January 2012

On sale: Thu, 1 Dec 2011

We go large this month, featuring the immense Sunseeker Predator 130 on the cover. Alan Harper was lucky enough to hitch a ride aboard the £15 million beauty after the Southampton Boat Show. Also on test are the new Azimut 45 and Sealine SC42 - both with video accompaniment. We bring you two new columns - one from a lawyer offering advice on tricky legal issues and the other running through the Murphy's Law rules of boating ? and wrap up our Yachtmaster series with a great instructional feature on passage planning.

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Boat Reports
New Boats from Genoa
Atlantis 38; Cranchi Sixty 6 Fly; Cranchi M40 ST; Sessa Key Largo 34; Marquis 420 SB; Absolute 40STY; Queens Yachts 86

Custom Yachts
Azimut Grande 120SL; Vicem 92; BSD Logica 98

Test: Azimut 45
Three good cabins, two big engines and one great reason to still invest in Italy

Test: Sealine SC42
Another daring design, but is this one of the cleverest cockpits we?ve ever seen?

Test: Sunseeker Predator 130
Find out what it?s like to spend time on board one of the world?s largest sportscruisers

Cruising Tales
Perfect Weekend: Dover to Calais and Gravelines
Enjoy a weekend of French cruising by following our cross-Channel guide

Around the World for £100,000
The cruise continues through the Bahamas, beset by ongoing engine problems

Cruising Guide: Brittany
Our guide to the idyllic coves, estuaries, rovers, bays and inlets of northern Brittany

Boat Master
Ask MBY
Our experts answer your questions

New Nav
New 4G Broadband radar from Simrad; the latest satphones on the market

New Tech
A closer look at Twin Disc EJS, promising shaftdrive joystick berthing to rival IPS

Yachtmaster
Passage planning is covered in our last Yachtmaster feature

Know How ? Winterising
How to get your boat ready for the cold stuff

Legal Aid ? New Series!
Our resident solicitor helps out a reader

Our Boats
Shipping vs motoring home; how to outrun the weather next summer

Tried & Tested
2B Sure electronic antifouling results; reusable dehumidifiers; pack-away kettle

Used Boat ? Fairline Targa 44GT
Beautifully built, stylish and excellent value for money

Regulars
Latest News
Wealth tax reintroduced in Spain; PM approves armed guards on merchant ships

UK News
Conservation proposals for Falmouth; James Bond?s Glastron GT 150 brought back to life

World News
Ft Lauderdale Boat Show targeted by protesters; ethanol?s not the answer for US boaters

The Truth About...
The marinas industry

Your MBY
Letters to the editor; behind the scenes; the latest from mby.com

Columns
Cumberlidge on Cruising
Exploring the Med?s African coast

Testing Times
When will recycling old boats be the norm?

Murphy?s Law ? New Column!
Eyeing up a motor sailer

Postcards from a Small Island
A novice?s first uneasy night on the hook

I'll Never Forget the Day
I outran a snowstorm

In February's issue (out 5 January):
Princess 60 test; London Boat Show guide; the truth behind Donald Campbell?s fatal crash revealed; perfect weekend in the Scilly Isles

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