Practical Boat Owner
A boat by any other name...
Luck, skill, automation, craftsmanship
3 min |
Summer 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Not half good
Americans have taken boat upcycling and recycling to another level
3 min |
Summer 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Laser Tools electric fluid extraction
Lack of access means that, unlike cars and most other road vehicles, oil changes for inboard marine engines usually involve sucking the old oil out through the dipstick tube.
1 min |
Summer 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Caring for anodes
Tips from the experts at boatcare for checking and replacing anodes
6 min |
Summer 2025
Practical Boat Owner
How to be more fuel efficient
Jake Kavanagh looks at how the shipping sector saves fuel and how this is filtering down into the leisure motorboat market
5 min |
Summer 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Check black water pump or risk sinking
Gilbert Park shares lessons learned from a messy job that may have saved his boat during a French cruising holiday
4 min |
Summer 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Cutting new teeth
Dick Everitt takes a DIY approach to make multitool blades last a little bit longer
1 min |
Summer 2025
Practical Boat Owner
How to bend acrylic
Andy Pag discovers that replacing the curved saloon windows of his Lagoon 410 is far from straightforward
6 min |
Summer 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Freedom sail
Bill Barna cruises in company to Guernsey, Jersey, France and back
9 min |
Summer 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
AQUAHOLIC
Nick Burnham: Having a superyacht is like having a private jet whereas my boat feels more like owning a Cessna at a local airfield - the joy comes from piloting it yourself
2 min |
July 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
OPEN BOAT
The rise in popularity of the hardtop sportscruiser is not difficult to understand.
7 min |
July 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
SILENT NIGHTS
Are the days of noisy generators numbered? Thanks to Fathom’s e-Power system and Integrel’s new ‘super’ alternator, there is a quieter, cleaner alternative. Hugo Andreae investigates
4 min |
July 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
CRANCHI ZAFFIRO 34
Cranchi is not shy when it comes to expressing the romantic side of things. \"Builders of Yachts, Creators of Beauty\" purrs its website, as if dripping honey.
7 min |
July 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
BOAT CUISINE
Phil Sampson discovers an eatery that's in tune with Queen Victoria
2 min |
July 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
BENETEAU ANTARES 9
Is this revamped Series 2 Beneteau the most versatile €160,000 boat you can buy?
6 min |
July 2025
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
AIATA WAY FINDER 38
We head for Istanbul to sea trial Aiata's first ever boat
8 min |
July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
ONBOARD CREATURE COMFORTS
Enhancing your yacht’s comfort isn't just about luxury – it’s about making your time on the water more enjoyable, practical and stress-free, writes Susannah Hart
4 min |
July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Imray to continue paper charts after new deal with Austrian cartographer
Centuries-old nautical publisher Imray and Austrian cartographic specialist Freytag & Berndt (FB) have signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture, which will ensure the continued availability of Imray's highly renowned paper nautical charts.
1 min |
July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Pip Hare joins Canadian Ocean Racing Team
British offshore IMOCA skipper Pip Hare has announced that she'll be racing alongside Canadian skipper Scott Shawyer on Canadian Ocean Racing's Be Water Positive campaign for the 2025 edition of The Ocean Race Europe.
1 min |
July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
SERVICING A WINCH
It's easy to take your winches for granted but regular simple maintenance will increase efficiency and safety
2 min |
July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
World ARC fleet returns after 26,000 miles
The World ARC 2024-25 fleet of 39 yachts arrived on 23 April in Rodney Bay Marina, Saint Lucia, after sailing 26,000 miles over 15 months.
1 min |
July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
FIRST TEST SAARE 41.2
Top-quality boat building with designs refined over years makes this Estonian-built yacht one of the best cruisers you will ever sail, according to Theo Stocker
10 min |
July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
THE PITFALLS AND PLEASURE OF OWNING A CLASSIC YACHT
Jason Beattie's 1938 cutter Cumulus turns heads, but there are some costly realities that come with owning a beautiful piece of history
6 min |
July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
A QUESTION OF SEAMANSHIP
Would you try to bail out or hope to find your way?
2 min |
July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
CA calls for sustainable HVO source material
The UK government is investigating the potential fraudulent use of virgin palm oil in the source material of renewable diesel Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), according to press reports.
1 min |
July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Science, the ocean & me
The big blue is massive. It is so big and deep that our scientists struggle to uncover its secrets. But you and your boat can make a difference, writes citizen science sailor Jon Amtrup
3 min |
July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
VICTORIA 26
When the Comptons went looking for a cruising yacht with pretty lines, they lucked out with this barn find
10+ min |
July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
UK bans EU meat and dairy imports; French ports of entry confirmed
Crew on yachts sailing from the EU and other European countries now face extended restrictions on bringing a range of meat and dairy items into the UK as the government attempts to stop the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).
2 min |
July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Being kind to fellow sailors
Driving down to Greece this spring with a car full of bits for Skylax was a bit of a shock to the system.
2 min |
July 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Historic Thames sailing barge Lady Daphne goes home
A small crew from Kent set sail from Cornwall in April to return the historic Thames sailing barge Lady Daphne to her birthplace - the River Medway, some 400 miles away.
1 min |