Onne van der Wal / The German Frers-designed superyacht "Rebecca" sitting on poppets for the winter in American Ship Yard, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. She is the largest ketch to be built to-date at Pendennis Shipyard L...

Onne van der Wal / With sterns to the docks and passerelles out, superyachts finishing up last minute preparations for a day at the St Barths Bucket regatta, St Barthelemy, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / With sterns to the docks, superyachts finishing up last minute preparations for a day at the St Barths Bucket Regatta, St Barthelemy, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / Cook preparing a dolphin fish on the stern of a sailboat, Dominican Republic, Caribbean. Model and Property Released.

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 / 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 / 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 / Couple relaxing on a Pursuit powerboat powering off the coast of Annapolis, Maryland, USA.

Onne van der Wal / A couple relaxing on the back of a Pursuit powerboat, powering off the coast of Annapolis, Maryland, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Outboard motor on a Pursuit powerboat travelling at speed, Annapolis, Maryland, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Couple relaxing on a Pursuit powerboat in Annapolis, Maryland, USA.

Philip Stephen / Fishermen shooting the net over the stern of fishing trawler "Carisanne" in the North Sea. April 2007.^^^They will shoot and haul their net every 4 hours continuously for up to 9 days then return to p...

Philip Stephen / Crewmen repairing a torn net on the stern of the fishing traweler "Carisanne" in the North Sea.April 2007.

Onne van der Wal / Man standing on the stern of a yacht during racing at the Farr 40 one-design class World Championship.

Onne van der Wal / Transom of a small cruising yacht anchored near harbour wall.

Onne van der Wal / Steadfast of Watch Hill at the Newport Wooden Boat Show, Rhode Island.

Onne van der Wal / After swimming, a family enjoying an afternoon on their anchored sailboat while cruising in Caleta El Candelero, Mexico. 2006.

Onne van der Wal / Family enjoying an afternoon on their anchored sailboat while a girl dives off the stern into the water, Caleta El Candelero, Mexico. 2006.

Onne van der Wal / Lobster dinner set on the table on board a Morris 42, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

Onne van der Wal / 140ft luxury schooner "Skylge", designed by André Hoek and built by Holland Jachtbouw, with a man at the helm, sailing in the French Riviera, France. Property released.

Onne van der Wal / Varnished toerail of a cruising yacht, Rhode Island, USA.

Onne van der Wal / A man on board a Morris 42 cruising in the evening, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Family watches the shore from the back of a cruising yacht, Rhode Island.

Onne van der Wal / A girl with a drink watching the fishing pole on the stern of a cruising catamaran in Caleta Partida, Mexico. 2006.

Onne van der Wal / Aerial view of classic 12m "Weatherly" during the 2006 12 Metre North American Championships, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Kayaking from a Grand Banks motoryacht.

Onne van der Wal / A young family taking the tender of a catarmaran ashore, Belize.

Onne van der Wal / Anchored with the transom doors open on a Pearson True North 38 motorboat in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, New England, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Split-level shot of a lady preparing for a swim off the stern of a boat, Bahamas, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / Family enjoying an afternoon on their anchored sailboat while the children dive off the stern into the water, Caleta El Candelero, Mexico. 2006.

Onne van der Wal / Stern of a wooden tender, with rope around the gunwale on a traditional tender at the Newport Wooden Boat Show, Rhode Island.

Onne van der Wal / Children watch the shore from the stern of a cruising yacht, Rhode Island.

Onne van der Wal / Family on the stern of a Friendship 40 cruising yacht, Rhode Island. Model and property released.

Onne van der Wal / A family on the stern of their catamaran after a vacation cruising in Baja Mexico. 2006.

Onne van der Wal / A Morris 42, "Marietje", cruising in the evening, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Maximus at dawn with a man standing at the stern of the boat, during the 2006 Newport to Bermuda Race.

Onne van der Wal / A woman diving off a Little Harbor sailboat while one climbs out of the water, anchored off the beach in St. Martin, Caribbean.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Luxury yacht "Wave Dancer", specialising in dive cruises in the Belize Cayes, Caribbean. The bar for decompression can be seen underwater at -3 meters.

Rick Tomlinson / Naming ceremony of 180ft Hoek Design Superyacht "Adele" in Marstrand, Sweden. ^^^ Adele is a 180 foot Andre Hoek design, built by Vitters Shipyard, Holland, and owned by Jan-Eric Osterlund. Her maiden...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Yachts moored in a marina. Porto di Roma, Fiumicino, Rome, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Incredible 45', built at the Rizzardi boatyard, cruising the Mediterranean, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Couple sitting on bar stools on the deck of a power boat, with the transom doors open. Motorboat "One", Cantieri di Baia, off the coast of Baia, Naples, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Velvet 83', a luxurious motoryacht model from boatbuilders Cantieri Tecnomar, with a jetski on board, Viareggio, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Couple in wetsuits ready to go scuba diving from the stern of a power boat, with the transom doors open. Motorboat "One", Cantieri di Baia, off the coast of Baia, Naples, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Couple sitting on bar stools on the deck of a power boat. Motorboat "One", Cantieri di Baia, off the coast of Baia, Naples, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Couple in wetsuits ready to go scuba diving from a power boat, with the transom doors open. Motorboat "One", Cantieri di Baia, off the coast of Baia, Naples, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Couple in wetsuits ready to go scuba diving from a power boat, with the transom doors open. Motorboat "One", Cantieri di Baia, off the coast of Baia, Naples, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Couple in wetsuits ready to go scuba diving from the stern of a power boat, with the transom doors open. Motorboat "One", Cantieri di Baia, off the coast of Baia, Naples, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Couple in wetsuits ready to go scuba diving from the stern of a power boat, with the transom doors open. Motorboat "One", Cantieri di Baia, off the coast of Baia, Naples, Italy.

Rick Tomlinson / Champagne smashing at the naming ceremony of 180ft Hoek Design Superyacht "Adele" in Marstrand, Sweden. ^^^ The 180 foot Andre Hoek design, built by Vitters Shipyard, Holland. Her maiden voyage took h...

Rick Tomlinson / Superyacht "Adele", sailing through the freezing waters of Spitsbergen in Norway's Arctic Circle, flies the Red Ensign. Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Tecnomar Velvet 26, Italy. ^^^It has two MTU turbodiesel motors of 2400 HP each, which can push this heavy boat up to 35 knots per hour. Average of about 700 litres of gasoline per hour; with a capaci...

Rick Tomlinson / Naming ceremony of 180ft Hoek Design Superyacht "Adele" in Marstrand, Sweden. ^^^ Adele is 180 foot Andre Hoek design, built by Vitters Shipyard, Holland, and owned by Jan-Eric Osterlund. Her maiden v...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Couple fishing from the stern of an Abati Yachts' Portland 55ft, called a "lobster" boat because it is copied from the original american lobster fishing boats. Tuscany, Italy.

Rick Tomlinson / Naming ceremony of 180ft Hoek Design Superyacht "Adele" in Marstrand, Sweden. ^^^ Adele is a 180 foot Andre Hoek design, built by Vitters Shipyard, Holland, and owned by Jan-Eric Osterlund. Her maiden...

Rick Tomlinson / 180ft Superyacht "Adele" in Marstrand Sweden. ^^^ Adele is a 180-foot Andre Hoek designed yacht, built by the world renowned Vitters Shipyard in Holland. Her owner is Jan-Eric Osterlund. Non ed...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Three women sunbathing on the sundeck of luxury 78ft Alfamarine motor yacht planing through the water at speed. Tirrenian sea, off the coast of Rome, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Superyachts moored at the marina in Viaraggio, Tuscany, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Row of motoryachts moored in a marina. Porto di Roma, Fiumicino, Rome, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Couple in wetsuits ready to go scuba diving from the stern of a power boat, with the transom doors open. Motorboat "One", Cantieri di Baia, off the coast of Baia, Naples, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Couple in wetsuits ready to go scuba diving from the stern of a power boat, with the transom doors open. Motorboat "One", Cantieri di Baia, off the coast of Baia, Naples, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Couple sitting on bar stools the deck of a power boat, with the transom doors open. Motorboat "One", Cantieri di Baia, off the coast of Baia, Naples, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Couple sitting on bar stools on the deck of a power boat, with the transom doors open. Motorboat "One", Cantieri di Baia, off the coast of Baia, Naples, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Couple in wetsuits ready to go scuba diving from the stern of a power boat, with the transom doors open. Motorboat "One", Cantieri di Baia, off the coast of Baia, Naples, Italy.

Rick Tomlinson / The enormous 32 foot beam of the 140 foot super-maxi "Mari-Cha IV", Antigua Race Week, 2004.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Three women sunbathing on the sundeck of luxury 78ft Alfamarine motor yacht planing through the water at speed. Tirrenian sea, off the coast of Rome, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Three women sunbathing on the sundeck of luxury 78ft Alfamarine motor yacht planing through the water at speed. Tirrenian sea, off the coast of Rome, Italy.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Two women sunbathing on the sundeck of a Continential 80 motor yacht, designed and built at Cantieri CNM, cruising the coast of Cannes, France.

Barry Bland / Rastafarian man in a fishing boat, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / Deep sea fishing off Guatemala.

Onne van der Wal / Pressure washing cruising yacht "Lily Pad" at the end of the season.

Onne van der Wal / Kayaking from a Grand Banks motoryacht.

Onne van der Wal / Deck chairs on the aft deck of 116ft superyacht "Whisper" at sunrise, New England, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Pressure washing cruising yacht "Lily Pad" at the end of the season.

Rick Tomlinson / Dupon Duran before the start of the 1992 1 Star, single-handed transatlantic race.

Rick Tomlinson / J-Class "Velsheda" racing at Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, 2001.

Rick Tomlinson / Neville Crichton's 90ft Reichel/Pugh designed Maxi-Sled "Shockwave".

Rick Tomlinson / Farr 60 "Highland Fling" drops the spinnaker and rounds the leeward mark, Key West Race Week, 2000.

Rick Tomlinson / J-Class "Endeavour" racing at Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, 2001.

Rick Tomlinson / J-Class "Endeavour" racing at Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, 2001.

Rick Tomlinson / Ocean Leopard races at La Nioulargue, 1992.

Rick Tomlinson / Crew aboard "The Card" in the Southern Ocean. Whitbread Round the World Race, 1989-90.

Rick Tomlinson / Crew aboard "The Card" during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1989-1990.

Rick Tomlinson / Yves Parlier's Open 60 "Aquitaine Innovations".

Rick Tomlinson / Maxi yacht "Sovereign" with crew sitting out.

Onne van der Wal / The wake of a motorboat with Newport Bridge in the background, Rhode Island, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Close up of transom on motorboat "Crazy Horse" and the wake behind.

Onne van der Wal / People snorkeling off the back of a cruising catamaran, Belize.

Onne van der Wal / Champosa and others racing upwind, Key West Race Week, Florida, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Hardy racing during the America's Cup Jubilee 2001, Isle of Wight, UK.

Onne van der Wal / Tall masts and stern detail of the classic yacht "Mariette" with the ensign and passarelle out, moored next to J-Class "Velsheda" in a harbour.

Onne van der Wal / Two people sitting on the back of a cruising catamaran with a man in the water, Belize.

Onne van der Wal / Woman diving off the stern of a cruising catamaran. Model and Property Released.

Onne van der Wal / A local man leaning on his fishing boat on a stony beach, Cuba.

Onne van der Wal / Couple kayaking from their cruising catamaran, Seychelles.

Onne van der Wal / People snorkelling, kayaking and wind surfing from the stern of their cruising catamaran, Seychelles.