The Uncover Boating Miami Worldwide Boat Present is an thrilling level on each marine journalist’s calendar not simply due to the attractive climate and menagerie of latest designs on show. On day one earlier than the present opens, Boating Writers Worldwide kicks off the festivities with their annual awards now in its 32nd yr. The awards have a good time 16 contest classes representing $16,000 in money prizes for “excellence in creating compelling content material about boating by entertaining, academic and provoking journalism.” Every of the 16 classes is judged by lively journalists within the business.
For a second year in a row, SAIL was the boating business’s most celebrated publication, receiving 17 awards general and 5 first prizes.
SAIL Editor-in-Chief Wendy Mitman Clarke took each first and third locations within the Boating Columns class sponsored by KVH Industries for her letters from the editor. Judges mentioned of her work, “The creator’s voice is loud and clear in every story, drawing closely upon private expertise and a superior data of crusing with out being preachy. I discovered all three tales made for pleasant, entertaining and informative studying.”
Managing Editor Lydia Mullan gained—for the second consecutive yr—the aggressive Journey class for her riveting story “A Eulogy for Alliance” in regards to the 2024 Bermuda Race when the J/122 on which she was crew hit a submerged object and sank. Of the story, judges mentioned it was a “storm-powered journey that braved the weather to ship a uniquely participating story.”
Mullan’s comply with up article “Lessons from Alliance,” was additionally acknowledged, taking second place within the Seamanship, Rescue, and Security class sponsored by Sea Tow Providers Worldwide. Her story “Lightning in a Bottle” about Cole Brauer’s circumnavigation and managing the media marketing campaign that took Instagram by storm took second place within the Girls in Boating class sponsored by Yamaha Marine Enterprise Unit/Yamaha Watercraft.
Cruising Editor Charles J. Doane acquired second place award in Boating Profiles sponsored by Nautical Ventures for “An Obsessive Sort of Sailor” and a benefit award within the Life class sponsored by Uncover Boating for his “More than A Dash of Grit.” Technical Editor Adam Cove took third within the Boat Exams and Evaluations class sponsored by Volvo Penta for his writing on the X Yachts XC47, whereas
SAIL contributors swept the Boating Journey or Locations class sponsored by Dometic, with Christopher Birch in first together with his article “Searching for Farley,” Charles Scott’s “A Tall Ship Tale” in second, and Kia Koropp’s “The Hidden Gift” in third. Of Birch’s article, judges mentioned, “The creator cleverly juxtaposes a voyage to Newfoundland with an homage to author Farley Mowat and his many seminal books about crusing the Canadian Maritime Provinces. The reader rides alongside as they cruise to small and deserted villages, waterfalls and fjords, seeing for themselves the locations that impressed the ‘Sage of Burgeo,’ and assembly the many individuals who name this particular place house.” Birch’s “A New Balance” additionally got here in second within the Boat Initiatives, Renovations, and Retrofits class sponsored by Boats Group.
Hugo Kugiya gained first prize within the Boating Points, Information, and Evaluation class sponsored by Mercury Marine for his story “Leaping on the Starwagon,”[ https://www.sailmagazine.com/gear/starlink-how-high-speed-internet-for-boats-is-changing-sailing] on Starlink and the rise of related crusing. Mentioned judges, “this well-researched article delivers a compelling examine a really breakthrough growth being superior by sailors in ports and waterways all through the world.”
Norris Comer took first in Girls in Boating sponsored by Yamaha Marine Enterprise Unit/Yamaha Watercraft for “Sails Like a Girl Lives Like a Wolf,” which the judges mentioned “captures the essence of concern, bravery, and all of the feelings that lay between. I felt related to the topic and part of her world.”
Boating Pictures sponsored by Duree & Co. acknowledged two SAIL contributors: Charles Scott and Nick Croken for a 3rd place and benefit award respectively, and Stephen Titus got here in third within the Boating Adventures class sponsored by Yamaha Marine Group together with his “Father Watch Son Watch.”
SAIL acquired 17 awards in complete and gained first prize in 5 of sixteen classes, making it 2024’s most celebrated marine publication by each metrics. “I’m very, very pleased with our writers and photographers,” says Clarke. “They do such nice work.”
“We’re not an enormous journal with a large employees, however our editors and contributors are among the hardest working folks on the market. Below Wendy’s management SAIL has actually come into its personal,” says Mullan. “It’s so particular to have our work acknowledged by our friends as among the finest writing the business has to supply.”
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