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
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
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
Yachting Monthly UK
In the chilly footsteps of giants
Whilst the sun makes its way south to drown us in clouds of leaves and darkening skies, so we have had cause to shut down for the winter.
2 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
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
DEBUT CRUISE
Tim Steel and his family take their new Dale Classic 37 on its first proper cruise
4 min |
December 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
ARC rally more connected than ever for its 40th edition
Around 900 participants from over 30 different countries are expected to set off from Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, for the 2025 Atlantic Rally for Cruisers's 40th edition.
1 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
Yachting Monthly UK
Sailing the Saronic Gulf
After exploring the Ionian, Gwynneth and Andrew Page wanted more challenging sailing. They opted to join a flotilla exploring the Saronic Gulf
4 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
SUNSEEKER XS2000
COOL RATING BRILLIANTLY BONKERS
2 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
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
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
BOAT CUISINE
Phil Sampson soaks up the tropical vibe... in Chichester Harbour
2 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
PRESTIGE F4.3
Can Prestige's smallest F-Line flybridge really deliver the goods at just 43ft?
7 min |
December 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Hanse 360
Theo Stocker takes Hanse's new big little cruiser out in a Force 5 to see whether she is as easily driven as her predecessors
10 min |
December 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Preparing your yacht's systems
Will Spencer explains how to prepare your boat for sailing offshore and the regular checks all sailors should make
10+ min |
December 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Sailing the Shallows
This is a real gem; Roger Barnes's love letter to small boat coastal cruising, packed full of his own voyages up creeks and into forgotten harbours, along with so many handy practical and seamanship tips for sailing dinghies.
1 min |
December 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Being better seen at night
Nicholas Koligiannis lights up his yacht's mast
1 min |