LO300 Photo Contest Winners

August 3, 2022

Sailing in Canada has partnered with LOOR for the LO300 presented by driveHG Photo Contest. Our editors picked the top three photos, jointly with LOOR.

First Prize winner receives a bottle of rum plus first second and third place winners receive a PORTS Cruising Guide for when the racing is over.

 

First Place:  no words needed – taken by Joe Leung

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Place: action at the start – taken by John Danahy

LO300 contest 2nd 700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Third Place: Day 3 – taken with a long extension – taken by Martin Rutter

LO300 contest 3rd 700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honourable mentions

 – taken by Joe Leung

LO300 contest honourablemention1 700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 – taken by Christine Bortkiewicz

LO300 contest honourablemention2 640

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PORTS Cruising Guides

PORTS Guides are published by Canadian Yachting Media

Related Articles

  • Sailing Shorts, January 2026 

    Sailing Shorts, January 2026 

    January 8, 2026 Irene McNeil named to the Order of Canada We all know Irene as an enthusiastic promoter of sailing especially encouraging women to participate. Particularly notable has been her advancement of women in Race Management. She is a tireless volunteer, teacher, and administrator of so many of the components of sailing and race… Read More…

  • Book Locker: An Atalaya for Gerry Roufs, Memory Notebook

    Book Locker: An Atalaya for Gerry Roufs, Memory Notebook

    January 8, 2026 by Michèle Cartier, updated edition eBook, Bookelis, 2025. “An Atalaya for Gerry Roufs,” by Michèle Cartier, the companion of the sailor who disappeared at sea in 1997, during the Vendée Globe solo round-the-world race recounts the key moments of the long and arduous search for Gerry’s body following his tragic and widely… Read More…