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Currents Cover Photo Contest 2025

Barb Peck

Hoku Pa'a
Niagara 35
November 20th, 2025

It is time for the popular Currents Cover Photo Contest again.  Our monthly “PDF” publication needs great photos to grace its covers for 2026!

Your photos should be clearly related to what BCA is all about; thus, although we are keen to see boats, your image may reflect the BCA vision, mission, or values without actually showing a vessel.

In addition to the chance to show off 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 you have that reflect some of the many wonderful aspects of bluewater cruising.

A panel of judges will select the 12 winning shots that will make the monthly covers of Currents in 2026.

Our organization exists to encourage people to voyage afar, so we are happy to see photos of exotic places – but photos taken in any location are welcome.

Please read the following 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: December 10, 2025
  • You can submit up to three photos
    • There will be 12 different winners; no individual will have more than two 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, or scan the QR code in the image at the top of this article
    • 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
Demonstrating the difference between landscape and portrait orientation

The pdf cover needs a photo that is taller than wide, i.e. portrait.

Winners will:

  • Receive notification later in 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!

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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