In the July issue of Motor Boat & Yachting, we drive Azimut's new long-range cruiser, the Magellano 74, as well as the twin-tipped MasterCraft 300. We also dig out the best beaches, bays, restaurants and marinas in the Channel Islands, and reveal all you ever wanted to know about boat batteries.



Boats
New Boats: Princess V52; Marex 320; Krogen 52; Sessa C35; Interboat Intercruiser 34; Colombo 37; Galeon 385

Quick Spin: Bluegame 60
A classy Italian sportsfisher more at home in an elegant Riviera hotspot than a bustling fishing dock

Boat Report: Azimut Magellano 74
Has Azimut's gamble to create a bold new style of long-range cruising vessel with an innovative hull paid off?

Boat Report: MasterCraft 300
A radical twin-tipped cruiser with style and quality of rival the best

Special Report: Rapsody November 55
Not all Dutch boats are slow, steel plodders as this stunning new gentleman's cruiser proves

Adventures in Boating
Me and My Boat
Evan Lewis shares his story of cruising around New Zealand where the bays are empty, the beaches are pristine and the fish jump straight onto the barbie

Cruising
Cumberlidge on Cruising
Keep westing towards the Scilly Isles and a magical cruising treat awaits

Channel Islands
We reveal the very best beaches, bays, restaurants and marinas around Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Les Ecrehou

Boatmaster
Our Boats
Diving in the deep end for a hull scrub; how to pick a Med berth

Knowledge: Batteries
You won't be going far without your batteries, but do you know your li-ion from your gel?

Tried & Tested
Viper 4m tender; Henry Lloyd holdall; fold-up solar panel; A-Glaze Teakcare

What Now, Skip?
A small diesel spill can be costly in more ways than one. How to deal with it?

Regulars
MBY News
Could prop guards become compulsory?; mad March motorboaters; threats of a Greek cruising tax fade; and in the spotlight is co-MD of Williams Performance Tenders, John Hornsby

Waypoints
Installing Tacktick's wireless instruments; Glonass and Galileo; Digital Yacht's AIS chartplotter

Tech Talk
Twin Disc joystick system for shafts; Webasto climate control system; stern-to Ropegripper; Quicksilver

Letters
Compulsory registration; a liferaft exercise; green questions; light dues

Columns
Sight & Soundings
The intrepid Mr Fleming

The Reluctant Boating Wife
A cruise in the US and a battle to reach a restaurant

Bull's-Eye
Racing takes a turn for the better

A Day in My Life
Dag Pike battles a dragging anchor that refuses to come to the surface. Oh, and there's a gale blowing

MBY Buyer's Guide
Used Boat File
The Sealine S48 is more about cruising than sports, with plenty of accommodation, below-decks space and some innovative practical features