2023 Photo Competition
Overall Winner: Sallie and the Wolf Moon, by Sandy Miller (pictured below)
Highly Commended: Bargus and Betelgeuse heading along the Trent & Mersey Canal in a low Winter sun, by Kev Maslin
People's Choice Award: Crew Embarking the MV Glenachulish, by Ian Southerin
Newcomer of the Year: VIC 32, by Wayne Starkey
Classic Boat Award: Looking Down, by Jeff Welch
Classic Boat Award Highly Commended: Masts in the mist, by James Crisp
2022 Photo Competition
Overall Winner: MGB 81 by Mark Sutherland (pictured below)
Highly Commended: PS Waverley, Last Journey of the Season by Graeme Phanco
People's Choice Award: Off to Sea by Nick Harborne
Newcomer of the Year: Journey to the Big Refit by Neil Holmes
Classic Boat Award: Schooner Girl by Lucy Tulloch
Classic Boat Award Highly Commended: Drifting with Friends by Shane Granger
2021 Photo Competition
Overall Winner: Thames Sailing Barges by Fraser Gray (pictured below)
Highly Commended: Danny on the Weaver by John Eyres
People's Choice Award: The Boat at Thornham by Gary Holford
Newcomer of the Year (Joint Award): Ebb and Flow by Raymond Carruthers & The RRS Discovery, Orion and the V&A by Kuljit Athwal
Classic Boat Award: Ethel Alice & Besom Fleet. Moment of Beauty by Sandy Miller
Classic Boat Award Highly Commended: On the deck of the Blue Peter by Ed Whiting
2020 Photo Competition
Overall Winner: Riverside Museum, Glasgow and Tall Ship Glenlee by Daniel Jones (pictured below)
Highly Commended: The Sallie and Cambria, May Dawn by Sandy Miller
People's Choice Award: The Channel Rose outside Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage on Dungeness Beach by David Stearne
Classic Boat Award: Peace CK171 by Colm O'Laoi
Classic Boat Award Highly Commended: Norfolk Dinghies by Sandy Miller
2019 Photo Competition
Overall Winner: Ena: Heroine of Dunkirk by David Stearne (pictured below)
Highly Commended: SS Great Britain by Peter Pangbourne
People's Choice Award: Trinity's Little Helper by Stacey Belbin
Classic Boat Award: Priscilla CK437 at Rowhedge Regatta 2019 by Sandy Miller
Classic Boat Award Highly Commended: Under sail by George Fisk
Photo of the Decade*: 50 Degrees South by Yasmin Steel
*A special award to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the National Historic Ships UK Photo Competition. The winner was chosen by public vote from all ten previous winning images.
2018 Photo Competition
Overall Winner: Graceful Lines by Russell Anley (pictured below)
Highly Commended: Radio Caroline Dramatics by Stacey Belbin
People's Choice Award: Radio Caroline Dramatics by Stacey Belbin
Classic Boat Award: Edge to edge by Philippe Saudreau
Classic Boat Award Highly Commended: Barges on the Blackwater by Colm O’Laoi
2017 Photo Competition
Overall Winner: Butty boat Ilford breaks the September Dawn by Teresa Fuller (pictured below)
Highly Commended: Rattray Head at Sunset by Linzi Higgins
Classic Boat Award: Haul Together by Sophie Hunt
Classic Boat Award Highly Commended: Bark Europa in Fort Point, Antarctica by Joram Hoevenaars
2016 Photo Competition
Overall Winner: 50 Degrees South by Yasmin Steel (pictured below)
Highly Commended: CK 78 Mary by Shaun Mills
Classic Boat Award: 50 Degrees South by Yasmin Steel
Classic Boat Award Highly Commended: CK 78 Mary by Shaun Mills
2015 Photo Competition
Overall Winner: Reaper passing The Blocks at St Monans by Alistair Ramsey (pictured below)
Classic Boat Award: Reaper passing The Blocks at St Monans by Alistair Ramsey
Classic Boat Award Highly Commended: ORIOLE, Herreshoff NY 30, during "Les régates Royales" 2014 by Jean Francois Canavaggia
Young Photographer of the Year: HMS President (close up) by Victor Ghose
2014 Photo Competition
Overall Winner: To the jib sheet by Philippe Saudreau (pictured below)
Classic Boat Award: Over the gunnels by Chrissie Westgate
Classic Boat Award Highly Commended: Reflecting on summer past in the Pyefleet by Diane Warner
Young Photographer of the Year: Shavings by Callum Leverett
2013 Photo Competition
Overall Winner: The Joys of Sailing by Ian Kippax (pictured below)
Classic Boat Award: Early Morning - Llangollen Canal by Alan Kempster
Classic Boat Award Highly Commended: Stranded by Ruediger Zitt
Young Photographer of the Year: Beyond the Bristol Channel by Edward French
2012 Photo Competition
Overall Winner: Scorpio by Ian Kippax (pictured, below)
Classic Boat Award: Scorpio by Ian Kippax
2011 Photo Competition
Overall Winner: Maybird by Mike Garlick (pictured below)
Classic Boat Award: Glasgow Tall Ship Glenlee towed down the Clyde by Tom Finnie
2010 Photo Competition
Overall Winner: Calder & Hebble Keel Pauline, Misty Morning by Gabrielle Lorenz (pictured below)
Classic Boat Award: Lifestyle by Andre Boto