Barry Pickthall - Journalist and Photographer
Barry Pickthall won the 2008 Whyte & Mackay/YJA Journalist of the Year Award. A respected writer and photographer, he has been covering all aspects of the sport for four decades, twenty of them (1978-1998) as Yachting Correspondent to 'The Times' newspaper. He continues to write exclusively for magazines across Europe, USA, South Africa and Australasia.
Barry moved into writing about sailing after training first as a boatbuilder and later as a naval architect with the British research institute, National Physical Laboratories. He has also fully restored his own classic yacht, the 27ft Rhodes designed 6-tonner, Sea Jay. These experiences give him the knowledge to comment authoritatively on the technical aspects of yacht build, design, maintenance and handling, as well as the lifestyle that surrounds the sport.
He has written 18 sailing related textbooks.
Flyer - The Quest to win the Round the World Race - Stanford Maritime
The Key Facts Book of Sailing - Collins
Blue Water Racing - MacMillan
To Beat the Clipper Ships - Brown Son & Ferguson
Around Alone - The BOC Challenge - Robertsbridge
Ocean Conquest - Little Brown
The British Marine Industry - A century of development and growth - British Marine Federation
No Guts - No Glory - The story of Chay Blyth's first Global Challenge yacht race - Carfax
German Frers - A Passion for Design - John Wiley & Sons
Faster & Faster - Adlard Coles
The Ultimate Guide to Motorboats - Chartwell Books
Lighthouses of North America - Chartwell Books
Blue Water Sailing - Adlard Coles
Int. Sailing Federation - A century of sail - The Times Group
Dinghy Sailing - Start to Finish series - Wiley Nautical
Yachting - Start to Finish series - Wiley Nautical
Motorboating - Start to Finish series - Wiley Nautical
Going Foreign - Cruising abroad for the first time - Adlard Coles
Barry is also Managing Director of PPL Ltd - one of the leading watersports photo agencies in the world, with more than 3 million pictures on file. The Company, based in Sussex, has a drive-in video/photographic studio, and successful design and print management service producing award-winning book designs, brochures, catalogues and interactive web sites.
Barry Pickthall can be contacted at:
PPL Ltd, The Studio, Booker's Yard, The Street, Walberton, Sussex. BN18 0PF England.
Tel: +44 (0)1243 555561 Fax: +44 (0)1243 555562. E.mail: ppl@mistral.co.uk Web: pplmedia.com
