Ross Hoddinott / Large skipper butterfly pair mating {Ochlodes sylvanus} Cornwall, UK

Adrian Davies / Large skipper butterfly on bracken, Wales, UK

Philippe Clement / Large skipper butterfly on leaf {Ochlodes sylvanus} Belgium

Bernard Castelein / Large skipper butterfly {Ochlodes sylvanus} Belgium

Rick Tomlinson / Co-skippers, Helena Darvelid and Brian Thompson and navigator, Adrienne Cahalan on Tracy Edward's maxi Catamaran "Maiden II" in Southampton after breaking the 24 hour record whilst crossing the Atlant...

Rick Tomlinson / "All Smoke" the Reichel/Pugh 78 at Antigua Race Week. A crewman is at the end of the spinnaker pole having popped the kite. 2004.^^^Jochen Schuemann skippers the boat.

Rick Tomlinson / Mike Richey skippers his new Folkboat, "Jester", in his ninth Ostar at the age of 75 1992. ^^^ He arrived in 55th position after 45d 15h 14m. The old Jester, previously belonging to Blondie Haslar, wh...

Rick Tomlinson / Mike Richey skippers his new Folkboat, "Jester", in his ninth Ostar at the age of 75 1992. ^^^ He arrived in 55th position after 45d 15h 14m. The old Jester, previously belonging to Blondie Haslar, wh...

Rick Tomlinson / Pierre Fehlman Skipper of "Merit Cup" in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1990.

Rick Tomlinson / Alain Gabbay, skipper of Maxi yacht Charles Jourdan that came 6th in the Whitbread Round the World Race 1989-90.

Onne van der Wal / Round the World record holder Steve Fossett helming trimaran "Playstation".

Onne van der Wal / Round the World record holder Steve Fossett on trimaran "Playstation".

Onne van der Wal / The skipper of "Shaman" in the cabin, using charts to navigate the isolated region of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, 1998.

Onne van der Wal / Round the World record holder Steve Fossett on trimaran "Playstation".

Robin Chittenden / Two Marbled skipper butterflies (Carcharodus lavatherae) three Grizzled skipper butterflies (Pyrgus armoricanus) and a Gavarnie blue (Plebejus pyrenaica) Pyrenees, France, July