Features:
The MBY Top 10: The Best Looking Boats or All Time - So what turns you on? A prominent nose? Curvy stern parts? Something substantial up top? We list the ten boats that most make us blush with anticipation.

Cruising:
Eclipse 99 - It'll barely last a couple of minutes but it'll make you gasp with wonder. Don't turn an eye skyward or cruise a cable on August 11 before reading our definitive guide to being afloat for the total solar eclipse.
Port of Call: Salcombe - A short ride in the tender from every West Country mooring lies a gorgeous town waiting to be explored. We take you on a tour of our favourite haunts in Salcombe.
Destinations: Burgundy - Meander to the Med by the waterways and you'll find yourself on France's very own central line.
Cumberlidge on Cruising - Weatherboundand miles from home? That's a cue for most skippers to sit back and yam. But it can be a strangely practical pleasure.
Off the Beaten Track: Portsoy - Blink at a chart of the Moray Firth and you could miss this captivating fishing town with its stone houses and its friendly heart.
Runabout Adventure - In 1960, all you needed to cross the Channel was a small boat, a complete lack of fear, and a thoroughly Brylcreemed barnet.

Boats, Tests and Gear:
New Boats - Ribeye's range; SealineS41; Baia sportsboats; Ferretti 46.
Boat Report: Princess 38 - With standards of production boatbuilding rising all the time, what are the top yards doing to stay ahead of the field? We go on test with the latest Princess.
Electronics Review: VHF - Five budget hand-held units get the MB Y test treatment.
Talking Shop - The glass cockpit; bilge alarm; boat security; your oil's secrets; on-board speakers.
Special Report: Landau 20 - It won a prize at the drawing board stage and has become quite an eye-catcher on the water. We take this innovative family boat for a spin.
Equipment on Test: Waterproof 7 X 50 Binoculars - Most of us wouldn't go to sea without them. We take eight units on test. its for Sale

Boats for Sale:
Buying Second-hand - A look at the Nimbus 3000 series.
UK Yacht Brokers
Med Yacht Brokers
Craft for Sale
Marine Directory

Features:
Editorial - Can beautiful be sensible?
Wavelength - RIB around the world; safety drive; Poole speeds; Sealine school; RNLI will check your boat; eclipse latest; much more!
Postcards from the Med - Mnhon; ICC in France; Italian problems; Alicante; Greek farce.
Watering Hole - The Castle Tavern, Gosport.
Letters - More on the mythical Merlins; Jersey fuel; Broom boost; the latest from our Boat Chat web forum.
Reader Services - Our taxable Copyshop service.
Bartlett on Navigation - Navigator's jargon; NMEA 2000.
Chart Update - The chart corrections that matter
Shop - Multi-standard TV; nautical notepaper; tide calculator; more desirable bits and bobs.
MBY Summer Cruises - Our Dover-Calais Shopping Hop and our Brighton to Normandy Cruise.
Bookshop - Top ten best sellers, special offers, and our favourite guide books.
Ray Bulman's Backchat - When elephants went waterskiing.