BRITISH YACHTING AWARDS: THE WINNERS

Your votes have been counted in the 2020 British Yachting Awards. Here are the winners

BRITISH YACHTING AWARDS 2020

2020 has been a year like no other but, if anything, it has underlined the importance of celebrating the positives. And over the next six pages there is no lack of positives. Despite the pandemic, the marine industry and sailing community gave us boats, kit and sailing achievements of the highest quality. Our annual British Yachting Awards seeks to recognise the greatest achievements of the year and uniquely the winners are decided by public vote. It is this that makes the Awards a vital celebration of the best the cruising and racing world has to offer – covering every aspect of sailing from the finest young racing sailor on the scene to the latest bluewater cruising yacht. We published our shortlist in October and since then you have voted in greater numbers than ever before on our dedicated awards website. We’d like to thank every one of the record 31,000 people who voted. It’s surely a testament not only to the huge level of interest in the industry but also the sheer quality of boats and kit, plus the truly admirable achievements.

All the categories have been voted for by you, the honourable exception being the Lifetime Achievement Award, which is selected by our expert panel. We’re sure you’ll agree that this year’s pick is a truly worthy winner.

Congratulations to all.

MULTIHULL OF THE YEAR

OUTREMER 55

RUNNER UP: DRAGONFLY 40