Motor Boat & Yachting UK
40 YEARS YOUNG
When Stuart Potts fell for a 1985 Fairline 36 Sedan in 2013 little did he know he'd be celebrating his 40th wedding anniversary and its 40th birthday with a stunning retro refit
7 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
PRESTIGE F4.3
Can Prestige's smallest F-Line flybridge really deliver the goods at just 43ft?
7 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
BENETEAU SWIFT TRAWLER 30
While a significant number of armchair experts insist the name “Trawler Yacht” has been adopted from the fishing industry to reflect the traditional trawler’s range, stability and durability, others (like me) disagree.
5 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
MARINA GROUPS MERGE
Premier Marinas has bought the Boatfolk chain of marinas, making it the UK and Europe's biggest marina group. Funded by the Wellcome Foundation, Premier's owner, the deal sees the combined business running 22 marinas and almost 10,000 berths around the UK. For comparison, the next biggest marina group, MDL, has 18 sites in the UK and one in Spain totalling 7,000 berths.
1 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
BOAT SHOW SUCCESS
Visitors and exhibitors largely approved of the changes to this year's Southampton Boat Show (Sept 19-28) albeit with one major reservation. As well as being a week later than usual and noticeably smaller, the layout of both the marina and onshore exhibits were revised to improve the flow of visitors around the show.
2 min |
December 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
REPLACING A RAW WATER PUMP
Andrew Simpson explains the best way to complete a straightforward yet essential onboard maintenance job...
1 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
NEW AXOPAR 38
Axopar has released the first renderings of the boat that will soon replace its much-loved 37. The new 38 will make its public debut at the Düsseldorf show in January when full details of the pricing will also be confirmed.
1 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
AQUAHOLIC
Nick Burnham: After a few calls and emails I had a Grand Plan. We were game on!
2 min |
December 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
GET THE BEST FROM YOUR SAILS
High-tech laminate sails sound appealing but conventional woven sails remain a better all-round option for cruising – as long as you take care of them...
8 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
OCKELBO B25 CAB
Making its UK debut in Southampton was the new flagship model from Ockelbo - a brand designed and built by longstanding Swedish aluminium sportsboat specialist, Anytec. As you would expect then, it's built entirely from aluminium but while Anytecs are slick, high-performance sportsboats, the new Ockelbo is very much the rough, tough, multipurpose, four-season cruiser.
1 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
FOUR WINNS TH33
Hot on the heels of last year’s TH36 is a pair of new Four Winns powercats - the TH38, which is an update on the 36, and the TH33, which seems to adopt much the same approach as the larger boats.
1 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
NORD STAR 49+
Being one of the best established builders of offshore pilothouse cruisers in Finland, Nord Star is well equipped to adapt its boats in line with custom requests - and that was eminently clear at the Southampton Boat Show.
1 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
BAVARIA VIDA
We've seen Bavaria's new Vida before but never quite in the configuration exhibited at the Southampton Boat Show.
2 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
PARDO 43
Very few boat-building formulas feel as clear and recognisable as Pardo's.
1 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
DEBUT CRUISE
Tim Steel and his family take their new Dale Classic 37 on its first proper cruise
4 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
ALL-WEATHER BOAT
When I was a small boy, my grandfather explained to me that, as you get older, so time speeds up and the years become shorter.
6 min |
December 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'
Technology has transformed sailing, but was the past better or worse? Andy Du Port shares his views
10+ min |
December 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
A WALK IN THE PARK?
The first chapter of Tom Cunliffe's new novel opens with a bang as the hero's boat, Dream of Olwen, smashes into a semi-submerged container. She is badly holed. Will a temporary sleeping-bag repair and the engine-driven pump be enough to save her?
4 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
ARKSEN DISCOVERY 8
Is Arksen's first ever RIB the adventure boat it needs to be?
6 min |
December 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
ADVENTURE FOREVER CHANGED
Anchored in a quiet loch on the west coast of Scotland, Katherine Knight discovered the seabed was barren mud. She raised a small community and set out to replant the underwater desert with life-giving seagrass
7 min |
December 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
RUNNER-UP VICTORIA WADDINGTON, AGE 9 'COMPASS JELLYFISH'
On our holiday in the Isle of Wight, me and my mum decided to go down to the beach.
1 min |
December 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
FIRST TEST DUFOUR 48
Can a boat this big and muscular be fun and even nimble to sail as well as comfortable to live aboard? Theo Stocker went to find out
9 min |
December 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
OUR CHANGING SEAS
Lost or discarded fishing gear is one of the most harmful forms of ocean pollution.
1 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
SUNSEEKER XS2000
COOL RATING BRILLIANTLY BONKERS
2 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
TRIM A BOAT
Trimming your vessel correctly is vital for comfort, economy, seakeeping and ultimately safety. Good hull design usually requires very little trim from the helm to keep the ride comfortable. However, having the ability to affect the trim both fore and aft as well as side to side is great for altering the attitude of your boat to the sea. In a perfect world as you accelerate your well designed, perfectly balanced boat to its planing speed, the shape of the hull will naturally lift it onto the plane, allowing it to skim over the top of the water with the boat's weight supported evenly on the surface.
3 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
WATERPROOF JACKETS
Searching for the perfect Offshore jacket? We put half a dozen to the test to make your decision easier
8 min |
December 2025
Practical Boat Owner
BARRY PERRINS: 'I bought the boat and lived the dream'
After nine years of circumnavigating the globe, the 'old Seadog' tells Laura Hodgetts he's home to get patched up and a pension
5 min |
December 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Holy Island by trailer-sailer
Frank Sibly enjoys coastal hopping from Northumberland's Seahouses to Scotland's Dunbar Harbour
7 min |
December 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Should I use composite wood?
Ask the experts
3 min |
December 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Boats for the Dutch inland seas
In the first article of a new series, Phil Clandillon looks at the best second-hand yachts for sailing popular cruising grounds; this month, the Dutch inland seas and waterways
10+ min |