Motor Boat & Yachting

One of this magazine’s great strengths is that we appeal to a broad church of people. Whether you’re one of our more experienced readers, who enjoys cruising the inland waterways of Europe in a displacement steel cruiser, or a young gun blasting arou

This stunning shot of Azimut’s new Magellano 25 Metri seems to sum up everything that’s best about Italian boating from its glorious coastline to its constantly evolving boat building industry. Clearly, this new flagship of the Magellano range won’t

When I started out as a yacht broker in 1989, I worked in an office on the edge of Torquay Marina called Torquay Marine Sales. We had a view right down the fairway, allowing us to watch the comings and goings of the boats. The office was open seven d

Lockdown – it hasn’t done restaurants any favours and has left critics like me weeping into the non-existent plates of food we are supposed to be reviewing. So a big shout out goes to the many MBY forum readers who responded to Boat Cuisine’s call fo

The La Rochelle-based Fountaine-Pajot yard has slowly but surely built itself an impressive range of stylish power catamarans. Now this new 65ft flagship takes it to an entirely different level. The 67 is on a scale of both physical stature and luxur

Azzam’s eight-year reign as the world’s longest superyacht is about to be cut short by an even bigger megayacht. This new nine-deck steel explorer known as REV (short for Research Expedition Vessel) measures an astonishing 602ft (183.6m), eclipsing t

Based on the 400 Fly, this 45-footer is the smallest sportscruiser in the Galeon range to benefit from the “beach mode” feature, where the sides of the cockpit swing down to create extended platforms above the water. As we found when we tested its fl

Blink and you might miss the new flagship of Technohull’s luxury performance RIB range. With engine options which include twin inboards on surface drives, twin V12 600hp Mercury outboards or four of Mercury’s 450hp Racing motors the Omega 47’s top sp

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I retired early to spend six months of each year cruising Europe’s inland waterways with my partner Katherine. Our boat is in the Netherlands but thanks to Brexit we are now restricted to 90 days in any 180-day period in the EU. Why are UK citizens r

The 45-minute trip down the River Orwell from Ipswich Haven Marina to the North Sea gives you plenty of time to think. If you’re driving a boat for the first time, it also allows ample opportunity to get to know it as the engines patiently hover at 8

Riva’s new flagship Sportfly, the 88 Folgore, is named after the Italian word for lightning. It’s not quite as fast as a thunderbolt but a top speed of 39 knots is still mighty impressive even with a pair of 2,638hp MTU 16Vs to punt it along. Extensi

When living in a world of ever changing trends that go in and out of fashion faster than a Boohoo bikini, it’s reassuring to have constants you can rely on. That’s why Custom Line eschews the stylistic flourishes of fellow Ferretti Group brands like

You may be thinking this is just another T-top sportscruiser to offer up some competition to the Fjords, Pardos and Solarises of this world, but you would be wrong. Yes, like these rivals, it has walkaround decks and a cockpit that carefully balances

Things have been a little different at Princess lately. A brisk wind of change has been blowing through the hallowed halls of Britain’s most quietly conservative boatbuilder since the arrival of executive chairman Anthony Sheriff, late of McLaren Car

AZIMUT 25 METRI + PRINCESS X95 + RIVA 88 ■

Simon Kidston never intended to buy a boat. He had distant yet fond memories of travelling through the French canals on his father’s Fairey Swordsman in the 1970s and dreamed of keeping a Riva Aquarama on Lake Geneva, but despite this nagging desire

There used to be a clear divide in the Azimut Benetti Group; Azimut built production boats up to 100ft and Benetti built superyachts of 100ft and over. The Azimut Grande range has blurred that line in recent years offering boats up to 114ft long (the

Well, 2020 is a wrap and we’re cruising full steam ahead into 2021. And for Shawn and I, that means we’re cruising full steam ahead at a whopping 7 knots! The new year marks nearly three years since we’ve owned Freedom, a 2004 Nordhavn 43 trawler, an

There is a piece of design aboard the 25 Metri so effective that it’s a wonder you don’t see it more often. The simple act of twisting the cockpit furniture 90° so that the table and seating lies along the deck rather than across it is a stroke of ge

Both boat companies and different decades can have quite an effect on the execution of what, on the face of it, look like surprisingly similar boats. Three of these circa 40ft flybridge boats have a surprisingly similar layout and yet the look and fe

INBUILD 2014 on wards PRICE RANGE £130,000 - £220,000 Perhaps the biggest clue to the bespoke hand-built nature of the Haines 32 in either Sedan or Offshore guise is found in a small discreet locker low down alongside the helm. Open it and you’ll fin

Being on a boat is a wonderful escape from normal life and its inevitable ups and downs. For me half the fun of having a boat is tinkering around and getting to know and understand all its systems so that when it goes wrong, I am able to fix it. Enjo

I have always lived by the sea in Essex and find it a very calming place to be, yet despite this close proximity to the water, I never went boating as a child. Later on in life, when my wife and I started seeing each other, we booked a boat trip whil

PART 3: AMALFI COAST, CAPRI AND SICILY After a short visit home, we are back on board and heading south down Italy’s coastline. Below Rome, the maritime infrastructure starts to change: the ports are getting smaller, berths big enough for our Marlow

Considerable guts and self-belief verging on arrogance are required to take on the might of Garmin, Navico and Raymarine at their own game but that’s exactly what a team of ambitious young tech entrepreneurs are doing. Their Norwegian-based start-up,

The February 2021 edition of MBY carried a fascinating article on a 3D-printed boat, the outcome of which was MAMBO – a futuristic craft the hull of which bore a passing resemblance to Stingray, the iconic vessel piloted by my first maritime hero, su

Guernsey is at the centre of a uniquely beautiful and varied cruising ground. I have lived all my life in the Channel islands and still haven’t exhausted all the cruising opportunities this magical archipelago offers, which thanks to its sunny climat

PART ONE Do I have to start by buying a boat? No, there are plenty of ways to experience boating without committing to ownership straight away. Booking a training course with an RYA-accredited school is probably the easiest and most useful way of get