Over the past 15 weeks we have been keeping ourselves busy in the off season with a photo competition of the best F18 shots our Facebook followers have to offer.

Today we crowned Clay & Alyx Selsmeyer of the Catamaran Racing Association of Wisconsin as our champions. Starting in mid-November we cycled through 7 rounds; one each for the 7 active F18 manufacturer. Each round consisted of a week for our followers to submit their best photos and a week for the photos to be voted on. At the end of 2 weeks we declared winners for each model offered by that particular manufacture. By the beginning of February we had 12 winning photos from sailors around the world and once again our followers choose their favorite.

Along the way we had some great help from our sponsors. Goodall Designs sent a set of T-shirts to Dalton Tebo & John Casey for winning their round. Clay & Alyx walk away with jackets from NACRA Tech for winning their manufacture round, as well as Rooster Sailing Gear buoyancy aids for winning our championship round.

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The Photos

By order of votes received in our final round, here are all of our winning photos from our competition.

Clay & Alyx Selsmeyer (USA) – Overall Winners and NACRA Infusion Winners
Lucy & Dean Nissen (AUS) – Windrush Edge Winners
Sandra Sandqvist & Simon Skoog (SWE) – Goodall/AHPC Capricorn Winners
John Casey & Dalton Tebo (USA) – Goodall/AHPC C2 Winners
Chris Boag & Tom Salt (AUS) – Cirrus R Winners
J-B Fig & Emric Dary (FRA) – Hobie Wildcat Winners
Team MEXT Babino (FRA) – Cirrus R2 Winners
Andrew & Kerrie Driver (AUS) – Hobie Tiger Winners
John Casey & Dalton Tebo (USA) – Falcon Marine Winners
James Hulderman & MaryClaire Kiernan (USA) – NACRA F18 Winners
Luke Ramsay & Sam Carter (USA) – eXploder Scorpion Winners
Todd Riccardi & Paul Wakelin (USA/GRB) – NACRA Evolution Winners