This is a break from my previous landscape contests although entries could be seascapes with boats under full sail because the key point of this brief is that entries must be about boats or ships under full sail. The brief does not cover sailboards or land yachts or anything else with a sail except sailing boats. The brief therefore does not cover boats that are moored or boats with their sails furled or images of ropes and fittings. Otherwise onboard action shots taken under sail or images of tall ships or sailing dinghies all count. Let's see those yachts sailing - not just bobbing around in a marina ...
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