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February 2011

Motor Boat & Yachting | February 2011 Cover

On sale: Thu, 6 Jan 2011

Get ready for a boat-packed issue of Motor Boat & Yachting. Our February issue features the world exclusive first test of the new Princess V52, a British boat with real class - and a surprising price tag. We also climb on board the remarkable VSV Mary Slim four years after first featuring her in the magazine. If you're heading to the London Boat Show, we've picked out all the must-see boats, and we also find one of the best used buys on the market, a Hardy Commodore 42 - they don't build them any tougher.



New Boats at London
Sunseeker Predator 115; Princess 32M; Fairline Targa 50 GT; Fairline Squadron 58; Sessa C32; Sessa C35; Beneteau Flyer GT 34; Beneteau ST44; Jeanneau Prestige 500S; Jeanneau Prestige 350; Bavaria 34 Sport; Sea Ray 235; Riva Aquariva by Gucci

Custom Yachts
Custom Line 100; Bilgin 40; Jongert Lucia M

Test: Princess V52
Another classy Princess offering with space and style and a price tag that's hard to beat

Test: Beneteau Antares 30
A small but surprisingly capable flybridge that can take four passengers cruising in comfort for just £120,000

Test: VSV Mary Slim
We go hell for leather along the South Coast on this 74ft wave-slicer

Test: Benetti Delfino
The compact superyacht that packs a stylish punch

Cruising Tales
Baltic Guide
This magical cruising ground is closer than you think and packed with countless beautiful islands, bays and anchorages

Perfect Weekend: River Orwell
This East Coast boating base is the perfect place from which to explore the area's colourful maritime history

Fleming to Iceland
After a hair-raising passage across the North Atlantic our man finally reaches the land of fire, ice and newly formed volcanic islands

Boat Master
Ask MBY
Our experts tackle your questions

New Tech
Air supported vessel special! We find out if this hover hull can really save you 50% in fuel

New Nav
New nav gadgets and innovations

Know How
Finding and instructing your surveyor

Yachtmaster
How to calculate a course to steer

What Now?
The easiest ways to moor between piles

Our Boats
A refitted Searider 45 and retrofitting a high-lo bathing platform on an Aquastar Explorer 67

Tried & Tested
Hand-held GPS, jackets and holdalls

Used Test: Hardy 42
Dependable seakeeping and rock-solid quality abounds on this all-weather cruiser

Regulars
Latest News
The end for matriculation tax? And Coastguard stations face the chop

UK News
Boaters unite against Marine Conservation Zones

World News
British man killed in high-speed boat crash

Investigation
The full story behind Trader Motor Yachts

Your MBY
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