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Arksen Select Scanstrut as On-board Charging Partner
Arksen have announced that they are installing Scanstrut charging products as standard across their brand-new adventure series of boats. The new 28ft and 30ft models are built in collaboration with XO Boats, combining tough and rugged seakeeping ability with an Read More...
The Ocean Traveller
Upon the completion of arguably the greatest RIB voyage in history, PBR’s HMS & Alex Whittaker gain an exclusive one-to-one interview with trans-ocean RIB adventurer Sergio Davi … Before we begin, congratulations on a tremendous achievement – truly inspirational for Read More...
Ports of Call: Aberaeron
Alex Whittaker soaks up the atmosphere of a beautifully preserved Regency port on the remote West Wales coast … Aberaeron inner harbour and its Regency town houses. Wales has two majestic peninsulas, Gower in the south and Lleyn Read More...
Kawasaki Ultra 310 Test
International PWC aficionado Tim Plumpton extols the virtues of Kawasaki’s return to the UK market and celebrates such with a look at 3 models of these supercharged beauties. For a number of years, people have lamented: ‘Why are Kawasaki Jet Read More...
Quarken 27 T Top
Greg Copp reports on a craft that is new to our shores and with a DNA that is blatantly Finnish. I have often joked that just as there is a ‘Purity Law’ in Bavaria, forbidding the brewing of substandard beer, in Read More...
Falcon Building New Nest
Falcon Tenders have announced new expansion plans. With a substantial order book stretching into 2023, including the recent signing of two full-custom tender contracts, and enquiries continuing to grow, Falcon are firming up plans to move from their current manufacturing Read More...
Ask the Expert: Hope for the Best … Prepare for the Worst
In the first of our brand-new series ‘Ask the Expert’, world-renowned adventurer, explorer and former SAS reservist Bear Grylls reveals to HMS the principles of survival and why his love of small boats remains undaunted. Bear talking to HMS. Read More...
Freedom Boat Club Continues European Expansion
Freedom Boat Club, a division of Brunswick Corporation, has announced the opening of its first franchise locations in the United Kingdom – in line with Freedom’s growth strategy to scale its European footprint – with its two new sites in Read More...
De Antonio Exhibit Multiple Craft at Cannes
De Antonio Yachts displayed boats across three stands located in different areas at this year’s Cannes Yachting Festival, including the new D36 Open – a nominee for the European Powerboat of the Year 2023 award – the D42 Open and Read More...
SBS BoatLife 2023 is Packed With Power!
Hot on the heels of a highly successful show last year, SBS BoatLife is shaping up to be an action-packed event for the 2023 boating calendar. Seeing an extremely high rebook rate from many major exhibitors, the show will benefit Read More...
Ports of Call – Lindisfarne
Alex Whittaker guides us on a visit to the most mystical and alluring of all the Farne Islands … Weathered wooden refuge on the causeway. Sacred Lindisfarne is famous for its superb position on the rugged Northumberland coast. Read More...
International water sports industry and global players on board
boot ticket shop is online Starting signal for the first "blue innovation dock" at boot 2023 The Düsseldorf Messe Tower is buzzing with anticipation for boot 2023, which will once again cast its lines in Düsseldorf from 21 to 29 Read More...
The Rocky Road To Paradise
The notion of towing your boat to a Mediterranean island may seem a contradiction in terms, but where there’s a will, there’s a way, as PBR’s sports boating adventurer Alex Whittaker recounts. Cala Mitjana is small but perfectly formed. Read More...
A Twisted View
In this PBR exclusive, HMS interviews Charles Fawcett, founder and Managing Director of the highly acclaimed automotive brand Twisted, and discovers why he’s convinced marine will be the next big step in Twisted’s iconic journey … Charles Fawcett, Founder Read More...
Jeanneau Cap Camarat 7.5 Centre Console Series 3
Alex Whittaker gets underway aboard a highly versatile 25ft sports craft with the potential for adventure … For many years, Jeanneau have cornered the European market with their centre consoles. Year after year they make refinements, and it shows. The Read More...
Beyond the Horizon – Hook in the Tail
HMS regales us with a unique look at one of the most dramatic sections of coastline to be found anywhere in the British Isles. We set our Horizon for the Dorset coast … Getting little ones involved at Read More...
Restoration Love at First Sound
This is the first-hand story of how Tommy Sopwith’s historic 1963 Bertram 31, Thunderstreak, a vessel that has won every race she’s entered since her relaunching, came to be painstakingly restored to her former seagoing glory – a true and Read More...
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 the United States, is now beginning to gain popularity and traction here in the UK … Amy Richards of Read More...
Rupert R8
Greg Copp explores Rupert Marine’s R8 RIB and suggests that some secrets are best not kept … As boat shows can imply, there is a seemingly never-ending series of new brands entering the market. However, the reality is often slightly different, Read More...
PBR Discount on SIBS Tickets
PBR reader offer ⭐ Get ready for Britain’s biggest festival on the water! Taking place on the 16-25th September, this year’s Southampton International Boat show, the organisers state is set to be the best yet! All new VIP experience 50+ Read More...
C-MAP Genesis Mapping Data Now Available Worldwide
C-MAP have made their crowdsourced mapping data known as ‘Genesis’ available on the C-MAP navigation app, as well as across Lowrance, B&G and Simrad apps powered by C-MAP charts. The Genesis layer allows all users across the world to see Read More...
Half of UK’s Litter Traced to 10 Brands
More than half of all identifiable litter in the UK can be traced back to just 10 brands, according to a new nationwide survey by environmental non-profit Planet Patrol. For the third annual Planet Patrol litter report, 5,400 users of the Planet Read More...
Boatshed.com Add New Builds to Site
Boatshed.com – the UK’s first online yacht broker with 80+ global franchises and over 1.2 million active users – have added a ‘new build’ boats platform to their site, enabling their worldwide audience to view and purchase the latest designs from small and Read More...
ExoTechnologies Launch First Fully Recyclable Boat
ExoTechnologies are launching the world’s first fully recyclable high-performance work boat range. The first commercial vessel, built from the company’s fully recyclable DANU composite material technology, is being delivered to Police Scotland. ExoTechnologies say DANU is the most resource-efficient composite material on Read More...
