Onne van der Wal / Looking down on to the superyachts docked in Gustavia Harbour, St Barthelemy, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / Boats anchored in the turquoise waters of the small town of Esperanza, Vieques, Puerto Rico.

Onne van der Wal / A fish-eye view of the harbour and marina in the town of Gustavia, Saint Barthélemy, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / Shannon Shoalsailor moored alongside a sandy beach with a family in the water. This innovative beachboat is a shallow draft boat designed to roam shallow waters such as these in Exuma, the Bahamas.

Onne van der Wal / A Shannon Shoalsailor moored by a sandy beach with a family. This innovative, keelless, shallow draft beachboat is designed to roam shallow waters such as these in Exuma, the Bahamas.

Onne van der Wal / People relaxing on the beach after taking their dinghy from the anchored sailboat, Estero Balandra, Mexico.

Onne van der Wal / Sailboats anchored off shore with bushes and cacti growing in between the mountains of Caleta dela Isla, Mexico.

Onne van der Wal / Man putting on fins on board a Shannon Shoalsailor moored in a sandy bay. This innovative beachboat is a shallow draft boat designed to roam shallow waters such as these in Exuma, the Bahamas.

Onne van der Wal / Bow of a Shannon Shoalsailor moored in a bay. This innovative beachboat is a shallow draft boat designed to roam shallow waters such as these in Exuma, the Bahamas.

Onne van der Wal / Shannon Shoalsailor moored alongside the shore. This innovative beachboat is a shallow draft boat designed to roam shallow waters such as these in Exuma, the Bahamas.

Onne van der Wal / Children playing on the shore with a Shannon Shoalsailor moored beyond. This innovative, keelless, shallow draft beachboat is designed to roam shallow waters such as these in Exuma, the Bahamas.

Onne van der Wal / Split-level shot of the hull of the Shannon Shoalsailor illustrating how this innovative, keelless, shallow draft beachboat is designed to roam shallow waters such as these in Exuma, the Bahamas.

Onne van der Wal / Man putting on fins on board a Shannon Shoalsailor moored in a sandy bay. This innovative beachboat is a shallow draft boat designed to roam shallow waters such as these in Exuma, the Bahamas.

Onne van der Wal / Shannon Shoalsailor moored alongside the shore with a family in the water. This innovative beachboat is a shallow draft boat designed to roam shallow waters such as these in Exuma, the Bahamas.

Onne van der Wal / Children playing on the shoreline with a Shannon Shoalsailor moored beyond. This innovative, keelless, shallow draft beachboat is designed to roam shallow waters such as these in Exuma, the Bahamas.

Onne van der Wal / Young girl standing at the bow of an anchored Shannon Shoalsailor yacht. This innovative beachboat is a shallow draft boat designed to roam shallow waters, Exuma, Bahamas.

Onne van der Wal / Shannon Shoalsailor moored up on a sandy beach. This innovative beachboat is a shallow draft boat designed to roam shallow waters such as these, Exuma, Bahamas.

Onne van der Wal / Shannon Shoalsailor moored alongside the shoreline with a family playing in the water. This innovative beachboat is a shallow draft boat designed to roam shallow waters such as these in Exuma, the Bah...

Onne van der Wal / Man putting on fins on board a Shannon Shoalsailor moored in a sandy bay. This innovative beachboat is a shallow draft boat designed to roam shallow waters such as these in Exuma, the Bahamas.

Onne van der Wal / Shannon Shoalsailor moored alongside a sandy beach with a family in the water. This innovative beachboat is a shallow draft boat designed to roam shallow waters such as these in Exuma, the Bahamas.

Onne van der Wal / Shannon Shoalsailor moored up on a sandy beach. This innovative beachboat is a shallow draft boat designed to roam shallow waters such as these, Exuma, Bahamas.

Onne van der Wal / A Shannon Shoalsailor moored, with children in the sea wading out to it. This innovative, keelless, shallow draft beachboat is designed to roam shallow waters such as these in Exuma, the Bahamas.

Onne van der Wal / Two sailboats anchored at sunset in Caleta Lobos, Mexico.

Onne van der Wal / Sailing boat anchored in the clear waters of Estero Balandra, Mexico.

Onne van der Wal / A dinghy motoring to the beach from cruising catamarans anchored in the bay off the coast of Isla San Francisco, Mexico.

Onne van der Wal / Split-level view of the hull of a Shannon Shoalsailor illustrating how this innovative, keelless, shallow draft beachboat is designed to roam shallow waters such as these in Exuma, the Bahamas. Proper...

Onne van der Wal / Shannon Shoalsailor moored alongside a sandy beach. This innovative beachboat is a shallow draft boat designed to roam shallow waters such as these in Exuma, the Bahamas.

Onne van der Wal / Cruising yachts anchored against a green hills, South Island, New Zealand.

Onne van der Wal / Cruising yachts anchored against green hills, South Island, New Zealand.

Onne van der Wal / Cruising yachts anchored against a green hills, South Island, New Zealand.

Onne van der Wal / Cruising yachts anchored beside a jetty with green hills in the background, South Island, New Zealand.

Onne van der Wal / Cruising yachts anchored against a green hills, South Island, New Zealand.

Onne van der Wal / Cruising yachts anchored against green hills, South Island, New Zealand.

Onne van der Wal / Cruising yachts anchored against green hills, South Island, New Zealand.

Onne van der Wal / Sailboats and motorboats anchored between the mountains at sunset in Caleta Partida, Mexico. 2006.

Onne van der Wal / Sailboats anchored in the protected bay on the island of Isla San Francisco, Sea of Cortez, Mexico. 2006.

Onne van der Wal / Looking down onto the shallow waters of a bay with a sailboat anchored off shore in El Cardonal, Isla La Partida, Mexico. 2006.

Onne van der Wal / Young boy on a stony beach poking a fire with a stick, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Model and Property Released.

Onne van der Wal / Young boy on a stony beach poking a fire with a stick, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Model and Property Released.

Onne van der Wal / Cruising Espirito Santo Island, Vanuatu Islands, South Pacific.

Onne van der Wal / Cruising catamarans anchored off a beach, Belize.

Onne van der Wal / 88ft sloop "Shaman" anchored in a deserted bay in Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, 1998.

Onne van der Wal / A white sandy beach with catamarans moored off shore and grey skies overhead, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean, December 2006.

Onne van der Wal / Two children on a stony beach beside a fire, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Families sitting round a fire on a stony beach, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Tussock grass along the coastline with a cruising yacht anchored in the sheltered Cobber's Cove, South Georgia.

Onne van der Wal / A cruising yacht in a Mediterranean cove.

Onne van der Wal / A woman looking down to the coast and sailboats anchored in the bay of Isla San Francisco, Mexico. 2006.

Onne van der Wal / Sailboats anchored in the protected bay on the island of Isla San Francisco, Sea of cortez, Mexico. 2006.

Onne van der Wal / Young girl on a stony beach poking a fire with a stick, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Model and Property Released.

Onne van der Wal / The coastline of South Georgia with a cruising yacht anchored in the sheltered Cobber's Cove to the right.

Onne van der Wal / Boats moored in the harbour, Maine, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Boats moored in a sheltered harbour, Maine, USA.

Onne van der Wal / The 88ft Sloop yacht "Shaman", at anchor in Cobbler's Cove, South Georgia.

Onne van der Wal / Goat Island Marina and Newport Harbour and waterfront, Rhode Island, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Cruising ketch anchored in Mackerel cove, Rhode Island, USA

Rick Tomlinson / Night time anchorage of Smogholmarna between Lyr and Tjorn, Sweden, two boats tied up alongside each other in a granite rock natural harbour.

Rick Tomlinson / Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) on beach, Spitsbergen, Norway. Superyacht "Adele" is anchored in the background.

Rick Tomlinson / Calm waters stretch to the distant mountains, Lofoten Islands, Norway.

Rick Tomlinson / Yachts anchored close to the reef at Tobago Cays in the Caribbean.

Rick Tomlinson / Yachts moored in Clifton Harbour on Palm Island, Grenadines, Caribbean.

Rick Tomlinson / English harbours, Antigua, Caribbean

Angelo Giampiccolo / Procida Island's waterfront, Bay of Naples, Italy. ^^^Next to the more famous islands of Ischia and Capri, Procida is the smallest island of volcanic origin in the Bay of Naples.

Rick Tomlinson / Yachts anchored inside the horseshoe reef in Tobago Cays, Grenadines, Caribbean.

Rick Tomlinson / Yachts anchored off the beach at Tobago Cays, Grenadines, Caribbean.

Rick Tomlinson / Night time anchorage of Smogholmarna between Lyr and Tjorn, Sweden, two boats tied up alongside each other in a granite rock natural harbour.

Rick Tomlinson / Yachts anchored inside the horseshoe reef in Tobago Cays, Grenadines, Caribbean.

Rick Tomlinson / Yachts anchored off the horseshoe reef in Tobago Cays, Grenadines, Caribbean.

Rick Tomlinson / Yachts anchored in Admiralty Bay in Bequia, Grenadines, Caribbean.

Roberto Rinaldi / Beaches in the small coastal town Bicheno, Tasmanina.

Rick Tomlinson / 118ft S&S designed superyacht, "Timoneer" in Fords Terror, Endicott Arm, south east Alaska.

Rick Tomlinson / 118ft S&S designed superyacht, "Timoneer" anchored in an misty calm in Fords Terror, Tongass National Forest, Southeast Alaska.

Rick Tomlinson / Harbour at Fernando de Noronha, Brazil.

Rick Tomlinson / Cruising yachts anchored off the island of Mayreau near Tobago Cays in the Grenadines, Caribbean.

Rick Tomlinson / Cruising yachts anchor off the island of Mayreau near Tobago Cays in the Grenadines, Caribbean.

Rick Tomlinson / Yacht "Timoneer" anchored in Alaska.

Rick Tomlinson / 118ft S&S designed superyacht, "Timoneer" anchored in a misty calm in Fords Terror, Tongass National Forest, south-east Alaska.

Rick Tomlinson / 65 metre schooner "Adix" anchored off a glacier in Tracy Arm, Alaska.

Rick Tomlinson / 118ft S&S designed superyacht, "Timoneer" anchored in Fords Terror, south east Alaska.

Onne van der Wal / Bungalows on stilts over the water with yachts moored in front, a Rangiroa holiday resort, Tuamotu, French Polynesia.

Onne van der Wal / Moored sailing boats under a cloudy sky, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean, December, 2006.

Onne van der Wal / Concordia sloop in the foreground with other moored boats during the Eggemoggin reach regatta, Brooklin, Maine, USA.

Onne van der Wal / The town of Menemsha, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Yachts moored off St.Barts with St.Maarten in the background, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / 38ft catamaran anchored at Bakers, Abacos Islands, Bahamas.

Onne van der Wal / Ranger, Cambria and Velsheda in pursuit of the 152ft Windrose during Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, Caribbean 2004. Ranger and Velsheda are Property Released.

Onne van der Wal / Boats moored in Hope Town harbour as seen from the Elbow Cay lighthouse, Abacos, Bahamas.

Onne van der Wal / Boats moored in Hope Town harbour as seen from the Elbow Cay lighthouse, Abacos, Bahamas.

Onne van der Wal / Boats moored in Hope Town harbour as seen from the Elbow Cay lighthouse, Abacos, Bahamas.

Onne van der Wal / Boats moored in Hope Town harbour as seen from the Elbow Cay lighthouse, Abacos, Bahamas.

Onne van der Wal / The yacht "Shaman" at anchor in Cobbler's Cove, South Georgia Island.

Onne van der Wal / The yacht "Shaman" at anchor in Cobbler's Cove, South Georgia Island.

Onne van der Wal / Boats moored in Falmouth Harbour during the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, Antigua, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / Woman looking to land from the bow of a yacht, Vanuatu, Pacific Islands. Model and Property Released.

Onne van der Wal / Sailing Festival boats on the lawn of St Georges Yacht Club, Grenada, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / Setting the anchor in Abacos, Bahamas.