The Beneteau Antares 11 feels more than the sum of its parts and customers seem to agree. Hugo explains the star features… Beneteau launched its Antares flagship in 2019 and we got our first chance to take a look at the 2020 Dusseldorf Boat Show. The Beneteau Antares 11 is the first in the range […]
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Moored stern to the quay at the 2022 Cannes Yachting Festival, the new Sanlorenzo SP110 is going to be the talk of the show. The lower saloon, leading down from the cockpit, was clearly inspired by Sanlorenzo’s sub-brand Bluegame. But this takes that concept to the next level, literally, opening up the after end of […]
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Reporting from the 2022 London Luxury Afloat Boat Show, Motor Boat & Yachting editor Hugo Andreae takes us on a full tour of the Azimut 53 flybridge yacht… Having employed Alberto Mancini’s services to design the 78, Azimut gave the Italian designer the trickier task of distilling that boat’s style and focus on volume into […]
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Join MBY’s Jack Haines on a full tour of the spectacular Pershing 7X sportscruiser yacht… It is reassuring in these uncertain times to glance into the engineroom of the latest model from Pershing. There you’ll find five tonnes of Bavarian muscle, bulging with potential energy. Some things, thankfully, don’t change. Surface drives, too: the new […]
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Jack Haines takes us on a full tour of the flagship of the Princess Yachts flybridge range, the fabulous Princess F70… The Princess F70 slots into a very competitive area of the market, going head-to-head with the Sunseeker Manhattan 68, the Fairline Squadron 68 and the Ferretti 670. At the 2019 British Motor Yacht Show, […]
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Hugo Andreae takes us on a tour of the beautifully bespoke Hunt Ocean 76 motor yacht, which is built on a hull design from the legendary Raymond Hunt… Deep-vee innovator C. Raymond Hunt is the brains behind this elegant motor yacht, which made its first inroads into the UK in 2019. Hunt Yachts, as a […]
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Reporting from the 2022 British Motor Yacht Show at Swanwick Marina, Hugo Andreae shows us around the XPS special edition of the Sunseeker Predator 74… We don’t reckon the Predator 74 lacks visual punch but if you are of the opinion that it could do with a little more pizzazz then the special edition Sunseeker […]
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Jack Haines takes us on a full tour of the Fleming 65, a refined trawler-style yacht that has serious offshore cruising pedigree… It’s not a brand new model, in fact they started building them back in 2005, but the Fleming 65 is a very interesting boat nonetheless. Tony Fleming, the man behind these boats, has […]
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Alex Smith reports from the 2022 British Motor Yacht Show, taking us on a full tour of the Galeon 485 HTS sportscruiser… The Galeon 485 HTS was introduced around about 2017, but it didn’t make it into the UK until the recent 2022 British Motor Yacht Show, where we were able to get on board […]
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Join MBY’s Jack Haines on a full tour of the Pershing 140 superyacht, which has to be seen to be believed… 142ft long, 28ft wide, displacing 250 tonnes with a fuel capacity of 30,000 litres and 10,400hp on tap – the Pershing 140 makes for a truly exceptional collection of numbers. In this video, filmed […]
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The 90 Ocean is the biggest shake up in Sunseeker’s design language for years but, incredible beach club aside, what else does this brave new model bring to the table? With the 90 Ocean, Sunseeker has resoundingly confirmed where the latest boat design battleground is taking place. First it was the amidships owner’s cabin, in […]
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Forty years after the first Cap Camarat, there’s a new flagship. The Jeanneau CC12.5 WA is the biggest boat ever to wear the badge. Does bigger mean best? Jeanneau’s Cap Camarat line celebrates its 40th birthday in 2022 and what better way to start the party than by launching the biggest Cap Camarat ever, the […]
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Alex Smith reports from the 2022 British Motor Yacht Show, taking us on a full tour of the Twisted T-450 RIB, which was designed to be the Land Rover Defender of the seas… Unlike most boats, the Twisted T-450 name doesn’t refer to its length (it’s actually 28ft). Instead it refers to the twin 225hp […]
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Alex Smith reports from the 2022 British Motor Yacht Show, taking us on a full tour of the Princess F50 flybridge yacht… The Princess Yachts fleet has been in a state of flux lately – it’s a very exciting time for Princess fans. We’ve seen the addition of the X-Class right at the very pinnacle, […]
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Alex Smith reports from the 2022 British Motor Yacht Show, taking us on a full tour of the first Beneteau GT45 to reach the UK… The world’s largest boatbuilder knows a thing or two about hardtop sports cruisers, and the new Beneteau GT45 is a distillation of much hard-won wisdom in this fiercely competitive sector. […]
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Galeon always makes innovative boats, but this is one of their cleverest yet! Come and take the full tour of the Galeon 640 and prepare to be amazed… The Galeon 640 is arguably the most versatile 68ft flybridge yacht on the market, as this Aquaholic yacht tour demonstrates. Before you even step on board, you […]
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At the recent Palma Boat Show, Jack Haines took a look at a new Cross Top version of the Axopar 25 with a tweaked layout and a cuddy cabin… The Axopar 25 is based on the hull of the Axopar 22, but the main difference with this Cross Top version is that it has got […]
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Beauty, performance, space and quality – this 2010 Princess V62 has it all, as Nick shows us in this typically extensive yacht tour… Some boats you buy with your head and others you buy with your heart – this Princess V62 is definitely the latter. Sure, at this size it would make a lot of […]
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Just when you think you’ve seen everything in yachting, there’s always a boat out there that will surprise you – this Benetti Tradition 100 is exactly that… Nick was rather knocked sideways by this 2006 Benetti Tradition 100 superyacht, which he had the privilege to film at the 2020 Miami Boat Show. Rutli E was […]
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