My email is monacoyachts@gmail.com
Feel free to email me with a comment, correction or request.
Bear in mind though that monacoeye doesn't sell or charter boats or boat equipment, and really isn't qualified to give advice - this is just a photo site.
We're not a crew agency either, so no point in sending in your CV if you're looking for a job on a boat…
Photo Sales
All photos on this site are available for sale (licensing). Not "en masse" to another website though.
My photos, and some of guest photographers, have been published in a wide range of top-quality international titles.
Photo editors and researchers find working with me is very easy and quick. I have often been able to supply crucial photos within hours of a request, in time for publication. Though, of course, I appreciate as much advance warning as possible!
Use the search box on the left, or the Alphabetical Index (which is usually a month or two out of date), to see if the yacht you are looking for is featured on this site.
Contact me for details or make me an offer with a specific request. Full contact details will be sent to any genuine request. We can't send out photos for free, though, unfortunately !
Resolution quality has increased greatly since we started in 2005. Here's a 20 megapixel sample photo taken in August 2008 (4 Mb - reduced file size for web).
We have many excellent photos which we don't have time to post on this site, so if you're an editor looking for something in particular, just ask.
Submit a photo
Original photos are welcome. Instructions here
Copyright
Most photos on this site are taken by myself - if there's no photographer's name it's the property of monacoeye.
An increasing number of photos are sent in by guest photographers.
I hold the copyright to all my photos on this site.
Guest photographers are always attributed and hold full copyright for their own photos.
What you can't do
Do not make copies of photos.
Do not take photos from this site and then repost them on another site.
Do not distribute or sell my photos in any way.
Do not alter or crop any photo on this site.
Do not hotlink directly to jpgs
What you can do
Do paste links on forums, web pages or emails to pages (not directly to photos) on this site. I appreciate the extra visitors!
I don't mind if you store a single copy of any photo on your personal hard drive, if you're making a personal collection of images for personal, not commercial, use. That seems like fair use to me. Just don't make extra copies or distribute them.
Examples of good links
http://yachts.monacoeye.com/yachtsbysize/pages/ecstasea01.html
http://yachts.monacoeye.com/index.php
You can paste any link which ends .html or .php in any forum, web page etc.
Please do not link directly to photos: links ending .jpg
I rely on the goodwill of everybody involved. If these terms are abused I may have to take my photos offline. Thanks.
Disclaimer
Although I strive for perfection, inevitably mistakes creep in.
That's why I need your help to make things better. If you find a mistake please either leave a comment or email me with a correction. I am always very grateful for feedback of this kind as I really don't like the idea of having a page containing mistakes just sitting there.
So apologies in advance for errors in yacht descriptions. Just treat them as a rough guide and expect mistakes. If a mistake is pointed out I'll try to correct it.
Comments
Monacoeye is not responsible for any comments made by individuals in a comments window. Their opinions are entirely their own. I do have the ability to edit comments, however, and will remove any comment on request.
Feel free to paste links to your website or business in any comments window.
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About this site
This site started in late 2005 as a personal site for yacht photography. It soon grew to such an extent that it now features photos of most megayachts in the world. It's had millions of page views and sells photos to the yacht industry and top quality publications around the world. It's visited by anyone interested in yachts, including builders, designers, engineers, brokers, yacht owners, crew, journalists and, of course, yachtspotters, photographers and enthusiasts.
But it's still really just a personal site. I enjoy sharing my photos and those sent in by yacht photographers around the world. I like reading the comments left by visitors to the site. It's a lot of work but a lot of fun - I hope to keep building the site with the help of photographers and spotters around the world.