Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Pascal Bidegorry on board maxi trimaran "Banque Populaire V" ahead of Jules Verne Trophy attempt 2010-11. France, September 2010.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Fred le Peutrec on board maxi trimaran "Banque Populaire V" ahead of Jules Verne Trophy attempt 2010-11. France, September 2010.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Jeremie Beyou on board "BPI" during La Solitaire du Figaro, Port la Foret Le, Brittany, France, 2010. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Jeanne Gregoire trimming on board "Banque Populaire" during La Solitaire du Figaro, Port la Foret Le, Brittany, France, 2010. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Jeff Rotman / Man holds up gold and silver Doubloons recovered from the shipwreck "Las Maravillas", a Spanish galleon sunk in 1658, Bahamas. 1987 Model released.

Onne van der Wal / Man with sunglasses and gold teeth in the Grenadines, Caribbean, February 2010.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter relaxing on sled during Spring journey by dog sled. Thule, Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Sami girl wearing traditional clothes with modern sunglasses. Kautokeino, Norway, 1996.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Norwegian mountaineer preparing the ropes for his climb at Mount Vinson Base Camp. Vinson Massif, Antarctica, January 2006.

Billy Black / Man and girl cruising on the Canal Du Midi near Port de Bram, southern France. July 2009. Model and property released.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Numbered water bottles, sunglasses and suntan lotion in a pocket tidy aboard Maxi yacht "Banque Populaire V", skippered by Pascal Bidegorry, practicing off Cadiz, Spain. March 2009.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Pascal Bidegorry aboard Maxi yacht "Banque Populaire V", practicing off Cadiz, Spain. March 2009.

Rick Tomlinson / "Green Dragon" skipper Ian Walker during in-port race training in Alicante, Spain, for the 10th Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009. For EDITORIAL USE only.

Rick Tomlinson / "Green Dragon" Watch leader Neal Mc Donald (GBR) during in-port race training in Alicante, Spain, for the 10th Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009. For EDITORIAL USE only.

Rick Tomlinson / "Green Dragon" crew and "Puma" (background) in-port race training in Alicante, Spain, for the 10th Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009. For EDITORIAL USE only.

Rick Tomlinson / Jonathan Swain (RSA) of "Telefonica Blue", after finishing fifth on leg one of the 10th Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009, Cape Town, November 2008. For EDITORIAL USE only.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Monohull Open 60ft Imoca "Maisonneuve" skipper Jean-Baptiste Dejeanty. Vendee Globe 2008-2009, Les Sables d'Olonne, France, October 2008

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Michel Desjoyeaux grinding on his trimaran "Geant", Route du Rhum race, September 2006

Benoit Stichelbaut / Crew of inflatable lifeboat on exercise, Mer d'Iroise sea, France, August 2005

Benoit Stichelbaut / Crew of inflatable lifeboat on exercise, Mer d'Iroise sea, France, August 2005

Rick Tomlinson / ICAP "Leopard 3" boat captain, Chris Sherlock, during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 1, halfway round the Island Race, Falmouth to Dickenson Bay anti clockwise.

Staffan Widstrand / Boy in sunglasses and baseball cap, Sweden

Mitsuaki Iwago / Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) female playing with sunglasses, Borneo, Malaysia

Onne van der Wal / Bowman onboard a classic boat attaching the genoa haliard ready for the hoist.

Rick Tomlinson / Skipper Kevin Shoebridge of "Team Tyco" arrives in Cape Town to finish forth on the first leg of Volvo Ocean Race, 2001-2002.

Rick Tomlinson / Paul Cayard, Whitbread Race.

Rick Tomlinson / Crew on the 180ft Hoek Design Superyacht "Adele".

Onne van der Wal / Man holding fish bait on a hook and line, Guatemala.

Barry Bland / British men's coxless four heat with Pinsent, Coode, Cracknell and Williams, Olympic Games 2004, Athens, Greece. 14th August 2004. Editorial Use Only.

Barry Bland / Australia v China, beach volleyball, Olympic Games 2004, Athens, Greece. 16th August 2004. Editorial Use Only.

Rick Tomlinson / Dennis Conner, skipper of "Toshiba" in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997.

Rick Tomlinson / Kate Pettibone on the grinder of "Team EF" during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997.

Rick Tomlinson / Yachtswoman helming "EF Language" during the Whitbread Round The World Race, 1997-98.

Rick Tomlinson / Andy Beadsworth and Harold Cudmore on the 41ft "Barlo Plastics" at Cork Week, Ireland, 2000.

Rick Tomlinson / Naval architect, Gerard Dijkstra, has assisted with the refit of many notable classics including the J-Class yachts and "Adix". He is pictured here at Antigua Classics, 1999.

Rick Tomlinson / Alain Gabbay, skipper of Maxi yacht Charles Jourdan that came 6th in the Whitbread Round the World Race 1989-90.

Rick Tomlinson / Mike Barrow, Whitbread Round the World Race.

Onne van der Wal / Round the World record holder Steve Fossett on trimaran "Playstation".