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Over the last decade we have seen a number of retro designs gracing numerous shorelines. However, the Mediterranean has proven…
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Over the last decade we have seen a number of retro designs gracing numerous shorelines. However, the Mediterranean has proven…

Long-term sustainable battery power Whisper Power’s new Ion Power Basic is a safe lithium ion battery formulated to provide a…

All told, the MC52’s interior looks set to be a big improvement on the outgoing MC5’s. What remains to be…

This Spanish yard are hardly newcomers when it comes to building big, tough patrol vessels, but their new 138ft patrol…

For those that do not have easy access to petrol … the extra cost of the engine will be relatively…

If ‘super-RIBs’ are the next ‘big thing’, then Skipper BSK look more than set to satisfy this market. Anything to…

As a sports boat, the Q5 pretty much ticks all the boxes. It is very fast off the mark, with…

Testing the Ribcraft 9.5m Cabin is pretty much a foregone conclusion, insomuch as it is built on a renowned pedigree…

This is a boat that will have you yearning for rough weather. It is as tough as it looks, and…

… this big Scorpion Sting gives us very little not to like. … the most important underpinning of a top-flight…

This is the ultimate dayboat, built without a hint of compromise and labelled with a price tag to match. Though…

… a vessel’s VHF communications aerial mast or antenna is undoubtedly a key component in an invisible ‘lifeline’ that has…

The current electronics race has just experienced another step forward with the launch of Garmin’s new Ultra-High-Definition Sonar. This new…

Dometic have introduced a new range of smart inverters featuring an energy-saving standby mode for a reliable 240V energy supply…

The ECHOMAP Ultraseries are Garmin’s latest line of 10in and 12in touch screen chartplotters, designed to offer a high-performing all-in-one…
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