Boating-Sailing
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
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
MAD DOGS + ENGLISHMEN
Yorkshireman Ian Furby enjoys a magical week-long cruise around the Solent, including one of its most eccentric annual events
9 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
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
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
ULTIMATE BALEARICS BOAT
David Ross takes delivery of Europe's first Schaefer V44
4 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
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
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
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
BOAT CUISINE
Phil Sampson soaks up the tropical vibe... in Chichester Harbour
2 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
ABSOLUTE NAVETTA 62
This latest iteration will plug the gap between the new 58 and the forthcoming 66 - could it be the best Navetta yet?
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
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
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
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
PARDO 43
Very few boat-building formulas feel as clear and recognisable as Pardo's.
1 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
GRAND BANKS 54
It's been a while since we've seen a Grand Banks at a UK boat show and in that time a lot has changed.
1 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
COCKWELLS DUCHY 25
The Southampton show was awash with mass market sportsboats offering plenty of pace and space but none of them could match the charm of this compact British-built compact cruiser. Based on the hull of the popular Duchy 27 but modified to take an outboard engine and reconfigured as a more open day boat/weekender, it has much the same appeal as its larger siblings but in a smaller more affordable package.
1 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
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
BIGGER LONG-RANGE PRINCESSES
Princess Yachts is making a dramatic return to the 30-40m sector with a new range of semi-custom superyachts.
1 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
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
NEW FAIRLINE TARGA 55
Fairline has revealed details of its first new boat since it was bought by new investors earlier this year. The Targa 55 GTO is based on the hull and engineering platform of the award-winning Squadron 58 but boasts a stylish new superstructure in keeping with its sportscruiser heritage.
2 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
KEEPING WATCH THE AI WAY
Why SEA.AI's new virtual watchkeeper could be a game-changer for boat owners of all types and sizes
4 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
BAYLINER C21
While a great many of the world's builders seem to be distancing themselves from the affordable end of the market, it's great to see Bayliner living up to its reputation as the people's champion. Because here, in the form of the new C21, we have a sporting outboard-powered cuddy that comes in (albeit in base form) at less than £50,000 on the water, including tax.
1 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
SUNSEEKER XS2000
COOL RATING BRILLIANTLY BONKERS
2 min |
December 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
WESTONS POINT 27
LOA: 27ft 0in (8.24m) BEAM: 8ft 7in (2.62m) ENGINES: 2 x 50hp outboard TOP SPEED: 20 knots PRICE: From £250,000 ex VAT CONTACT: info@tradeship.co.uk
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
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
USE A SAFETY LINE
Asafety line or tether is one of those items you often see in the chandlers but rarely on a motor boat.
3 min |