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Motor Boat & Yachting UK

Motor Boat & Yachting UK

THE BEST BOAT BARBECUES

Balmy days, sunlight glistening on the water and the ubiquitous waft of a barbecue drifting in on the cool evening air.

10 min  |

July 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK

Motor Boat & Yachting UK

THIS MONTH'S 10

THE 10 KEY BOATING STORIES YOU NEED TO READ

10+ min  |

July 2025
Practical Boat Owner

Practical Boat Owner

Flying the flag for maritime heritage

National Historic Ships UK has appointed four historic vessels from around the country to act as its Flagships of the Year for 2025. The vessels chosen to 'fly the flag' for maritime heritage are:

1 min  |

Summer 2025
Practical Boat Owner

Practical Boat Owner

Plea to properly fund the waterways

Campaigners took a 26-strong flotilla of boats to Westminster to deliver a message to the nation's policy makers about the need to protect the future of Britain's inland waterways.

1 min  |

Summer 2025
Practical Boat Owner

Practical Boat Owner

Not half good

Americans have taken boat upcycling and recycling to another level

3 min  |

Summer 2025
Practical Boat Owner

Practical Boat Owner

Caring for anodes

Tips from the experts at boatcare for checking and replacing anodes

6 min  |

Summer 2025
Practical Boat Owner

Practical Boat Owner

How to bend acrylic

Andy Pag discovers that replacing the curved saloon windows of his Lagoon 410 is far from straightforward

6 min  |

Summer 2025
Practical Boat Owner

Practical Boat Owner

Laser Tools electric fluid extraction

Lack of access means that, unlike cars and most other road vehicles, oil changes for inboard marine engines usually involve sucking the old oil out through the dipstick tube.

1 min  |

Summer 2025
Practical Boat Owner

Practical Boat Owner

Check black water pump or risk sinking

Gilbert Park shares lessons learned from a messy job that may have saved his boat during a French cruising holiday

4 min  |

Summer 2025
Practical Boat Owner

Practical Boat Owner

Cutting new teeth

Dick Everitt takes a DIY approach to make multitool blades last a little bit longer

1 min  |

Summer 2025
Practical Boat Owner

Practical Boat Owner

How to be more fuel efficient

Jake Kavanagh looks at how the shipping sector saves fuel and how this is filtering down into the leisure motorboat market

5 min  |

Summer 2025
Practical Boat Owner

Practical Boat Owner

Freedom sail

Bill Barna cruises in company to Guernsey, Jersey, France and back

9 min  |

Summer 2025
Practical Boat Owner

Practical Boat Owner

Clampdown on liveaboards in Las Palmas marina 'will not affect cruising sailors'

Boat owners are challenging an eviction order from a Canary Islands marina that affects hundreds of local liveaboards ~but visiting sailors and the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) 'are still welcome.'

2 min  |

Summer 2025
Practical Boat Owner

Practical Boat Owner

A boat by any other name...

Luck, skill, automation, craftsmanship

3 min  |

Summer 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK

Motor Boat & Yachting UK

BOAT CUISINE

Phil Sampson discovers an eatery that's in tune with Queen Victoria

2 min  |

July 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK

Motor Boat & Yachting UK

AQUAHOLIC

Nick Burnham: Having a superyacht is like having a private jet whereas my boat feels more like owning a Cessna at a local airfield - the joy comes from piloting it yourself

2 min  |

July 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK

Motor Boat & Yachting UK

SILENT NIGHTS

Are the days of noisy generators numbered? Thanks to Fathom’s e-Power system and Integrel’s new ‘super’ alternator, there is a quieter, cleaner alternative. Hugo Andreae investigates

4 min  |

July 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK

Motor Boat & Yachting UK

OPEN BOAT

The rise in popularity of the hardtop sportscruiser is not difficult to understand.

7 min  |

July 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK

Motor Boat & Yachting UK

AIATA WAY FINDER 38

We head for Istanbul to sea trial Aiata's first ever boat

8 min  |

July 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK

Motor Boat & Yachting UK

CRANCHI ZAFFIRO 34

Cranchi is not shy when it comes to expressing the romantic side of things. \"Builders of Yachts, Creators of Beauty\" purrs its website, as if dripping honey.

7 min  |

July 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK

Motor Boat & Yachting UK

BENETEAU ANTARES 9

Is this revamped Series 2 Beneteau the most versatile €160,000 boat you can buy?

6 min  |

July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK

Yachting Monthly UK

CA calls for sustainable HVO source material

The UK government is investigating the potential fraudulent use of virgin palm oil in the source material of renewable diesel Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), according to press reports.

1 min  |

July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK

Yachting Monthly UK

A QUESTION OF SEAMANSHIP

Would you try to bail out or hope to find your way?

2 min  |

July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK

Yachting Monthly UK

FIRST TEST SAARE 41.2

Top-quality boat building with designs refined over years makes this Estonian-built yacht one of the best cruisers you will ever sail, according to Theo Stocker

10 min  |

July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK

Yachting Monthly UK

Imray to continue paper charts after new deal with Austrian cartographer

Centuries-old nautical publisher Imray and Austrian cartographic specialist Freytag & Berndt (FB) have signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture, which will ensure the continued availability of Imray's highly renowned paper nautical charts.

1 min  |

July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK

Yachting Monthly UK

World ARC fleet returns after 26,000 miles

The World ARC 2024-25 fleet of 39 yachts arrived on 23 April in Rodney Bay Marina, Saint Lucia, after sailing 26,000 miles over 15 months.

1 min  |

July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK

Yachting Monthly UK

THE PITFALLS AND PLEASURE OF OWNING A CLASSIC YACHT

Jason Beattie's 1938 cutter Cumulus turns heads, but there are some costly realities that come with owning a beautiful piece of history

6 min  |

July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK

Yachting Monthly UK

Pip Hare joins Canadian Ocean Racing Team

British offshore IMOCA skipper Pip Hare has announced that she'll be racing alongside Canadian skipper Scott Shawyer on Canadian Ocean Racing's Be Water Positive campaign for the 2025 edition of The Ocean Race Europe.

1 min  |

July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK

Yachting Monthly UK

Science, the ocean & me

The big blue is massive. It is so big and deep that our scientists struggle to uncover its secrets. But you and your boat can make a difference, writes citizen science sailor Jon Amtrup

3 min  |

July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK

Yachting Monthly UK

ONBOARD CREATURE COMFORTS

Enhancing your yacht’s comfort isn't just about luxury – it’s about making your time on the water more enjoyable, practical and stress-free, writes Susannah Hart

4 min  |

July 2025