Practical Boat Owner
Calm day antics
Getting close to seabirds, achieving a level horizon... and not dropping the camera
3 min |
September 2023
Practical Boat Owner
A narrow escape
Dave struggles to remember why owning a classic boat is such a privilege...
2 min |
September 2023
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY.
With the level of boating luxury he desired out of his financial grasp, David Vandyke had resigned himself to a boat-free life... until he read an MBY feature about shared ownership
8 min |
September 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Sinking pontoons and a twisted knee
John Latham experiences an inauspicious start to his cruise from Dublin to Northern Ireland when hit by gale force winds in harbour
7 min |
September 2023
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
SUNSEEKER SUPERHAWK 55
After a 14-year hiatus the Superhawk is back this time tapping into the trend for luxury open dayboats. But does the go-fast spirit of the original live on? Editor Hugo gives his verdict
8 min |
September 2023
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
BOAT CUISINE
Ever heard of a huffer? Nor had Phil Sampson, but he has now!
2 min |
September 2023
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
FIND ME A SECONDHAND...RIVER BOAT
Offshore boats can certainly venture upstream, but dedicated river boats are optimised for inland cruising. So this month, we are back on the river, decked out in a straw boater and striped blazer, glass of Pimm’s in hand (once safely moored for the afternoon, of course).
6 min |
September 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Diesel heat exchanger and manifold repair
Barry Pickthall explains how he carried out engine repairs on a budget after a couple of years of Covid lockdown neglect
3 min |
September 2023
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
BUYING A USED...GRANDEZZA 34
With more than 76,000 islands, 56,000 lakes and 300,000 kilometres of coastline, the Finns are never far from water. Unsurprising then that they should make best use of it, with traditions ranging from the downright peculiar (eg: washing their rugs in the brackish water of the Baltic) to building some of the finest vessels afloat. In fact, the nation’s boatbuilding prowess knows no bounds; from the 250,000 GT Icon of the Seas passenger liner right the way down to Finnmaster’s petite 5.5m Husky R5.
5 min |
September 2023
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
LIFE ON THE OPEN ROAD
Andrew Wilson-Bett explains why trailer boating is the best fun you can have
2 min |
September 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
FIRST TEST - X-YACHTS X4³
X-Yachts' latest model promises to be a fast passage-making cruising boat that's fun and engaging to sail but won't scare your socks off. Theo Stocker went to find out how well the X4³ toes the line
10+ min |
August 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
A GUIDE TO HAVING YOUR BOAT DELIVERED (OR HELPING DELIVER ONE)
If you need help getting your boat from A to B after a purchase or for a cruise, a delivery crew might be the solution,
10+ min |
August 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
FROM LOCKDOWN ΤΟ LOCK MANIA
Nic Compton and assorted crew members lock into the French canal network from the Channel to the Mediterranean
8 min |
August 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
The lessons we should not forget
Sailors have famously short memories. Arriving in New Caledonia after blast-reaching in near gale conditions up from New Zealand, we had that slightly wild-eyed, salty-haired look that comes with an eventful passage. And we weren’t even meant to be in New Caledonia. A weather forecast shortly after setting out from Opua showed a low forming just off these islands, deepening rapidly and moving eastwards. Our planned passage up to Fiji would have meant we would effectively be ‘racing’ this weather system to Fiji. Our ETAs would be pretty much equal. Not good.
2 min |
August 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
My boat is a welcome retreat
Tracey and I have just commenced construction of our very own Grand Designs in so much as we are self building a long dreamed of off-grid house in our little corner of Cornwall. It’s cool to be using technology that we used to test and develop during the early days of short-handed racing.
2 min |
August 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
THE ARCTIC IS CHANGING COLOUR
Tobias Carter launched the Unu Mondo project to document climate change in the Arctic. His article was runner-up for the 2022 Brian Black Memorial Award
9 min |
August 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
'THE ORCAS SHOOK THE BOAT LIKE A TOY'
Theo Wakefield’s boat was significantly damaged and his nerves shaken after an encounter with orcas off Portugal
7 min |
August 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
TESTED EWINCHER ELECTRIC WINCH HANDLE - £2,099
Designed for yachts from 30 to 60 feet, Ewincher is an electrically assisted winch handle recently upgraded and relaunched with more power and longer battery life.
2 min |
August 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
HOW TO NAVIGATE 'ORCA ALLEY'
In the last three years, orcas have started 'attacking' yachts on their way through the Gibraltar Straits. James Kenning looks at how to minimise the risk
10+ min |
August 2023
Yachting World
SHAKING UP THE INDUSTRY
THE BIGGEST TRANSFORMATION OF BOATBUILDING - AND THE WIDER MARINE INDUSTRY IN OUR LIFETIME IS UNDER WAY, WITH THE DRIVE TO ELIMINATE CARBON EMISSIONS AND USE COMPOSITES TH THAT CAN BE RECYCLED INTO A NEW BOAT. RUPERT HOLMES VISITS THOSE YARDS SPEARHEADING THE CHANGE
10+ min |
August 2023
Yachting World
EXTRAORDINARY BOATS
SEAN MCNEILL ON MALIZIA-SEAEXPLORER
7 min |
August 2023
Yachting World
SPECIAL REPORT
ANNABEL FINDING ON CRUISING IN TÜRKIYE
7 min |
August 2023
Yachting World
GEAR FOCUS
TAKING THE OIL OUT OF OILIES: SAM FORTESCUE ON ECO FOULIES
8 min |
August 2023
Yachting World
SWAN STYLE
CAN A MODERN FAST CRUISER BE ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE? TOBY HODGES TRIALLED THE FIRST SWAN 55 TO FIND OUT IF NAUTOR'S DECADES OF EXPERIENCE CAN ACHIEVE SUCH A FEAT
10 min |
August 2023
Yachting World
MAKING A BREAK FOR IT
WANT TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD WITHOUT RETIRING? MAX GOODMAN AND CHARLOTTE BRANNSTROM ON HOW THEY ACHIEVED THEIR DREAM AS ‘CAREER BREAK’ CRUISERS
10+ min |
August 2023
Yachting World
VOYAGE OF THE AEGRE
A YOUNG COUPLE SURVIVES A SEEMINGLY HOPELESS SITUATION WHEN THEIR 21FT CLINKER YACHT IS ROLLED MID-PACIFIC
8 min |
August 2023
Yachting World
CALLING THE SHOTS
TERRY HUTCHINSON IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST TACTICIANS, BUT HE'S YET TO ACHIEVE HIS ULTIMATE AMBITION. SEAN MCNEILL FINDS OUT WHAT IT TAKES TO CALL THE SHOTS AT THE TOP
9 min |
August 2023
Yachting World
CITY OF WATER
PHIL AND ROXY JOHNSON ENJOY A MEMORABLE CRUISE TO VENICE, EXPLORING THE ‘CITY OF LOVE’ BY BOAT
8 min |
August 2023
Yachting World
5 EXPERT TIPS
ROBERT STANJEK ON TACKING
4 min |
August 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Hull design HOW IT IMPACTS PERFORMANCE
Peter Poland explains how hull design has evolved over the years and how this affects boat handling and accommodation
10+ min |