Motor Boat and Yachting

6 days ago | mby.com | Toby Heppell

The Sunseeker Tomahawk 37 gets a cool rating of 'positively arctic' from us, encapsulating the easy cool of the late '80s Launched in 1989 and penned by successful race boat driver and designer Don Shead, the Sunseeker Tomahawk 37 echoed many of his race-winning hulls, with a deep vee that has a 25-degree deadrise amidships and is still running at a knife-like 23 degrees at the stern. Above the waterline, the form is as simple as it is beautiful. Low, narrow and sleek, the windscreen frame is...

1 week ago | mby.com | Toby Heppell

Driving upwind into big seas, most planing boats need their bows pushed down to reduce pitching and slamming, that's where trim systems come in Trim systems are devices, invariably electro-mechanical, which are attached to the transom.

2 weeks ago | mby.com | Toby Heppell

The Motor Boat and Yachting team are lucky enough to test some fabulous motor yachts. Testing the fastest motor yachts, capable of 40 knots + is always a thrill If you’re searching for the fastest motor yachts on the market, look no further.

2 weeks ago | mby.com | Toby Heppell

A new electric watercraft that can switch between five different ride modes is hitting the market, aiming to make high-tech water sports more accessible to a wider audience Propel, a company founded by former professional snowboarder Jason Toth, has unveiled what it claims is the world’s first modular 5-in-1 electric watercraft. The platform can be configured as an electric stand-up paddleboard (e-SUP), electric scooter, scooter with hydrofoil, standalone eFoil, or a seated watercraft called...

3 weeks ago | mby.com | Toby Heppell

Nick Burnham picks 4 of the best modern classic motor yachts on the market now all from the turn of the century - and yes that is a modern classic now! I visited a local classic car show recently, fully expecting a warm nostalgia-hit brim full of the kind of Austin A35s and Morris Minors that my grandparents trundled about in. Instead what I got was an ice cold reality check. Most of the cars at the show weren’t grandparent era. They weren’t even the Hillman Hunter and Ford Cortina era of my...