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The British Yachting Awards winners were announced at a ceremony at the Royal Thames Yacht Club, Knightsbridge, on 28 November, with the winners including the best sailors, boats, kit, marinas and events of 2023.
While our editorial team puts together the shortlists, each winner is decided by public vote and, after six weeks of voting, we counted around 18,000 votes in all. Thank you to everybody who voted – categories can be decided by a handful of votes, so every vote counts!
The shortlists for each category were published in our November 2023 issue and nominations included some of the biggest brands and most famous names in sailing, as well as burgeoning marine companies, along with amateur yachtsmen and youth sailors.
A roomful of sailing VIPs gathered at the Royal Thames YC for the ceremony – an audience ranging from solo circumnavigators and Olympians, to naval architects and boat builders, to weekend sailors and some of our subscribers who took advantage of the opportunity to pay for a ticket.
Presenter and host was Sailing Today regular, TV presenter and author, Paul Heiney. The evening’s guest speaker was Kate Fortnam, Campaigns Manager of the Green Blue environmental initiative and she spoke passionately on sustainability. There
