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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
LEADER - Can boats and alcohol co-exist peacefully?
WATERFRONT - Drink-driving laws for boats recommended in report to Government. Marinas raise prices in response to heavy demand. Boat care courses launched. Cruising skippers reluctant to adopt GMDSS. RIBex moves to Southampton. Ipswich Dock gains 24-hour access. Linssen and Bayliner owners' clubs planned.
EUROWAYS - French floods wreak havoc with boats and waterways. VNF licence fees for 2000. Vienna marina completed.
MED MATTERS - The smart and the wacky at Barcelona Boat Show. New marina planned for Rome. Riviera restrictions to save the whale?
RACETALK - Class I World Championship falls to Seism and Ali Nasser. Cappellini rounds off season in style.
RIVERBANK - Plans for Scotland's rotating boat lift unveiled. Calls for new wide-beam links across Pennines and Fens. Debating the future of the River Thames.
MAILBAG - How 1984 was nearly cancelled. Continental hireboats poorly equipped. Why you should support the Thames Society. Engine servicing not up to scratch.
Hands On:
- Fronts on weather maps.
- Light symbols on charts.
- Checking spares.
GEAR SCENE - Innovative design is rewarded by the DAME Prize. We review a host of the 1999 nominations.
DIY:
- Installing an electric oil-change pump.
- Repairing inflatable tubes.
ENGINE UPDATE - On test: 30hp Mercury Jet outboard. Ficht injection for lower outboard powerbands. See-through impeller cover. Mariner and Mercury four-strokes.
Q&A - What are the cruising capabilities of my Freeman? Is our boat too rare to be a Hardy?
ELECTRONIC EYE - World's first position-fixing watch. Garmin goodies. Magellan's higher-specification budget gps.c(
NOTICES - Chart corrections, tide tables and useful telephone numbers.
BROKERAGE
CLASSIFIED
NEXT MONTH
HOT STUFF - Check out MBM's branded clothing.
BOAT REPORT - The Sabreline 36 combines classic styling and contemporary performance. But does it have a niche in the UK?
SELF SURVEY - How to check for trouble with your sterngear and other underwater appendages, so vulnerable to impact damage and corrosion.
MBM GRAND TOUR: OVER THE BORDER - Travelling from the Firth of Forth to the North East's redeveloping ports, we search for lifeboats in the fog, endure a Wear barrage and see what has become of the Queen's old motorboat.
TEST OF TIME - Gypsy Island, a Fairline 36, metamorphoses from tortoise into hare, with a Yanmar diesel repower package.
CRUISING GUIDE - Discover the delights and dangers of the rivers Saone and Rhone: the boatowner's French motorway to the Mediterranean.
IN EXCESS? - Our racing correspondent was one of the first to board the awesome Sunseeker XS2000 cruiser/racer, in pursuit of excess, success and speeds of over 70 knots.
MBM CRUISING CLUB YEAR 2000 PROGRAMME - The millennium season has something for everyone, including cruises to the Netherlands, Paris, the Cherbourg peninsula, Britanny and England's East Coast. It starts with the popular calibration weekend at Cowes.
POPULAR CRUISERS - The Guernsey-bred and user-friendly Seaward 23 and 25 are mini-Nelsons by pedigree, with traditional good looks combined with the ability to handle rough seas.
BOAT REPORT - Would the beamy and spacious Jeanneau Leader 805 sportscruiser cope well with choppy waters?
OVER & OUT - A wreck wreaks revenge on the man who sent her to 'swim with the fishes', and there is a boom in unlikely accidents.
WATERFRONT - Drink-driving laws for boats recommended in report to Government. Marinas raise prices in response to heavy demand. Boat care courses launched. Cruising skippers reluctant to adopt GMDSS. RIBex moves to Southampton. Ipswich Dock gains 24-hour access. Linssen and Bayliner owners' clubs planned.
EUROWAYS - French floods wreak havoc with boats and waterways. VNF licence fees for 2000. Vienna marina completed.
MED MATTERS - The smart and the wacky at Barcelona Boat Show. New marina planned for Rome. Riviera restrictions to save the whale?
RACETALK - Class I World Championship falls to Seism and Ali Nasser. Cappellini rounds off season in style.
RIVERBANK - Plans for Scotland's rotating boat lift unveiled. Calls for new wide-beam links across Pennines and Fens. Debating the future of the River Thames.
MAILBAG - How 1984 was nearly cancelled. Continental hireboats poorly equipped. Why you should support the Thames Society. Engine servicing not up to scratch.
Hands On:
- Fronts on weather maps.
- Light symbols on charts.
- Checking spares.
GEAR SCENE - Innovative design is rewarded by the DAME Prize. We review a host of the 1999 nominations.
DIY:
- Installing an electric oil-change pump.
- Repairing inflatable tubes.
ENGINE UPDATE - On test: 30hp Mercury Jet outboard. Ficht injection for lower outboard powerbands. See-through impeller cover. Mariner and Mercury four-strokes.
Q&A - What are the cruising capabilities of my Freeman? Is our boat too rare to be a Hardy?
ELECTRONIC EYE - World's first position-fixing watch. Garmin goodies. Magellan's higher-specification budget gps.c(
NOTICES - Chart corrections, tide tables and useful telephone numbers.
BROKERAGE
CLASSIFIED
NEXT MONTH
HOT STUFF - Check out MBM's branded clothing.
BOAT REPORT - The Sabreline 36 combines classic styling and contemporary performance. But does it have a niche in the UK?
SELF SURVEY - How to check for trouble with your sterngear and other underwater appendages, so vulnerable to impact damage and corrosion.
MBM GRAND TOUR: OVER THE BORDER - Travelling from the Firth of Forth to the North East's redeveloping ports, we search for lifeboats in the fog, endure a Wear barrage and see what has become of the Queen's old motorboat.
TEST OF TIME - Gypsy Island, a Fairline 36, metamorphoses from tortoise into hare, with a Yanmar diesel repower package.
CRUISING GUIDE - Discover the delights and dangers of the rivers Saone and Rhone: the boatowner's French motorway to the Mediterranean.
IN EXCESS? - Our racing correspondent was one of the first to board the awesome Sunseeker XS2000 cruiser/racer, in pursuit of excess, success and speeds of over 70 knots.
MBM CRUISING CLUB YEAR 2000 PROGRAMME - The millennium season has something for everyone, including cruises to the Netherlands, Paris, the Cherbourg peninsula, Britanny and England's East Coast. It starts with the popular calibration weekend at Cowes.
POPULAR CRUISERS - The Guernsey-bred and user-friendly Seaward 23 and 25 are mini-Nelsons by pedigree, with traditional good looks combined with the ability to handle rough seas.
BOAT REPORT - Would the beamy and spacious Jeanneau Leader 805 sportscruiser cope well with choppy waters?
OVER & OUT - A wreck wreaks revenge on the man who sent her to 'swim with the fishes', and there is a boom in unlikely accidents.
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