Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
LEADER - Indian summer? Next year perhaps.
WATERFRONT - Motorboating shunned in British Nautical Awards. Bognor Regis marina hopes. Lighthouse authorities' review of navigation aids. Marine industry turnover booming.
RIVERBANK - Environment Agency's flood drill and British Waterways' high-intensity licence under fire. Canal restoration hitlist. Lower Avon fees.
EUROWAYS - Saar canal work set to open Franco-German through-route. Fibreglass lock gates.
MED MATTERS - French tax hits foreign boatowners. Mallorca berth prices spiral. Costa Blanca in winter.
RACETALK - Curtis bags European Class I title. Villwock dominant in US unlimited hydroplanes.
MAILBAG - Who takes most blame for excessive wash? Is MBM biased towards diesel?
Hands on:
- Common whipping.
- Going Continental: information.
- Navigation lights.
GEAR SCENE - Self-adjusting spanner. Portable engine starter. Go-anywhere television. Rubber tube cleaner. Plastic wrench. GRP polish. Modular electrics panels. Folding trolley.
ELECTRONIC EYE - Furuno integrated plotter/radar/GPS. Yeoman's smaller chart-plotter.
DIY - Checking your shorepower cable.
ENGINE UPDATE - Rebuilding Perkins T6354 diesels. Yanmar's 420hp straight-six. Thornycroft watercooled diesels. Evinrude/Johnson rebranding. Suzuki 40hp and 50hp four-strokes on test.
Q&A - Should planing boats have hard or eroding antifouling? Whither Powles and Sorcerer7
BOOKSHELF - Sail & Power Nautical Almanac.
NOTICES - Chart corrections, tide tables and useful telephone numbers.
BOAT SHOW TICKET OFFER - Get three London Boat Show tickets for the price of two in our exclusive special offer.
DELIVERING THE GOODS - You could cruise a boat from Conwy to Palma, or have it delivered. Or a bit of both. This is the story of how a motor cruiser raced around the coast only to be swallowed by a freighter.
BOAT REPORT - With its space-age pilothouse. Carver's new 530 Voyager is a flagship which breaks the mould.
GOING BY THE BORDER - If you thought trailing a boat to Lithuania was daft, you should try cruising along the Russian frontier with binoculars trained on you from every watchtower. Life becomes exciting for the intrepid crew of a Viking 20!
BOAT REPORT - Built in South Africa, the Hysucat Stealth 6.5 is a catamaran RIB with a novel hydrofoil system.
KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY - History suggests that if you want to win in American circuit racing you had better be called Seebold. In Las Vegas, Tim joined brother Mike and father Bill in the record books.
POPULAR CRUISERS - The days when Fairline built trailable boats are gone, but owners of the 21 Weekend and 21 Sprint are still delighted to fly the flag.
BOAT REPORT - How does the four-berth Monterey 262 '1! Cruiser appeal as the next rung up the i, ladder from a cuddy-cabin sportsboat?
LINGE AWHILE - Everyone knows of the delights of Dutch canals and lakes, but are there any tranquil rivers in the country? Here's one
TEST OF TIME - Teide is a Freeman 30 Aft Cabin which remains in almost original condition after 30 years of use.
MBM CRUISING CLUB - Postcards of our 1998 cruising programme, from the Thames Estuary to Brittany, Paris (twice) and Turkey.
OVER & OUT - The prop-less harbour launch and the crewless cruiser.
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WATERFRONT - Motorboating shunned in British Nautical Awards. Bognor Regis marina hopes. Lighthouse authorities' review of navigation aids. Marine industry turnover booming.
RIVERBANK - Environment Agency's flood drill and British Waterways' high-intensity licence under fire. Canal restoration hitlist. Lower Avon fees.
EUROWAYS - Saar canal work set to open Franco-German through-route. Fibreglass lock gates.
MED MATTERS - French tax hits foreign boatowners. Mallorca berth prices spiral. Costa Blanca in winter.
RACETALK - Curtis bags European Class I title. Villwock dominant in US unlimited hydroplanes.
MAILBAG - Who takes most blame for excessive wash? Is MBM biased towards diesel?
Hands on:
- Common whipping.
- Going Continental: information.
- Navigation lights.
GEAR SCENE - Self-adjusting spanner. Portable engine starter. Go-anywhere television. Rubber tube cleaner. Plastic wrench. GRP polish. Modular electrics panels. Folding trolley.
ELECTRONIC EYE - Furuno integrated plotter/radar/GPS. Yeoman's smaller chart-plotter.
DIY - Checking your shorepower cable.
ENGINE UPDATE - Rebuilding Perkins T6354 diesels. Yanmar's 420hp straight-six. Thornycroft watercooled diesels. Evinrude/Johnson rebranding. Suzuki 40hp and 50hp four-strokes on test.
Q&A - Should planing boats have hard or eroding antifouling? Whither Powles and Sorcerer7
BOOKSHELF - Sail & Power Nautical Almanac.
NOTICES - Chart corrections, tide tables and useful telephone numbers.
BOAT SHOW TICKET OFFER - Get three London Boat Show tickets for the price of two in our exclusive special offer.
DELIVERING THE GOODS - You could cruise a boat from Conwy to Palma, or have it delivered. Or a bit of both. This is the story of how a motor cruiser raced around the coast only to be swallowed by a freighter.
BOAT REPORT - With its space-age pilothouse. Carver's new 530 Voyager is a flagship which breaks the mould.
GOING BY THE BORDER - If you thought trailing a boat to Lithuania was daft, you should try cruising along the Russian frontier with binoculars trained on you from every watchtower. Life becomes exciting for the intrepid crew of a Viking 20!
BOAT REPORT - Built in South Africa, the Hysucat Stealth 6.5 is a catamaran RIB with a novel hydrofoil system.
KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY - History suggests that if you want to win in American circuit racing you had better be called Seebold. In Las Vegas, Tim joined brother Mike and father Bill in the record books.
POPULAR CRUISERS - The days when Fairline built trailable boats are gone, but owners of the 21 Weekend and 21 Sprint are still delighted to fly the flag.
BOAT REPORT - How does the four-berth Monterey 262 '1! Cruiser appeal as the next rung up the i, ladder from a cuddy-cabin sportsboat?
LINGE AWHILE - Everyone knows of the delights of Dutch canals and lakes, but are there any tranquil rivers in the country? Here's one
TEST OF TIME - Teide is a Freeman 30 Aft Cabin which remains in almost original condition after 30 years of use.
MBM CRUISING CLUB - Postcards of our 1998 cruising programme, from the Thames Estuary to Brittany, Paris (twice) and Turkey.
OVER & OUT - The prop-less harbour launch and the crewless cruiser.
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NEXT MONTH
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