Onne van der Wal / "Windrose", Saint Barths Bucket Super Yacht Regatta, Caribbean, March 2009.

Roberto Rinaldi / Stern of crude oil super-tanker "Milford Haven", which sank on April 14th, 1991 after three days of fire. Genoa, Italy, 2007.

Juergen Freund / Richard Fitzpatrick releases Grey reef shark {Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos} after inserting transmitter into its belly, as part of the Coral Reef census, Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia, April 2008

Gavin Hellier / Luxury cruise liners infront of Midtown Manhattan across the Hudson River, New York, USA, October 2011

Gavin Hellier / Luxury cruise liners infront of Midtown Manhattan across the Hudson River, New York, USA, October 2011

Gavin Hellier / Huge luxury liners infront of Midtown Manhattan across the Hudson River, New York, USA, October 2011

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Boat guide and pension owner Florin Oprisan, tourism for the delta, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania May 2012

Merryn Thomas / Construction of model HMS "Minerva" (circa 1780) in Malcolm Darch's workshop, Salcombe, Devon, UK. January 2009.

Merryn Thomas / Stern of tanker off Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall, UK

Merryn Thomas / Construction of model HMS "Minerva" (circa 1780) in Malcolm Darch's workshop, Salcombe, Devon, UK. January 2009.

Merryn Thomas / Local fishing boat "Lowena" pulled up behind Old Quay beach, St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly. December 2008.

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel "Ocean Harvest" shooting her net over the stern. North Sea, December 2008. Property Released.

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel moored alongside Egersund Harbour in Norway at dusk. December 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Honda 4-stroke outboard motor on rib, France, 2002.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Monohull Imoca Open 60ft "VM Materiaux", skippered by Jean le Cam during Vendee Globe race 2008-2009, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Trimaran "Geant" in heavy seas, Transatlantic Race 2004

Merryn Thomas / Tenders pulled up on the bank at New Grimsby Beach, Tresco, Isles of Scilly. December 2008.

Merryn Thomas / Sterns of trawlers under construction in boatyard, Essaouira, Morocco. November 2008.

Merryn Thomas / Scaffolding to repair planking on Replica of John Cabot's caravel "The Matthew", undergoing maintenance at Underfall Yard in Bristol's Floating Harbour, UK. April 2009.

Billy Black / Woman aboard Surf Hunter 33 Jet boat off Marco Island, Florida. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Couple relaxing on the stern of a Hunter 49 yacht off St. Augustine, Florida, USA.

Billy Black / Man fishing from the stern of a sportsfisher. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Man passing a picnic basket from the stern of Surf Hunter 33 to a couple in the shallows, Marco Island, Florida, USA. Model and property released, 2007.

Billy Black / Couple with fishing rod on aftdeck of a sportsfisher. Model and property released.

Billy Black / People fishing from the stern of a sportsfisher. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Man fishing from the stern of a sportsfisher. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Couple relaxing on stern of Moorings Charter catamaran "Pitch Pin" anchored in the British Virgin Islands, January 2004. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Women relaxing in the cockpit of a Surf Hunter 29 Inboard off Marco Island, Florida, USA. Model and property released, 2007.

Billy Black / Man fishing from the stern of a sportsfisher. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Family on stern of Tartan 4300 "Tsunami", with the transom door open. Back Creek, Maryland. Model and property released, October 2007.

Billy Black / Couple aboard Surf Hunter 33 Jet boat off Marco Island, Florida. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Man fishing from the stern of a sportsfisher. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Couple relaxing in the cockpit of Hunt Harrier 25 off Marco Island, Florida, USA. Model and property released, 2007.

Billy Black / Man fishing from the stern of a sportsfisher. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Woman aboard Surf Hunter 33 Jet boat off Marco Island, Florida. Model and property released.

Philip Stephen / Paying out the trawl net over the stern of a North Sea trawler, June 2010.

Philip Stephen / Paying out the trawl net over the stern of a North Sea trawler, June 2010.

Onne van der Wal / Man trimming the mainsail during the Bahamian Sloop regatta, Georgetown, Exumas, Bahamas. April 2009.

Onne van der Wal / Wake of "P2", Saint Barths Bucket Super Yacht Regatta, Caribbean, March 2009.

Onne van der Wal / Saint Barths Bucket Super Yacht Regatta, Caribbean, March 2009.

Onne van der Wal / Saint Barths Bucket Super Yacht Regatta, Caribbean, March 2009.

Onne van der Wal / Saint Barths Bucket Super Yacht Regatta, Caribbean, March 2009.

Onne van der Wal / Saint Barths Bucket Super Yacht Regatta, Caribbean, March 2009.

Onne van der Wal / SY "Maltese Falcon" Saint Barths Bucket Super Yacht Regatta, Caribbean, March 2009. Property Released.

Onne van der Wal / SY "P2", Saint Barths Bucket Super Yacht Regatta, Caribbean, March 2009.

Onne van der Wal / Saint Barths Bucket Super Yacht Regatta, Caribbean, March 2009.

Onne van der Wal / Saint Barths Bucket Super Yacht Regatta, Caribbean, March 2009.

Onne van der Wal / Miami Acura Grand Prix, Key West, Florida. 2009.

Onne van der Wal / Saint Barths Bucket Super Yacht Regatta, Caribbean, March 2009.

Rick Tomlinson / TP52 "Ran" during a race at the 2009 Acura Miami Grand Prix, day 2, 6th March.

Rick Tomlinson / TP52 "Ran" during a race at the 2009 Acura Miami Grand Prix, day 4, 8th March.

Rick Tomlinson / Team Russia finishing sixth on leg one of the 10th Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009, Cape Town, November 2008. For EDITORIAL USE only.

Rick Tomlinson / "Green Dragon" rounds the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha, during the 10th Volvo Ocean Race (2008-2009), October 23rd 2008. For EDITORIAL USE only.

Rick Tomlinson / "Telefonica Black" rounding the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha, during the 10th Volvo Ocean Race (2008-2009), October 23rd 2008. For EDITORIAL USE only.

Rick Tomlinson / "Stay Calm" during the windward leeward race. Day 3, Antigua Race Week 2008

Rick Tomlinson / Stern of "Whitehawk", Peter DeSavary's Bruce King Ketch during Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, Race 2, April 19, 2008.

Rick Tomlinson / Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, April 2008.

Rick Tomlinson / "Leopard 3" rounds the windward mark during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 3, windward leeward racing off Falmouth.

Rick Tomlinson / "Oystercatcher XXVI" during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 2, halfway round the Island Race, Dickenson Bay to Falmouth anti clockwise.

Billy Black / People fishing from the stern of a sportsfisher. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Woman sitting in the stern of a Hunt Harrier 25 off Hollywood, Florida, USA. Model and property released.

Merryn Thomas / 45ft Bristol Pilot Cutter "Morwenna" before launching at the Underfall Yard, Bristol Floating Harbour. March 2009.

Rick Tomlinson / "Green Dragon" rounds the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha, during the 10th Volvo Ocean Race (2008-2009), October 23rd 2008. For EDITORIAL USE only.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Traditional boats moored at Douarnenez Maritime Festival, France, July 2008

Benoit Stichelbaut / 60ft monohull Imoca "Akena Verandas", skippered by Arnaud Boissieres, during single-handed Vendee Globe race 2008/2009, 22 September 2008

Merryn Thomas / British Merchant Navy ensign on stern of passenger ferry leaving St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly, UK. May 2009.

Billy Black / Family on stern of Tartan 4300 "Tsunami", with the transom door open. Back Creek, Maryland. Model and property released, October 2007.

Onne van der Wal / Saint Barths Bucket Super Yacht Regatta, Caribbean, March 2009.

Rick Tomlinson / Team Russia finishing sixth on leg one of the 10th Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009, Cape Town, November 2008. For EDITORIAL USE only.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Passengers on the aft deck of Sea Life Surveys vessel Sula Beag watching a Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the Sound of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, July 2011

Kathryn Jeffs / Broken ice in the wake of the 'Golden Fleece' (base ship of the BBC film crew) off the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, January 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Philip Stephen / Trawler crew on stern looking behind. North Sea, July 2010.

Philip Stephen / Paying out the trawl net over the stern of a North Sea trawler, June 2010.

Juergen Freund / Research / Diving boat 'Undersea Explorer's back dive deck with divers, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, 2007

Tim Laman / Man operating the oars to power a cargo boat on the Rupsha River, Sundarbans, Khulna, Bangladesh, April 2006

Philip Stephen / Net full of fish being winched onboard trawler "Ocean Harvest". Norwegian sector of the North Sea, August 2008. Property Released.

Philip Stephen / Net full of fish being winched onboard trawler "Ocean Harvest". Norwegian sector of the North Sea, August 2008. Property Released.

Onne van der Wal / A large flag flying from the stern of a wooden classic boat preparing for the St Barths Bucket Regatta, St Barthelemy, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / Detail of the stern of the superyacht "Parsifal III", with its passerelle deployed for easy boarding, St Barthelemy, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / Small motor boats moored up in a line, with their outboard motors lifted out of the water, Dutch Harbor in Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA.

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. Model...

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 / Split-level view 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 / A couple relaxing on an anchored Pursuit powerboat in Annapolis, Maryland, USA.

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

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

Onne van der Wal / J-Class replica "Ranger" racing at Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta 2005, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / J-Class "Ranger" racing at Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta 2005, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / J-Class replica "Ranger" racing at Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta 2005, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / Traditional wooden boat "Genesis" racing at Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta 200, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / Looking back from the aft-deck of "Velsheda" at schooner "Windrose" and J-Class "Ranger" during Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta 2005, Caribbean. Property released (Velsheda).

Onne van der Wal / Locals sailing a traditional boat during Grenada Sailing Festival 2005, Grenada, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / The stern of a traditional boat during Grenada Sailing Festival 2005, Grenada, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / Yacht racing at Grenada Sailing Festival 2005, Grenada, Caribbean.

Onne van der Wal / Detail of dock lines reaching the megayacht, St Barthelemy, Caribbean.