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Currents Photo Contest 2023

Barb Peck

Hoku Pa'a
Niagara 35
October 19th, 2023

I am happy to announce that the popular Currents Cover Photo Contest is happening again this year.  Our monthly “PDF” publication needs the best photos of your boats to grace its covers for 2024!

In addition to the chance to show off beautiful boats and great photography skills, winners will receive Currents credits towards their membership fees. So, if you are a BCA member in good standing, please submit the best, recent photos of your vessel.

A panel of judges, drawn from the Currents team and representing each chapter, will select the 12 winning shots that will make the monthly covers of Currents in 2024.

Now that many BCA members are offshore enjoying bluewater cruising, we look forward to seeing some of those exotic places, but photos taken in any location are welcome.

The process for submitting and some of the rules have changed this year, so please read the instructions carefully!

Contest Rules and Instructions

It is important that you follow these rules and instructions for submission or we will not be able to include your photo in the contest:

  • You must be a BCA member in good standing
  • Deadline for submissions: November 30, 2023
  • You can submit up to three photos
    • There will be 12 different winners; no individual will have more than one of their three photos selected
  • Photo requirements:
    • Orientation: Portrait (longest side in vertical direction)
    • Resolution: 900×1200 pixels or higher resolution
    • Format: JPEG
  • How to submit your photo(s):
    • Click on this link to access the contest site (to see full link, see below)
    • You will be prompted to provide a title, your name and your email address for each photo you upload
    • Please do not email your photo to Currents

Winners will:

  • Receive notification mid-December that their photo has been chosen
  • Be asked to provide a brief description of the boat and where the photo was taken. They will also be asked to give permission to publish that information as well as their name.
    • If they do not do this step, we will not be able to use their photo

Contest results will be announced in the January issue of Currents.

So, dig into your photo archives or go out and take a great shot of your boat! We are really looking forward to seeing your entries!

Link to upload submissions:  https://pollunit.com/en/polls/kexj0pnkekzyx8ts0ypnra

Thanks to Bjarne Hansen for the photo.

About The Author

Barb Peck

Hoku Pa'a
Niagara 35

Barb Peck was introduced to sailing as a teenager when she joined the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets. Later, she and partner Bjarne honed their boating skills together, taking courses and gaining experiences on sailboats of gradually increasing sizes. Their first extended cruising was in Ontario’s beautiful North Channel on Summer Fling, a Mirage 26. From 2004-2006 Barb and Bjarne sailed the South Pacific on Freya, their 30' Hunter-Vogel. More recently, they enjoyed cruising in Mexico on Hoku Pa’a, their Niagara 35. Barb is part of the BCA mentor program, has been a participant on several panel presentations through BCA, helped to organize the first Women on Water conference, and is now Managing Editor for Currents.

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