Motor Boat & Yachting UK
THE 10 KEY BOATING STORIES YOU NEED TO READ
This Month's TOP 10
10+ min |
August 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Dreamboats
Travels among the Great Unlaunched
3 min |
August 2023
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
HOLTERMAN XTREME-60
Dutch shipyard Holterman is adding a new 60-footer to its Xtreme range of multi-purpose motoryachts.
1 min |
August 2023
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
EVO R4 XT
When we stepped on board the Evo Yachts R4 XT at the Palma International Boat Show, its chief feature was immediately evident. While it exhibits all the lovely day boating cleanliness of form you would expect, this XT (extended) variant adds a custom aft platform designed specifically for Evo by Besenzoni.
1 min |
August 2023
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
WILLIAMS EVOJET 70
The largest and most sophisticated Williams jet boat to date looks every inch the superyacht tender but does it still possess that special magic that makes its smaller craft such a blast to drive?
5 min |
August 2023
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
HORIZON YACHTS V74
Prolific Asian shipyard, Horizon Yachts, builds everything from power cats and large displacement luxury motoryachts to expedition platforms and authentic superyachts.
2 min |
August 2023
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
TREASURE ISLANDS
A long-held dream to visit the Isles of Scilly in their own boat finally came good for Matt and Jillie Dale but it wasn't without its challenges
7 min |
August 2023
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
SEALINE S390
Is this crossover day boat' the finest to emerge from the modern Sealine stable? Alex Smith suspects it might be exactly that...
7 min |
August 2023
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
ΜΟΟΝ POWER 60
Is Moon Yacht's first ever powercat good enough to make an impact in the multihull market? We head to St Katharine Docks to find out...
7 min |
August 2023
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
THE MAREX FACTOR
Richard Hall organises an owners' trip to the Marex factory in Lithuania
2 min |
August 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
My first Biscay crossing
Kate Fraser’s first overnight sail was both testing and exhilarating in equal measure
3 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
TECHNICAL WATERPROOF FABRICS
Exciting advances in textile design are leading to drier, warmer and lighter marine clothing. Sam Fortescue explains the benefits, and the science
9 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
NAVIGATE YOUR WAY HOME WITHOUT POWER
Electrical failure can put you in the dark when your instruments go down. A few traditional skills, and a good tool kit, can see you safely home
10+ min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
THE 2022-23 GOLDEN GLOBE RACE : THE RACE OF ATTRITION
Katy Stickland talks to the five finishers about routing, gear failure, their seamanship and how they coped spending eight months alone at sea
10+ min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
PETE GOSS DESIGNING OUR PERFECT BOAT
The legendary offshore yachtsman talks us through the design of his latest boat
10 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
FIRST TEST ELAN E4
Elan’s smallest boat is a huge amount of fun, but would she make a sensible cruising boat? Theo Stocker set out to find her limits
10 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
'ROLLED & DISMASTED IN MONSTER SEAS'
Ian Herbert-Jones found himself dismasted and injured in an 80-knot storm deep in the South Atlantic after 219 days at sea in the Golden Globe Race. He told Theo Stocker about the experience
8 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
CRUISING CATS
Catamarans are becoming ever more popular with private owners, especially for blue-water adventures. Theo Stocker takes a look at two new models
4 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
BUYER'S GUIDE - MARINE BINOCULARS
Developments in optics and materials mean marine binoculars now offer better value than ever before. Dennis O’Neill rounded up the best pairs – for all budgets
8 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
Heads up for a rite of passage!
Heads on yachts, as we all know, represent a range of challenges. Some are physical, some mechanical, and some spiritual.
2 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
Magic of the Moray Firth
This leg of Mark Ashley-Miller’s epic Harbour Master challenge takes in northeast Scotland’s varied coastline
4 min |
Summer 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Don't risk illegal filling of gas cylinders
Alamy tsianid George Boat owners are being warned not to attempt to refill Calor gas bottles with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) at petrol stations - which is \"both highly dangerous and unlawful\".
1 min |
Summer 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Regattas again!
Camaraderie, competition, mussel float dodging and home-made blueberry muffins
3 min |
Summer 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Magna charter
Why exotic sailing holidays abroad are not necessarily all they're cracked up to be
3 min |
Summer 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Jubilee year for Old Gaffers Association
Hundreds of classic yachts and working boats are to gather in Ipswich to mark the 60th year of the Old Gaffers Association (OGA), with a Diamond Jubilee Party from 3-6 August.
1 min |
Summer 2023
Practical Boat Owner
From Canada to the UK in a microyacht
Being 6ft tall, Andrew Bedwell cannot straighten his legs in his 'just over a metre long' microyacht Big C, yet he is about to sail the boat solo across the Atlantic for 90 days, eating cold squares of dehydrated beef.
1 min |
Summer 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Orcas sink yacht off Spanish coast
Four sailors were rescued from a yacht which sank following an interaction with orcas off the coast of Barbate, Cádiz.
1 min |
Summer 2023
Practical Boat Owner
DIY £200 chartplotter
John Calton builds his own 10in touchscreen chartplotter with GPS and AIS for a fraction of the cost of an off-the-shelf system
8 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting World
EVE IN EDEN
A 7,000-MILE PASSAGE FROM AUSTRALIA TO THE SEYCHELLES VIA BALI ABOARD A CLASSIC SWAN 65 WAS A TROPICAL ADVENTURE FOR MEG NIBLETT
10+ min |
July 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Bilge pump mystery
Zoran Glozinic buys a suspiciously low priced bilge pump with a design flaw... but it proves just the job for his project boat
5 min |