations shipyard. ^^^Her hull is built with alternate steel and steamed wood frames with mahogany planking fastened with bronze. Tuiga is one of the last survivors of the 20 yachts built under the 15-Metre Class rules between 1909 and 1912.

08100402
Fishermen in the Papeete lagoon at sunset, Tahiti.

08100393
Yacht anchored off Phi Phi Don Island, western Thailand.

08100392
A deserted island in the Maldives, Indian Ocean

08100391
Aerial view of the rock islands of Palau, Micronesia.

08100390
Young boy wearing a traditional flower headdress. Yap, Micronesia.

08100387
Local young boy at the Grenada Sailing Festival, Caribbean

08100386
Split-level view of man spear fishing, Tonga, South Pacific.Model Released.

08100385
Aerial view from the masthead of the 88 foot sloop "Shaman", of the clear waters of the Vava'u group of islands, Tonga, South Pacific. Property Released.

08100381
Moorea lagoon, Moorea island, French Polynesia.

08100380
Fishing boats at low tide on Nathon Bay at sunset. Koh Samui Island, Gulf of Thailand.

08100379
View of St Georges from the top of the hill, Grenada, Caribbean 1993.

08100372
Fisherman on beach in Vanuatu, South Pacific with his catch on a spear, 1993. Model Released.

08100367
Women selling fruit and vegetables from their boats at the Damneon Saduak floating market, west Bangkok, Thailand.

08100366
Male Tahitian dancer performing during the Heiva festival. The dancer's head is crowned by the traditional "fau", made of wickerwork and reserved for ancient war chiefs.

08100364
Boats moored on Phi Phi Don Island, Thailand. A small isthmus, with beaches on each side, separates the island in two parts.

08100362
54 metre classic schooner "Shenandoah" in Taioa Bay, south west of Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.

08100361
Young woman sailing an Escape dinghy, USA.

08100360
Man capsizing a dinghy

08100359
Europe dinghy sailor Kelly Hand drives her boat under the chase boat wake as she practices for the Canadian Olympic trials in Miami, Florida, USA.

08100358
Man reading a book on the bow of a boat

08100357
Man laying on a folded kevlar sail whilst reading at sunset

08100356
Split-level shot of a lady preparing for a swim off the stern of a boat, Bahamas, Caribbean.

08100355
A family swimming off the back of their boat during a cruise in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA. Model released.

08100354
Tacking and reading the charts aboard 40m "Endeavour" in the Queen Charlotte Islands National Park, British Columbia, Canada.

08100352
Late afternoon reflections on the cabin windows of 88ft sloop "Shaman", Alaska. 2001

08100347
United Yacht Transport's "Super Servant 4" with a cargo of millions of pounds worth of motorboats and yachts. ^^^When the ship arrives it is filled with water and 'sunk' for the boats to motor out 1997.

08100346
A traditional Beetlecat builder working on the bottom of a new boat at the International Yacht Restoration School in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

08100341
Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) tend to their young in their nests made of pebbles, Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, Antarctic Peninsula

08100340
A person standing at the end of a tunnel formed by an ice melt glacial river, Perito Moreno glacier, Patagonia, Argentina

08100339
Penguins on an iceberg under an Antarctic sunset.

08100338
Sunset over ice, Antarctic Peninsula.

08100337
The superyacht "Sariyah" exploring the end of a glacier in the southern fjords of Chile.

08100336
Glacier and lake with shafts of sunlight breaking through the clouds, Chile.

08100326
John Alden-designed 1929 schooner "Puritan" moored in Saint-Tropez, with an easterly squall approaching.

08100325
William Fife III's 1903 gaff cutter "Moonbeam III", sailing in the Solent in the first year of her relaunching, summer 1989. ^^^It took two years of patient work for the London doctor John Poncia to refit the yacht at the Camper & Nicholson shipyard.

08100324
58m three-masted schooner "Creole" during a race under stormy skies during the Nioulargue in Saint-Tropez. A Charles Nicholson design, she was ordered under the Vira name by Sir Alexander Cochran, ^^^who once owned the famous schooner Westward. She was launched in Gosport in 1927. The Greek billionnaire Stravos Niarchos acquired her in 1953, following a total refit in Kiel.

08100323
Cutter "Avel", launched in 1896 at Camper & Nicholson in Gosport.

08100322
Three-masted schooner "Adix" under full canvas, close reaching at the Niolargue, Saint-Tropez, France.

08100320
The crew of 8m classic yacht "Esterel" watching for the mark during racing in La Nioulargue, St Tropez, France.

08100319
Sloop "Prospect of Whitby" with varnished hull crashing through a wave off Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

08100315
Crew securing the jibs on the bowsprit during a downwind leg aboard 1937 gaff-rigged ketch "Thendara", an Alfred Mylne design, rebuilt in 1993. Nioulargue race, Saint-Tropez, France.

08100314
"Marguerite-T", a one hundred-year-old Bristol Pilot Cutter sailing in front of modern cruising ship "Star Clipper". In the foreground is the bowsprit of Dutch clipper "Sir Robert Baden Powell". Antigua Classic Week, Antigua, Caribbean.

08100313
Bowman on watch on bowsprit of schooner "Mariette", overtaking the oldest Twelve Metre "Cintra". Cannes Regates Royales, 2001.

08100308
The end of another race for "Tuiga", ready to cross the finishing line in front of the Pourtalet tower, in Saint-Tropez, France 1993.

08100307
Two Lasers sailing on calm day at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA.

08100306
Family sailing an Expedition sailing dinghy.

08100305
Children wearing lifejackets on the transom of a Little Harbor Whisper powerboat, paddling and chatting, Rhode Island, USA.

08100304
Young boy playing with his bucket and spade on the edge of a river, Vermont, USA.

08100303
Two children sailing Optimist prams in Florida, USA

08100302
Young family sailing a Point Jude daysailor, Rhode Island, USA

08100301
Family sailing a Point Jude sailing dinghy in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

08100299
Reflections on the hull of trimaran "Banque Populaire" on the evening before the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre 2001, Le Havre harbour, France.

08100298
Custom-built spinnaker track for attaching the pole aboard J-Class yacht "Endeavour". May 1989, after five years of refit at Royal Huisman Shipyard.

08100297
Aerial view of a yacht anchored off Icacos Island, Puerto Rico, Caribbean.

08100292
Black Magic, the New Zealand winner of the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup, rounding the windward mark in Race One of the America's Cup Match, San Diego, USA.

08100289
Robert Wyland's painting of a swordfish on the hull of "Abracadabra", the America's Cup 2000 challenger.

08100285
Moon above the Black Magic sail, San Diego, California 1994.

08100283
Sunlight on the America's Cup logo on 3DL sails.

08100280
Gilded eagle on the counter of the second replica of the schooner "America", built by Scarano Boat Building in Albany for Ray Giovannoni and launched on June 1995.

08100279
Designer Bruce Farr with skipper David Barnes, in the cockpit of Sir Michael Fay's New Zealand challenger "KZ-1", during her first trials for the America's Cup, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand, April 1988. Built at Marten Marine's Pakuranga yard, "KZ-1" is 37.5m long and has a crew of nearly 40. ^^^The America's Cup started on September 7th, in San Diego. "KZ-1" was beaten by Dennis Conner in 18.28m catamaran "Stars and Stripes" (US-1).

08100274
Return of the America's Cup Trophy to Cowes, Isle of Wight, England. 18 August, 2002. The trophy is carried by Tom Schnackenberg, head of Team New Zealand and the Royal New Zealand Yacht Club Commodore, accompanied at dawn by Maori warriors.

08100273
Young America crew hoisting the spinnaker while rounding the upwind mark in the America's Cup, 1995, San Diego, California, USA.

08100271
Nearly 3000 boats following Sir Michael Fay's monohull "KZ-1", in the America's Cup, 27 March 1988. The fleet is sailing past Rangitoto volcano before entering the Hauraki Gulf where the Bruce Farr designed yacht had her first sail. Auckland, New Zealand.

08100270
French crew Jean-Francois Rivalant, the NÂ° 1 crew on an IACC yacht in manoeuvre on the pole in Wellington Bay, New Zealand. 1994

08100269
Winner Dennis Conner holding the trophy at the America's Cup presentation at the Royal Perth YC, Australia, in February 1987.

08100268
40m Bruce Farr monohull "KZ-1", the New Zealand challenger, and 18.28m catamaran "US-1" at the start of the first race of the America's Cup off Point Loma in San Diego, USA September 1988. ^^^US-1, helmed by Dennis Conner, is using a hard wingsail, scaled-up from those used for the Little America's Cup challenges. KZ-1 was beaten by 18 minutes and 15 seconds (20 miles to windward and return).

08100266
Yacht anchored off Phi Phi Don Island, western Thailand.

08100264
"Stars & Stripes" training in Fremantle for the America's Cup 1987. ^^^The wind was blowing at 25 knots plus at the starting time so the Louis Vuitton race was cancelled, but Dennis Conner decided to continue and train his crew in the deep seas and increasing wind.

08100261
The America's Cup, ^^^the oldest and most coveted sporting trophy in the world. Billions of dollars have been invested to try to win this High Renaissance-style ewer since 1851. Queen Victoria's jewellers, the Garrard brothers, made six identical trophies in 1848. Two of the six have disappeared.

08100260
Crowded upwind mark during an inshore race of the 1993 Admiral's Cup on the eastern Solent, Isle of Wight, England. Golden Kevlar mainsails are shuttering.

08100258
The crew prepare to hoist the spinnaker as they round the windward mark at the SORC regatta, Miami, Florida, 1997.

08100257
Locals racing a fleet of Canot Saint Tois boats off the beach of St.Barths, Caribbean

08100256
The skipper shields his eyes to see through stormy weather conditions off Australia 1994.

08100253
The Sakonnet Point lighthouse off Rhode Island on a stormy winters day, February, USA

08100252
Close up of canvas sails getting dyed for traditional fishing boats, Douarnenez, Brittany, France. ^^^To waterproof the sails, the French fishermen use a special gum from African trees, which is boiled with water then poured on the sails on the ground and spread out with brushes.

08100248
Seaweed on some rocks near the petrified forest at Curio Bay, The Catlins, South Island, New Zealand.

08100247
Ripples, reflections and swell, Saint Laurent River, Quebec, Canada.

08100244
With one reef in the main, J-Class "Velsheda" is beating in a strong 25 knots breeze in the Solent during the 2001 America's Cup Jubilee, Isle of Wight, England. Launched in 1933.

08100243
"Velsheda", "Endeavour" and "Shamrock V" are the last three remaining of the Nicholson-designed J-Class yachts. First race of the 1999 Antigua Classic Week. ^^^These three yachts had not raced together since 1937.

08100235
Yacht in Tahaa lagoon, seen through palm trees, French Polynesia.

08100234
Tahitian dancer performing the tamoure. The long fibers of her dress are made of "burau" bark, after a long treatment to soften it and obtain the pale straw colour. ^^^Missionaries, both Catholic and Protestant, banned dancing completely in the 1820's in the Pacific Islands as well as the tattooing.

08100233
Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) lifting its head from a deep cold sleep on the ice, Antarctica.

08100231
Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), Florida, USA.

08100227
Speleologist ice climbing down deep cave in the Perito Moreno glacier, Patagonia, Argentina

08100226
Close up of the rudder on a replica of a Forbans du Bono sailboat, the lugger-rigged fishing boats from the little village of Le Bono, situated near the Auray River, Brittany, France. ^^^The Forbans du Bono has a very raked stern in order to get a larger rudder surface in the shallow waters.

08100225
Rippling water.

08100214
Newport waterfront wharves in winter at sunset, Rhode Island, USA

08100213
A small octopus hunting at night, Scilla, Strait of Messina, Italy, Mediterranean sea

08100212
Close-up of an Australian giant cuttlefish (Sepia apama) eye, New South Wales, Australia

08100210
505 dinghy crew on the wire during World Championships, USA.

08100209
Yacht anchored off beach at Tobago Cays in the Caribbean, 1998.

08100207
A weathered iceberg and snow covered mountain, Antarctica.

08100205
Masthead view of ice from an 88 foot sloop, "Shaman", in the Norwegian Arctic region of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. Model and Property Released.

08100204
Iceberg, Antarctic Peninsula

08100203
Deck awash on marconi ketch "Karenita", participating at her first race in the Nioulargue after her refit. Saint Tropez, France, October 1990. A John Alden design, NÂ° 422, she was built in 1929 by George Lawley & Sons.

08100199
William Fife's "Tuiga" and "Moonbeam III", racing at the Nioulargue in Saint-Tropez. Tuiga, one of the twenty 15-Metres built, was launched in 1909. Moonbeam, a fast cruiser-racer, was launched in 1903.

08100198
Rondal block, specially made for J-class "Endeavour". Launch day at the Royal Huisman Shipyard, May 20, 1989.

08100197
Old bronze hanks on 37 metre long classic cutter "Cambria" in 1987, ^^^before her first refit in Australia.

08100196
Jackyard topsail of 15m "Tuiga", rebuilt by the Fairlie Restorations boatyard. The long spinnaker pole is stowed along the mast.

08100195
J-class "Endeavour" steering wheel at sunset, on her relaunching ceremony at the Royal Huisman Shipyard, Holland. 20 May 1989.

08100194
Stern bronze fairlead aboard three-masted schooner "Shenandoah" in Bora Bora lagoon, French Polynesia. An original fitting from 1902.

08100193
Yacht moored off a sand bar in the Abel Tasman Park, South Island, New Zealand.

08100192
Aerial view of boats moored off Isla Palaminito, Puerto Rico, Caribbean.

08100190
"La Goulou" sails close to the rocks beneath Shirley Heights during Antigua Race Week 1994.

08100189
Sailing aboard classic yacht "Outlaw", a John Illingworth and Angus Primrose design, built for the late Sir Max Aitken at the Souters boatyard. La Nioulargue, St Tropez, France 1997.

08100188
1992 Italian America's Cup challenger "Il Moro di Venezia", rounding the Needles during the 2001 America's Cup Jubilee, Cowes, Isle of Wight.

08100187
Farr 40s beating to windward during racing at Key West Race Week, Florida, USA

08100186
Crew sitting on the windward gunwale, racing upwind in breezy conditions at Key West Race Week, Florida, USA 2001

08100185
12 metre "Weatherly" hard on the wind in stormy weather in front of the Newport bridge, during the Museum of Yachting's annual regatta, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

08100184
The crew of the J90 "Jungle Drum" sitting aft on the windward rail as the boat takes off downwind under an asymmetric spinnaker.

08100180
Fresh fish caught outside the Takaroa atoll, Tuamotus archipelago, French Polynesia.

08100178
A female Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) and her cubs walking along the river side in Alaska. 2001

08100177
Two sealions on rocks, Alaska.

08100176
Kodiak / Alaskan brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) walking along the river side in Alaska.

08100175
New Zealand Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) portrait, Fiordland, South Island, New Zealand.

08100173
Large Pacific swell wave breaking over the Raiatea Island reef, French Polynesia.

08100169
A magnificent Pacific wave breaking dramatically on the beach in Oahu, Hawaii.

08100168
Strong gust of wind hitting the water with a velocity of about 60 knots, South Africa.

08100167
A 70 knot storm off Cape Horn, Chile. ^^^This area has a well-earned reputation for its mountainous seas and constant gales, caused by the build up of uninterrupted depressions circulating the Southern Ocean that are then squeezed through the narrow gap, known as the Drake Passage, that divides South America from Antarctica.

08100164
Bodyboarder rides a wave in Hawaii

08100163
A surfer catches a wave in Hawaii.

08100162
Surfer rides the waves in Hawaii.

08100161
Surfing off Llundudno, Cape Town, South Africa.

08100159
Kayakers dwarfed by dimpled blue glacial ice, Bear Glacier, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 2001

08100158
Couple kayaking through glacial ice in a tandem kayak in Alaska, USA. 2001

08100157
Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) swimming among corals with a large school of jacks (Carangidae), Sipadan, Malaysia

08100156
Close-up of the lips of a Giant Clam (Tridacna gigas), Palau, Micronesia

08100152
Polyps of soft coral, Philippines

08100151
Diver with a giant potato cod (Epinephelus tukula), Cod Hole dive site, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

08100149
Two people walking in front of schooner clipper replica "Pride of Baltimore II", with her raked masts. She is under full canvas, entering the tiny Rosmeur harbour in Douarnenez, Brittany, France.

08100148
Lateen sails corner in the harbour during the Brest Festival 1992 Rendez-Vous. Better known as "pointus", they are Mediterranean fishing boats.

08100147
Fishermen hoisting their cotton sails on a small sardine fishing boat, Douarnenez, south Brittany, France.

08100143
Old wooden boats moored in a creek at low tide. UK.

08100142
Crew member aboard Tall Ship "Gazella", setting the tack of a square sail at the top end of the yard arm. Newport, Rhode Island, USA 1992

08100141
With one reef in the main, J-Class "Velsheda" is beating in a strong 25 knots breeze in the Solent during the 2001 America's Cup Jubilee, Isle of Wight, England. Launched in 1933.

08100139
"Velsheda", "Endeavour" and "Shamrock V", the last three remaining Nicholson-designed J-Class yachts built, soon after the start of the first race during the 1999 Antigua Classic Week.

08100135
With one reef in the mainsail, the J-Class yacht "Velsheda" is beating in the Solent, during the 2001 America's Cup Jubilee, UK. ^^^Launched in 1933 for William Stephenson, the wealthy Woolworth chairman, she has been the only J to never participate in the America's Cup.

08100130
Shape, form and texture on wet sand, New Zealand.

08100129
Orange reflection cast on a ripple of water at the shoreline.

08100127
Driftwood washed ashore by waves on Gillespie Beach, South Island, New Zealand. This piece is shaped like a fish.

08100126
Sand patterns on Long Beach, Bay of Islands, New Zealand.

08100125
Sand patterns on Long Beach, Bay of Islands, New Zealand.

08100118
Pearson True North 38 motorboat with USA flag, motoring through spray, Naragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA. Property Released.

08100112
Thistle on Kere Kere beach, west Auckland, New Zealand. Fresh water is streaming onto the black volcanic sand.

08100111
Silver fern (Cyathea dealbata) frond unfurling, New Zealand. The fern is New Zealand's official national symbol.

08100107
John Williams at the helm of "Endeavour" during a race at the 1999 Antigua Classic Week. ^^^John had chartered the yacht from Elizabeth Meyer, with a complete Kiwi crew. Also onboard: Mike Quilter and Michael "Sparky" Beardall.

08100105
J-Class "Endeavour" leaving the Dutch Royal Huisman Shipyard on a barge, en route for Harlinguen. June 7, 1989.

08100102
Frank Murdoch (right) during a race aboard the J-Class "Endeavour". "Ville de Paris" is sailing on the other tack, during the 1992 Nioulargue, St. Tropez, France. ^^^A Belgian mechanical engineer, Frank was part of the Thomas Sopwith staff at Hawker, a warplane building company in 1930. A keen sailor in 6 and 12 metres, Frank was in charge of new experiments with steel masts aboard "Shamrock V", then the newly built "Endeavour". He helped to rebuild the wreck of the Endeavor with Elizabeth Meyer. Frank Murdoch passed away on 13 June 1996, aged 92.

08100100
"Endeavour" and "Velsheda" during a close start at Antigua Classic Week, 1998. Viewed from the deck of Endeavour, Velsheda is luffing behind.

08100099
French singlehanded sailor Florence Arthaud, 33, rounding Guadeloupe Island, to win the fourth Transatlantic Rum Race in 14d 22h and 10 minutes on "Pierre 1er", 18 November 1990. Her trimaran was a 60 ft Van Peteghem & Lauriot Prevost design. ^^^She averaged 11.32 knots along the 3,917 miles since Saint Malo, France.

08100098
Laurent Bourgnon on Trimaran "Primagaz" on a reach during La Trinite Multihull Trophy, south Brittany, France, 1997.

08100097
Laurent Bourgnon on Trimaran "Primagaz" at La Trinite Multihull Trophy, south Brittany, France, 1997.

08100096
34 m long catamaran "Club Med" crew reefing the sails during a squall near Nassau, Bahamas. ^^^A week earlier, she had won two records: the 24-Hours in 625,7 miles and the Cadiz-San Salvador record in 10d, 14h, 54 minutes and 43 seconds.

08100093
23m "Jet Services V" catamaran heading towards the Fastnet during the Quebec to St. Malo race, 1988. Designed by Gilles Ollier ^^^from his hospital bed in November 1986, where he was recovering from a fall from a quay in Brest which broke both his heels. She won so many races that the French sponsors changed the rules and shortened the length, eliminating this fast craft which won the Atlantic record twice in 1988 and 1990.

08100091
The 120 ft maxi cat "Playstation" with Steve Fossett at the helm at the start of her Newport - Bermuda record breaking run in 40 knots of breeze, Newport, Rhode island, USA.

08100089
Carriacou beach in the Grenadines. Windward Islands, Caribbean. 2000

08100088
Tropical islands and clear blue water, Vava'u group of islands, Tonga, South Pacific.

08100085
A snorkeler holding a starfish underwater, Vava'u group of islands, Tonga, South Pacific.

08100084
Aerial view from the masthead of the 88 foot sloop "Shaman", swimmers can be seen below in the clear waters of the Vava'u Group, Tonga, South Pacific.

08100083
From aboard the 88 foot sloop, "Shaman", people swimming in the clear waters off a small island in the Vava'u group, Tonga, South Pacific. Model and Property Released.

08100081
Small town typical of the Swedish Archipelago, which consists of thousands of small populated islands, some of which can only be reached by boat. 1998.

08100080
A small town in the Swedish Archipelago, which consists of thousands of small populated islands, some of which can only be reached by boat. 1998.

08100078
Sunset on facades in St.Tropez' Provencal fishing harbour, France.

08100077
25.6m William Fife cruising ketch "Kentra" approaching St.Tropez quay, France. Built in 1923, she was refitted Fairlie Restorations shipyard.

08100076
Houses surrounding the old fishing harbour of La Ponche, St Tropez, France.

08100075
Tight reaching with crews on the wire during the 505 World Championships held off Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA.

08100074
505 crew trapezing during the World Championships held off Hyannis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA.

08100073
Woman sailing an escape dinghy at speed.

08100072
Two people hiking-out on a Snipe dinghy sailing on a windy and wet day

08100071
49er dinghy crew trapezing on silvery waters

08100070
Man hiking-out whilst sailing a Sunfish dinghy on a broad reach

08100069
505 dinghies reaching with kites during the worlds racing off Hyannis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

08100068
Three crew of a capsized 21 foot Viper one-design keelboat, balancing on the keel in an attempt to right the boat.

08100067
A pair of Sunfish out on an early morning sail off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA.

08100064
A wild dolphin surfaces under the bow of 88ft sloop "Shaman" in Fjordland, a World Heritage Site in South Island, New Zealand. Model Released and Property Released.^^^ Only a handful of yachts reach this area of dramatic waterfalls, mountains and abundant wildlife each year due to its inaccessiblility and adverse weather conditions. Much of the area is only accessible by boat or foot. 2001

08100062
The skipper of "Shaman" in the cabin, using charts to navigate the isolated region of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, 1998.

08100061
Anchored with the transom doors open on a Pearson True North 38 motorboat in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, New England, USA.

08100060
A woman reboarding the boat after swimming at sunset in the Abaco Islands, Bahamas, Caribbean.

08100059
A woman diving off a Little Harbor sailboat while one climbs out of the water, anchored off the beach in St. Martin, Caribbean.

08100057
Research ship anchored in Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway.

08100056
Two cranes lowering 175 tons of J-Class yacht "Endeavour" during her launch in spring 1989. Royal Huisman Shipyard, Vollenhove, Holland.

08100055
Cruise liner "Canberra" departing Southampton. Solent, UK.

08100054
Hull of a newly built cargo-ship just launched in Tuzla, Turkey.

08100050
Hawser hole and chain on a cargo-ship, Tuzla harbour, south Istanbul, Turkey.

08100049
Bear Glacier with three Klepper kayaks on beach. Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 2001. Property Released.

08100048
Blue glacier ice, Alaska 2001

08100047
Glacial icebergs, Alaska 2001

08100046
Kayaking off Bear Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska. 2001

08100045
88ft sloop "Shaman" dwarfed by a wall of glaciers in Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, 1998.

08100044
Nosing up to a waterfall in Alaska aboard 88ft sloop "Shaman."

08100043
Landscape with mountains reflected in still waters. Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, 1998.

08100042
Helming 88ft sloop "Shaman" through the calm waters and mountains of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, 1998.

08100041
88ft foot sloop "Shaman" anchored beneath the mountains of Spitsbergen on a calm day. Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, 1998. Property Released.

08100030
Tricky change of headsail on the bowsprit of William Fife 10m JI gaff cutter "Tonino" during the 1994 Nioulargue in Saint-Tropez, France. She was wooden-built in 1911 at the Astilleros de Nervon shipyard. LOA: 17,97 m. Beam: 2,78 m. Draft: 1,95m. Sail area : 166 sq.met.

08100029
Billowing sails on "Cambria", the biggest sloop designed by William Fife in 1928, overtaking the smaller cutter "Moonbeam", with gennaker. Cannes Royal Regatta, 2001.

08100028
54m three-masted gaff Schooner "Shenandoah" in Opunohu Bay, Moorea Island, French Polynesia.

08100027
A classic gaffer rides over a wave during a race at Antigua Classic Race Week, Caribbean. 1998

08100026
Old twelve-metre "Gleam" sailing up Narragansett Bay, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Built in 1937 from a Clinton Crane design, "Gleam" is one of the few all-wood 12s ever built. Property Released.

08100025
Deck view of the classic gaffer "Tuiga" from her mast spreaders. ^^^Tuiga was a day racer, 4.30m wide and 22.50m along the deck. If her bowsprit and boom are included, the overall length reaches 28 metres!

08100023
Young girl sailing an Optimist dinghy during training in Florida, USA. Model released.

08100022
Mother and child paddling into the sea with a dog behind. Model released.

08100021
Mother and child paddling into the sea. Model released.

08100020
Young boy bodyboarding in the shallows off Diamond Head, Hawaii.

08100019
Young boy, leaning over the stern of a tender rowed by his father. Brittany, France.

08100018
Young boy sailing his radio controlled 12 Metre model yacht on a lake in Stowe, Vermont, USA

08100017
Little girl searching for crabs in the rock pools at low tide. Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA. Model released.

08100016
Little girl searching for crabs in the rock pools at low tide. Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA. Model released.

08100015
A young family enjoying a day sailing on Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA.

08100014
Leather covered mast hoops aboard schooner "AltaÃ¯r".

08100013
Tiller head carved Turkish's head on the Victorian gaff-rigged cutter "Partridge".

08100012
Craftsmanship in the carved wooden gutters of a skylight, carefully designed to avoid leaks aboard three-masted schooner "Shenandoah".

08100011
Wooden block and runner tackles on deck of three-masted schooner "Shenandoah".

08100009
Schooner "Shenandoah" porthole covered with dew at sunrise.

08100008
Close up of the wooden figurehead on the 177ft three-masted schooner "Shenandoah". ^^^Gibson Fahnestock, the Wall Street financier who commissioned "Shenandoah" in 1902 chose an Indian from a tribe in the Shenandoah Valley for the figurehead. According to Alexandra Stabler, the great grandchild of Gibson Fahnestock, the original figurehead fell into the sea during a violent storm in the Atlantic. The current figurehead is a replica.

08100007
Three cotton Ratsey jibs aboard William Fife III's gaff-rigged schooner "Altaïr" (1929).

08100002
Classic schooner "Shenandoah" moored off a remote beach in the Apataki atoll, Tuamotu archipelago, Polynesia.

01274730
Common / European tree frog (Hyla arborea) jumping from leaf, captive

01274728
Painted mantella frog (Mantella madagascariensis) on leaf, native to Madagascar, captive

01274716
Marsh frog (Rana ridibunda) leaping over water, another in water, captive

01274712
Common toad (Bufo bufo) catching worm, captive

01274709
Green mosaic / Rancho grande harlequin frog (Atelopus cruciger) walking along tree trunk, Henri Pittier NP, Venezuela, South America, Critically endangered, thought extinct until a gravid female was found in 2008

01274698
Common frog (Rana temporaria) close-up of eye, captive

01274696
Red eyed tree frog (Agalychnis sp) on Bromeliad leaf, Central America, captive

01274693
Horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata) sitting on leaves, captive

01274691
Red eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) climbing up plant stems, captive

01274669
Red eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) sitting on Bromeliad leaf, captive

01274660
European / Common tree frog (Hyla arborea) jumping from leaf, captive

01274657
Common frog (Rana temporaria) diving into water, captive, UK

01274654
Leopard frog (Rana pipens) leaping out of water, captive

01274650
Abah River / Wallace's flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus) gliding, captive

01273500
Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) sitting on grass amongst flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01273499
Wood cranesbill (Geranium sylvaticum) and Buttercups (Ranunculus breyninus) flowering with the Grauspitz (2,599m) in the distance, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01273356
The bows of 90ft catamaran "Alinghi 5" training prior to the first race of the 33rd America's Cup, Valencia, Spain. February 2010. ^^^A Deed of Gift race between defender Ernesto Bertarelli's "Alinghi", and challenger Larry Ellison's "BMW Oracle". "Alinghi 5" spans 110ft, with a mast that towers more than 17-storeys.

01273355
90ft catamaran "Alinghi 5" training prior to the first race of the 33rd America's Cup, Valencia, Spain. February 2010. ^^^A Deed of Gift race between defender Ernesto Bertarelli's "Alinghi", and challenger Larry Ellison's "BMW Oracle". "Alinghi 5" spans 110ft, with a mast that towers more than 17-storeys.

01273354
Crew on bowsprit of 90ft catamaran "Alinghi 5" training prior to the first race of the 33rd America's Cup, Valencia, Spain. February 2010. ^^^A Deed of Gift race between defender Ernesto Bertarelli's "Alinghi", and challenger Larry Ellison's "BMW Oracle". "Alinghi 5" spans 110ft, with a mast that towers more than 17-storeys.

01273353
90ft catamaran "Alinghi 5" training prior to the first race of the 33rd America's Cup, Valencia, Spain. February 2010. ^^^A Deed of Gift race between defender Ernesto Bertarelli's "Alinghi", and challenger Larry Ellison's "BMW Oracle". "Alinghi 5" spans 110ft, with a mast that towers more than 17-storeys.

01273352
90ft catamaran "Alinghi 5" training prior to the first race of the 33rd America's Cup, Valencia, Spain. February 2010. ^^^A Deed of Gift race between defender Ernesto Bertarelli's "Alinghi", and challenger Larry Ellison's "BMW Oracle". "Alinghi 5" spans 110ft, with a mast that towers more than 17-storeys.

01273351
90ft catamaran "Alinghi 5", followed by a support RIB, in training prior to the first race of the 33rd America's Cup, Valencia, Spain. February 2010. ^^^A Deed of Gift race between defender Ernesto Bertarelli's "Alinghi", and challenger Larry Ellison's "BMW Oracle". "Alinghi 5" spans 110ft, with a mast that towers more than 17-storeys.

01273350
Russell Coutts at press conference prior to the start of the 33rd America's Cup, Valencia, Spain. February 2010.

01273349
Oracle's Larry Ellison at press conference prior to the start of the 33rd America's Cup, Valencia, Spain. February 2010.

01273348
Alinghi's Ernesto Bertarelli at press conference prior to the start of the 33rd America's Cup, Valencia, Spain. February 2010.

01273347
"Alinghi" catamaran during trials off Valencia, Spain, for the 33rd America's Cup. February 2010.

01273268
Forward Fleet Repair Ship "RFA Diligence" leaving Merseyside, England. February 2010. (All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually).

01273267
"HMS Sutherland" assisted by tug "SMIT Sandon" coming alongside Liverpool docks, Merseyside, England. February 2010. (All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually).

01273266
49er skiff broaching at Skandia Sail For Gold regatta, Weymouth Bay, September 2009.

01273265
49er skiff broaching at Skandia Sail For Gold regatta, Weymouth Bay, September 2009.

01273263
Skiffs sailing at Skandia Sail For Gold regatta, Weymouth Bay, September 2009.

01273262
Skiffs sailing at Skandia Sail For Gold regatta, Weymouth Bay, September 2009.

01273261
Skiffs sailing at Skandia Sail For Gold regatta, Weymouth Bay, September 2009.

01273260
49er skiffs sailing at Skandia Sail For Gold regatta, Weymouth Bay, September 2009.

01273259
Skiffs sailing at Skandia Sail For Gold regatta, Weymouth Bay, September 2009.

01273258
Skiffs sailing at Skandia Sail For Gold regatta, Weymouth Bay, September 2009.

01273257
Fleet of windsurfers at Skandia Sail For Gold regatta, Weymouth Bay, September 2009.

01273256
Fleet of windsurfers at Skandia Sail For Gold regatta, Weymouth Bay, September 2009.

01273255
Female windsurfer at Skandia Sail For Gold regatta, Weymouth Bay, September 2009.

01273254
Windsurfer off his board at a mark, Skandia Sail For Gold regatta, Weymouth Bay, September 2009.

01273253
Windsurfing at Skandia Sail For Gold regatta, Weymouth Bay, September 2009.

01273252
Windsurfing at Skandia Sail For Gold regatta, Weymouth Bay, September 2009.

01272462
Three-masted ship tall ship "Belem" in rough seas. Editorial use only.

01272461
Three-masted ship tall ship "Belem" in rough seas. Editorial use only.

01272456
Type 23 Frigate "HMS Sutherland" behind Perch Rock Lighthouse, as she exits the River Mersey following a visit to Liverpool, Merseyside, England. February 2010. (All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually)

01272455
White Ensign aboard Type 23 Frigate "HMS Sutherland", moored alongside during a visit to Liverpool, Merseyside, England, February 2010. (All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually)

01272454
White Ensign aboard Type 23 Frigate "HMS Sutherland", moored alongside during a visit to Liverpool, Merseyside, England, February 2010. (All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually)

01272453
Tug "SMIT Sandon", Liverpool, Merseyside, England, February 2010. ^^^Waiting to assist "HMS Sutherland" mooring alongside the Cruise Liner Terminal for a visit to Liverpool.

01272452
Dockers mooring Type 23 Frigate "HMS Sutherland" on a visit to Liverpool, Merseyside, England, February 2010. (All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually)

01272451
Type 23 Frigate "HMS Sutherland" entering the River Mersey for a visit to Liverpool, assisted by tug "SMIT Sandon". Merseyside, England, February 2010. (All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually)

01269562
Photographer, Edwin Giesbers, in wild flower meadow during Wild Wonders of Europe mission, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269561
Photographer, Edwin Giesbers, under umbrella photographing flowers in alpine meadow in the rain for Wild Wonders of Europe mission, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269560
Photographer, Edwin Giesbers, at work aat sunset for Wild Wonders of Europe mission, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269559
DELETE Photographer, Edwin Giesbers, carrying photography equipment, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269558
Photographer, Edwin Giesbers, at work for Wild wonders of Europe mission, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269557
Photographer, Edwin Giesbers, at work in mist for Wild Wonders of Europe mission, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269556
DELETE Photographer, Edwin Giesbers, at work for Wild Wonders of Europe mission, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269555
Mountain cornflower (Centaurea montana) with the sun behind it, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269554
Mountain daisy (Leucanthemum adustum) flowers, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269553
Moon over the Augstenberg, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269552
Moon over the Augstenberg, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269551
Scheuchzer's bellflower (Campanula scheuchzeri) flower, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269550
Round-headed rampion (Phyteuma orbiculare) flowers, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269549
Heavy rainfall over European larch tree forest (Larix decidua) Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269548
Bladder campion (Silene vulgaris glareosa) flower, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269547
Bladder campion (Silene vulgaris glareosa) flowers, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269546
European larch trees (Larix decidua) in heavy rain, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269545
Alpendost (Adenostyles glabra) in flower, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269544
Close-up of Mountain cornflower (Centaurea montana) flower, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269543
Buttercup (Ranunculus breyninus) in flower, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269542
Buttercup (Ranunculus breyninus) flower, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269541
Mountain cornflower (Centaurea montana) flowering, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269540
Mountain cornflower (Centaurea montana) closed flowerhead, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269539
Mountain daisy (Leucanthemum adustum) flower with a fly on it, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269538
Mountain daisy (Leucanthemum adustum) close-up, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269537
Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum) flower, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269536
Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum) flower, Liechtenstein, July 2009

01269535
White hellebore (Veratrum album) flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269534
White hellebore (Veratrum album) flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269533
White hellebore (Veratrum album) in flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269532
Red campion (Silene dioica) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269531
Hawk's beard (Crepis aurea) and (Crepis bocconei) in flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269530
Small white orchid (Pseudorchis albida) close-up of flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269529
Small white orchid (Pseudorchis albida) in flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269528
Flowering Buttercups (Ranunculus breyninus) and Alpine forget-me-not (Myosotis alpestris) with the Grauspitz (2,599m) in the distance, the highest mountain in Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269527
Three Gole daisy (Globularia cordifolia) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269526
Globe daisy (Globularia cordifolia) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269525
Alpine coltsfoot (Homogyne alpina) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269524
Yellow wood violet (Viola biflora) flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269523
Arnica (Arnica montana) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269522
Leaf beetle (Chrysomelidae family) Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269521
Alpine toadflax (Linaria alpina) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269520
Alpine buttercup (Ranunculus alpestris) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269519
Oxlip (Primula elatior) flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269518
Oxlip (Primula elatior) in flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269517
Globeflowers (Trollius europaeus) growing in meadow, the Grauspitz (2,599m) in the distance, the highest mountain in Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269516
Grauspitz (2,599m) the highest mountain in Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269515
Alpine toadflax (Linaria alpina) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269514
Androsace villosa flowers covered in water droplets, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269513
Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) alert amongst flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269510
Geometrid moth (Psodos Quadrifaria) Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269509
Two Potentilla brauneana flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269508
Two Potentilla brauneana flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269507
Globeflowers and Gentians growing in alpine landscape viewed from Augstenberg, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269506
Spured violet (Viola calcarata) close-up of flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269505
Mountains viewed from Augstenberg, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269504
Alpine pasqueflowers (Pulsatilla alpina) flowering, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269503
Alpine pasqueflowers (Pulsatilla alpina) in flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269502
Two Alpine snowbell (Soldanella alpina) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269501
Two Alpine snowbell (Soldanella alpina) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269500
Globeflowers (Trollius europaeus) flowering, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269499
Moss campion (Silene acaulis) growing near ice, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269498
(Pritzelago alpina alpina)flowering on rocks, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269497
Moss campion (Silene acaulis) growing in alpine habitat, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269496
Two Rough hawkbit (Leontodon hispidus) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269495
Alpenrose (Rhododendron ferrugineum) in flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269494
Pasque flower (Pulsatilla sp) seedhead, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269493
Mountain viewed from Augstenberg, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269492
Mountain avens (Dryas octopetala) in flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269491
Mountain avens (Dryas octopetala) in flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269490
Wild flower meadow on overcast cloudy day, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269489
Rust-leaved alpenrose (Rhododendron ferrugineum) in flower in alpine landscape, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269488
Moss campion (Silene acaulis) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269487
Moss campion (Silene acaulis) growing on rock in alpine landscape, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269486
Moss campion (Silene acaulis) in flower growing on rock, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269485
Moss campion (Silene acaulis) in flower growing on rock, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269484
Moss campion (Silene acaulis) in flower on a rock, in alpine landscape with two hikers in distance, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269483
View of low clouds over mountains from Augstenberg, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269482
leucanthemum alpina in flower covered in water droplets, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269481
Rock jamine (Androsace chamaejasme) flowers covered in water droplets, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269480
Dwarf snowbell (Soldanella pusilla) in flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269479
Dwarf snowbell (Soldanella pusilla) in flower, growing through ice, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269478
Dwarf snowbell (Soldanella pusilla) in flower, growing through ice, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269477
Dwarf snowbells (Soldanella pusilla) flowering, some growing through snow, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269476
Mountains silhouetted at sunrise, near the Pfälzer Hütte, sunrise, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269475
Mountains silhouetted at sunrise, from near the Pfälzer Hütte, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269474
Mountains silhouetted at dawn from near the Pfälzer Hütte, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269473
Mountains silhouetted at dawn, from near the Pfälzer Hütte, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269472
View of clouds over mountain at dusk near the Pfälzer Hütte, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269471
View of mountains from near the Pfälzer Hütte at sunset, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269470
Sun shining onto rock face, in the area around the Pfälzer Hütte, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269469
Mountain surrounded by clouds near the Pfälzer Hütte, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269468
Mountain surrounded by clouds near the Pfälzer Hütte, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269467
Hills silhouetted in the area around the Pfälzer Hütte, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269466
View of mountains in the area around the Pfälzer Hütte, against storm clours, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269465
Wild flower meadow, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269464
Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) portrait, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269463
Globeflower (Trollius europaeus) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269462
Alpine forget-me-not (Myosotis alpestris) flowers in a meadow, stormy sky, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269461
Alpine forget-me-not (Myosotis alpestris) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269460
Gentiana orbicularis flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269459
Gentiana orbicularis flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269458
Three Globeflowers (Trollius europaeus) Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269457
Globeflowers (Trollius europaeus) Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269456
Lady's mantle (Alchemilla nitida) Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269455
Alpine aster (Aster alpinus) flower covered in water droplets, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269454
Alpine aster (Aster alpinus) flower with water droplets at the end of the petals, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269453
Alpine forget-me-not (Myosotis alpestris) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269452
Alpine forget-me-not (Myosotis alpestris) in flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269451
Fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea) in flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269450
Close-up of Fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269449
Fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea) in flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269448
Pasque flower (Pulsatilla sp) seedhead with water droplets on it, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269447
Narcissus-flowered anemone (Anemone narcissiflora) in flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269446
Narcissus-flowered anemone (Anemone narcissiflora) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269445
Stemless gentian (Gentiana acaulis) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269444
Flowering Horseshoe vetch (Hippocrepis comosa) and Globe daisies (Globularia cordifolia) Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269443
Creeping yellowcress (Rorippa sylvestris) in flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269442
Flowering Globe daisies (Globularia cordifolia) and Horseshoe vetch (Hippocrepis comosa) double exposure, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269441
Whorled lousewort (Pedicularis verticillata) in flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269440
View from Augstenberg, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269439
Sawfly (Symphyta sp) on Globeflower (Trollius europaeus) Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269438
Two Globe daisy (Globularia cordifolia) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269437
Fairy garland flowers (Daphne striata) in flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269436
Stemless gentian (Gentiana acaulis) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269435
Narcissus-flowered anemone (Anemone narcissiflora) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269434
Close-up of Swiss mountain pine (Pinus mugo) with cones, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269433
Swiss mountain pine (Pinus mugo) with flowering Alpenrose (Rhododendron ferrugineum) Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269432
Narcissus-flowered anemone (Anemone narcissiflora) close-up of flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269431
Narcissus-flowered anemone (Anemone narcissiflora) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269430
Narcissus-flowered anemone (Anemone narcissiflora) flowers, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269429
Clouds surrounding mountains with Horseshoe vetch (Hippocrepis comosa) flowering in the foreground, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269428
Red campion (Silene dioica) flower covered in water droplets, Liechtenstein, June 2009

01269427
Yellow rocket (Barbarea vulgaris) flowers with water droplets on it, Liechtenstein, June 2009