Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Car covered in a tangle of lichen covered branches in a 'car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden. March

Gavin Hellier / Boston Waterfront Marina sign, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2009

Merryn Thomas / "Lark" name and bow fender detail. Cornwall County Pilot Gig Championships, Newquay, September 2008.

Merryn Thomas / Bristol Gig Club's second gig, "Young Bristol" pulled up on beach at Mylor, Falmouth Gig Regatta, June 2008

Merryn Thomas / Cornish Pilot Gigs moored at Dartmouth Regatta, April 2008. Paignton's "Minerva" (now re-named "Top Catch"), Bristol's "Isambard" and Cattewater's "Catalina".

Merryn Thomas / "Enterprise III" ferry approaching Flushing harbour near Falmouth, Cornwall, UK

Merryn Thomas / Harbour Master's Boat "Mariner" on the floating harbour frozen over in January 2009. Bristol, UK.

Merryn Thomas / Bristol's Cornish Pilot Gig "Isambard" on Town Beach, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, for the 19th World Pilot Gig Championships, May 2008.

Merryn Thomas / Fender on wooden sailing yacht, Underfall Yard, Bristol, UK. April 2009.

Merryn Thomas / Three red fenders hung off the bow of passenger ferry "Voyager of St. Martin's", Lower Town Quay, St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly, UK

Onne van der Wal / Wooden boat, Valparaiso, Chile 2008.

Merryn Thomas / Lyme Regis Gig Club's first boat "Rebel" in temporary compound, Dorset, July 2008

Merryn Thomas / New wrapped up fenders of Bristol Pilot Cutter "Morwenna", newly launched in Bristol Floating Harbour, March 2009.

Merryn Thomas / Bow fender detail of gig. Cornwall County Pilot Gig Championships, Newquay, September 2008.

Merryn Thomas / "Lark" name and bow fender detail. Cornwall County Pilot Gig Championships, Newquay, September 2008.

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Man and dog on yacht entering Inverness Marina watching Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August 2011

David Woodfall / At work on Severn Estuary barge. Severn Estuary, England, August 2009

David Woodfall / At work on Severn Estuary barge. Severn Estuary, England, August 2009

David Woodfall / At work on Severn Estuary barge. Severn Estuary, England, August 2009

David Woodfall / At work on Severn Estuary barge. Severn Estuary, England, August 2009

David Woodfall / At work on Severn Estuary barge. Severn Estuary, England, August 2009

Merryn Thomas / Passenger Ferry "Voyager of St. Martin's" arriving at Lower Town Quay in the early morning. St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly, UK

Merryn Thomas / Passenger Ferry "Voyager of St. Martin's" arriving at Lower Town Quay in the early morning. St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Night-diving, Lofoten, Norway, November 2008 (model released)

Rob Cousins / Oars on seats in bow of Bristol Pilot Gig Club's "Isambard" on Bristol's Floating Harbour, England, UK , July 2008

Onne van der Wal / Detail of a fender cushion aboard a cruising yacht at Rhode Island, USA.

Barry Bland / A traditional gaffer sailing on the Norfolk Broads, England, UK.

Onne van der Wal / Tender moored with hand-made rope bow fender at the Newport Wooden Boat Show, Rhode Island.

Barry Bland / River cruiser "Tanqueray 3" on the Norfolk Broads, England, UK.

Onne van der Wal / Colourful floats from the lobster traps stacked on the harbourside, Maine, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Man with fender, mooring a yacht to the harbour wall in Greece.

Marc Robillard / Wooden tender tied to a mooring buoy in Locmariaquer harbours, Brittany, France.

Marc Robillard / Wooden tender tied to a mooring buoy in Locmariaquer harbour, Brittany, France.

Marc Robillard / Wooden tender tied to a mooring buoy in Locmariaquer harbour, Brittany, France.

Marc Robillard / Wooden tender tied to a mooring buoy in Locmariaquer harbours, Brittany, France.

Erwan Quéméré / Rust-covered planks and peeling paint of an old wooden fishing boat under restoration in south Brittany, France.