Practical Boat Owner
A birthday kayak!
When dithering about what product to buy, look to a PBO gear test for recommendations
3 min |
November 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Island of dreams
Modern intrusions vie with the trill of oystercatchers close to Dave's dream home
3 min |
November 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Let the wind do the steering
Andrew Simpson looks at pendulum servo self-steering gears, and describes how to get the best out of them
9 min |
November 2025
Practical Boat Owner
How to keep pests at bay
Infestations of insects and other unwanted visitors is an ever present risk, especially in warmer climates, says Rupert Holmes
7 min |
November 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
PRESTIGE F5.7
This second of Prestige's next-generation flybridge cruisers will be making a very welcome debut in Southampton.
1 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
BROOM 42CL
Introduced in 2000 and in production for seven years during which time 49 were built, the 42CL was the largest of Broom’s seagoing CL range when it launched, a range designed to handle offshore duties as well as the inland waterways that was Norfolk Broads based Broom’s stock-in-trade.
1 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
AQUAHOLIC
Nick Burnham: In an era where many boats are looking samey, there's a rich vein to be mined here
2 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
HARDY 45 EUROPEAN
We're willing to bet you won't see anything at the Southampton Boat Show quite like this.
2 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
BAYLINER C21
While most of the world's builders continue to increase boat sizes in search of beefier margins, Bayliner's Southampton stand will be showing a simple 21ft outboard-powered cuddy that every one of us could aspire to own.
1 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
SCILLY SEASON
Simon Ellis continues his three-month long cruise from Poole to the Isles of Scilly, taking in Polperro, Fowey, Falmouth, Porthleven, Mousehole and Land's End
9 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
AZIMUT GRANDE 30M
This Alberto Mancini-designed Azimut is the first to use interior designs from m2atelier so it's no surprise to see that it feels subtly different.
1 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
ARK SEN 85
With the promise of being the 'ultimate long range explorer' we've been hankering to test the Arksen 85 for some time. Did it live up to the boatbuilder's robust adventure credentials?
8 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
VAN DUTCH 75
Even as a 73ft boat with triple IPS engines, seating for 16, sleeping for six, an ensuite crew cabin and a lower lounge and galley, the new flagship of the Van Dutch fleet looks almost exactly the same as a scaled up entry-level 32.
1 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
DELTA 33 COUPÉ
In search of a cooler coupé? Delta might have just the thing...
7 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
BOAT CUISINE
Phil Sampson enjoys a light bite on the Jurassic Coast
2 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
FERRETTI YACHTS 800
Given that this boat sits at the heart of Ferretti's acclaimed flybridge fleet, you would expect it to look and feel like quite a traditional flybridge cruiser but it's also a yacht with plenty of modern design cues.
1 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
SANLORENZO SX120
With a length of 120ft and 270GT of volume, Sanlorenzo's largest-ever crossover yacht is set to be one of the Cannes Yachting Festival's most extraordinary exhibits.
1 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
PERSHING GTX70
Want the kudos of owning a Pershing without the daunting size and complex drivability? Meet the new GTX70...
7 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
MAJESTY 100 TERRACE
Just 12 short months after unveiling the original 100 concept, Majesty Yachts is set to debut the yacht itself in Cannes and Monaco.
1 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
ARCADIA A80
Arcadia Yachts is using the Cannes show to launch its first ever raised pilothouse model, and while it might look similar to the A96, the idea is to offer more cruising freedom.
1 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
FAIRLINE F//LINE 33
Back in 2019, the traditional 'Big Three' UK boat builders all launched what they referred to as 'superboats', having never felt the urge in the past (with the notable exception of Sunseeker).
1 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
JEANNEAU NC33
Launched in the UK at the 2017 Southampton Boat Show, we got our hands on the first one in the country just before it moved into the show on a September day tailor-made to demonstrate the attributes of this adaptable compact cruiser.
1 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
£200 K BOAT
Price challenges are always my favourite to research and write about, so when I hit the internet (and the brokerage pages of MBY, naturally) with a mythical £200,000 burning a boat-sized hole in my pocket it didn't take long to come up with four cracking examples.
1 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
SEALINE F380
Unveiled at the Düsseldorf show in January 2014, the F380 was the very first model launched by the Hanse Group in Germany after it took on the Sealine brand.
1 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
DUCHY 27
Dave Cockwell, the man behind the Cockwells Modern and Classic Boatbuilding yard based just outside Falmouth in Cornwall, summed up the Duchy 27 perfectly.
1 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
BENETEAU SWIFT TRAWLER 54
Making its UK debut at the Southampton Boat Show, the Beneteau Swift Trawler 54 is arguably the best in a very long line of high-volume long-distance cruising boats.
1 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
SUNSEEKER MANHATTAN 68
Making its debut in Southampton will be Sunseeker's updated Manhattan 68 - and it exhibits some very useful upgrades.
1 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
ABSOLUTE 52 FLY
This boat won the 2025 MBY Award for “Best Flybridge under 60ft” because in the context of its sector, it has pretty much no flaws.
1 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
PRINCESS F58
Having enjoyed its world debut at the Düsseldorf Boat Show in January, the new Princess F58 will also be taking centre stage in Southampton.
1 min |
October 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
ADDICTED TO BOATS
You don't have to be loaded to get into boating as Glen Stanford discovered after a chance encounter with a boat-owning colleague
8 min |