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David Harding of Sailing Scenes is a yachting photographer whose work regularly appears in and on books, magazines, newspapers, brochures, web sites and exhibition displays.

In addition to his photographic work, David writes boat tests and technical articles, and is principal boat tester of Britain's biggest-selling yachting magazine, Practical Boat Owner. He has sailed, raced, rowed or motored over 250 types of boat, from inflatable tenders to RIBs, power boats, sailing dinghies, keelboats, multihulls and offshore yachts.

He came into his current line of work after a career that included time with boat yards, riggers and charter companies, crewing on ocean voyages (including four Atlantic crossings in the early 1980s), running his own sailing school, and a spell as sales manager with Sadler Yachts.

Although most of his time afloat is now spent working, David is a former dinghy national champion and continues to race periodically - occasionally still managing to point boats in the right direction. In 2005, he was joint winner of the RYA UK Media Sailing Challenge, sailed in Laser Picos at the London Boat Show, and later in the year skippered and helmed the winning entry in the Marine Industry Regatta, sailed in Sun Fast 37s.

A to Z of marine photography

Although this web site principally portrays regatta photography, David's work covers all aspects of life afloat, cruising as well as racing. He maintains an extensive A - Z archive of production yachts, from Alacrities to Zyklons, which has been widely used by book and magazine publishers on both sides of the Atlantic..