Contents: February

Adventures in Boating

CREDIT CRUNCH BOATING
Who's Buying Now?
Four canny owners reveal why they chose to buy now and how they bagged the sales of the century.

CREDIT CRUNCH BOATING
Alternatives to Owning Outright
Four schemes that aim to get you
on the water with minimum outlay.

ME AND MY BOAT
The Boyles and their 39ft wooden wonder Camero.

BROOM ROUND BRITAIN
The Stennetts fall for the welcoming charms of Irish coastal cruising.

Boats

NEW BOATS
Saga 385; Fairline Squadron 65; Trader 38 Sprint; Nord West 370 Sport; Nordic Tug 49; Sessa Key Largo 30; Drettmann Elegance 60; Bavaria 46.

FIRST DRIVE
Paragon 25
A small boat that is so well appointed it could give much bigger rivals a run for their money.

BOAT REPORT
Van der Valk Continental II 20
What does every Dutch steel cruiser need? How about four IPS drives! Does this unlikely mix make boating sense?


Cruising

Cumberlidge on Cruising
A Corsican cruise interrupted by an engine gremlin.

EYE IN THE SKY Falmouth
Our unique series of stunning aerial views reaches this fabulous West Country harbour.


Boatmaster

ON TEST
Mini-RIBs
Whether you need a tender as a taxi or just for a blast, you must read our tests of six superlative mini-RIBs.

WHAT NOW, SKIP?
That yacht looks like it's not under command and heading for the rocks.

TRIED & TESTED
Reeds online; Icom VHF; Standard Horizon plotter; Meaco dehumidifier.

OUR BOATS
Greg battles some big seas off Dorset; Eilert wrestles his passerelle in Turkey.


Regulars

Editorial
Our great game of boating is full of amazing surprises and secret gems.

MBY News
Top stories
Lower VAT boosts sales; teen walks round the UK for charity ; drink-drive laws; RIB race; shows for 2009.
Around the Med
Lost at sea for days; Med power race; snow in Antibes; Venice sinks.
Around the Globe
Boats search ice-fields for survivors.
People & Events
In the Spotlight this month:
JAMES BARKE
Essex Boatyard's MD quizzed
on the state of
the market.

Next Month
The line up for our March issue.
Tech Talk
Axis sterndrive system; ultra-sound antifouling; IPSII is finally go; Yamaha outboard; more engine regs.
Waypoints
Navico's broadband system redefines what radar can do.

Bull's-Eye
Do the greens want to make boaters their next target?

Sight & Soundings
A Baia interests a buyer; in a lather over SS Delphine and her astonishing steam engines.

Letters
A good steer; Sunseeker Superhawk gets a real boost; trawlers head-to-head; where's the Princess?

A Day in My Life
Tod Tinney recalls the day he collapsed on board, with medical help struggling to reach his boat.


Custom Yachting

News New boats from Menorquin, Ferretti. Princess and Tecnomar
XSMG XSR48 World exclusive drive of this million-pound monster
Mochi Dolphin 64 Fly One of the prettiest boats ever gets a flybridge
Confessions of a Skipper Children and superyachts don't mix


Buyer's Guide

In Brief: After a Collision
The fallout after a smash at sea puts the spotlight on a boater who thought he was doing the right thing.

The Used Boat File
The secrets of one of the most successful leisure boats ever, the Grand Banks 42.

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