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Hugo Montgomery-Swan

Editor of Powerboat & RIB. Hugo is the UK’s longest serving leisure marine boating editor. Over 30 years experience within the heart of adventure boating completing multiple circumnavigations of Britain and Ireland, and many offshore expeditions and voyages throughout Europe. Also, author of Heavy Weather Powerboating and 3 times contributor to the classic Heavy Weather Sailing, published by Adlard Coles.

Articles from Hugo

Owner stood with his Nordkapp Noblesse 830 boat

My Nordkapp Noblesse 830. An owner’s tale.

Jean-Pierre Lagesse tells HMS what led to him buying a Nordkapp Noblesse 830 and goes on to share his buying…

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XTRATUF Ankle deck boot

HMS takes a look at the XTRATUF Ankle Deck Boot – As many of you will know, I suffer from…

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Three-Way 6.5m Multi-Test: UMS 655 DC, BRIG Eagle and Iron 647

What do a professional journalist and a ‘layman’ have in common? Well, brace yourself for something a little different, as…

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Precious Metals

HMS interviews Erkki Talvela, CEO of XO Boats, and discovers how and why manufacturing in aluminium is proving so successful…

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A Twisted View

In this PBR exclusive, HMS interviews Charles Fawcett, founder and Managing Director of the highly acclaimed automotive brand Twisted, and…

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Freedom to the People

HMS interviews Amy Richards of Freedom Boat Club and learns how this Brunswick-owned initiative, which is proving so popular in…

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Frauscher 747 Mirage

Hugo Montgomery-Swan heads to Italy’s Lake Garda to experience Frauscher’s latest new ‘recruit’, the modernistic, ‘Bauhaus’-styled, closed bow, Mirage 747.…

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