| YEAR | WINNER | VESSEL/NAME | LINK |
| 2025 | Not awarded | Not awarded | |
| 2024 | David Johnson | Anchor Handling Vessel "Wimpey Seahunter" | (click) |
| 2023 | Not Awarded | ||
| 2022 | Stephen Agar | Anchor Handling Tug "Bobs Fault" | (click) |
| 2021 | Stephen Agar | Work Barge "Hood" | (click) |
| 2020 | Coronavirus | Covid-19 | |
| 2019 | Andrew Bailey | Narrowboat "Mary Ellen" | |
| 2018 | Tom Pearce | Corvette "HMS Bryony" | |
| 2017 | John Hodgson | Harbour Tug "Sea Trojan" | (click) |
| 2016 | Nick Kendall | Trawler | |
| 2015 | Warren Harding | Ton class "HMS Soberton" | |
| 2014 | Stephen Agat | Work boat "Rebecca M" | |
| 2013 | Bob Smith | Assurance Class Tug "W142" | (click) |
| 2012 | Nick Kendall | E-Boat | |
| 2011 | Bob Allison | Vietnam Gunboat | (click) |
| 2010 | Mike Nisbet | Armed Trawler | |
| 2009 | Warren Harding | HMS MI5 | |
| 2008 | Glenn Cook | 1947 Mahogany Utility | |
| 2007 | Alan Robinson | Skeleton Crew | |
| 2006 | Mike Nisbet | WWII Freighter "FT Wellpark" | |
| 2005 | Howard Winfield | RNXS Archer Class Patrol Boat | |
| 2004 | Peter Pratt | Schooner "Argus" | |
| 2003 | Allan Birkin | Tid Tug "Oco" | |
| 2002 | Stephen Agar | Alice Rose | |
