Motor Boat & Yachting – August 2019

I know everyone thinks I spend my working life swanning around from one boat launch to the next but the reality isn’t quite as g ...

We all feasted so well that half the afternoon was lost to a food coma, dozing or reading books on the flybridge C L O C K WI S ...

ROLE PLAY Having never experienced a skippered charter, let alone one with a hostess taking care of crewing and catering duties ...

The other revelation was just how comfortable a night on board can be. The boats I’m used to sleeping on tend to be more like ca ...

When you can enjoy the sight of ‘your ‘ yacht at anchor while sipping a cold beer in a quayside bar, well, life doesn’t get much ...

YOU’RE WORTH IT For our fi nal full day on the water Paul suggested we mosey slowly back round the coast, stopping off at the sm ...

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FJORD 44 COUPE Fjord is going back to its roots and building coupés again but, having carved out a niche for open sportscruisers ...

you can use this boat in an entirely different way because unlike the open version the internal living spaces aren’t all squeeze ...

either side needn’t disturb them if they want to move away from the helm. The dash layout is clear and sensibly organised but I ...

modest 105lph. As an IPS boat the handling is typically light and predictable, but I wouldn’t describe it as exciting. In a stra ...

SECOND CABIN The second cabin is optional and, if not chosen, left as a storage void SIDE DECKS The wide, deep walkaround decks ...

FAST LEARNER Al e x i Wa t t s m ay b e m a r r i e d t o a p o w e r b o a t ra c e r b u t t h e i r f i r s t p ro p e r c r ...

CRUISING W hile my husband is a very experienced powerboat racer with many years of designing and testing the Bladerunner boats ...

on my side of the cockpit to protect us from the occasional wisp of spray whipped up by the strong cross winds. Sitges Marina wa ...

CALA HOPPING After another day to catch up on work and housekeeping (or should that be boat keeping), we fuelled up and sped acr ...

with tree-shaded sandy beaches. We chose an attractive looking one with turquoise water and a few boats already at anchor. It wa ...

Shared ownership SHARED YACHTS AVAILABLE FOR 2019 CRUISING YachtQuarters offers all the pleasures of having your very own yacht, ...

MONTE CARLO YACHTS 66 T h e l u x u r y a r mof t h e B e n e t e a u Gro u p h a s a l w ay s of f e re d s o m e t h i n g d i ...