Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
LEADER - Why not use a sportsboat on the river?
WATERFRONT - Impact of Europe's RCD on the secondhand market. Round-the-world record for British powerboat. Aqua-Star owners club formed. Thanettrailboaters obliged to register.
RIVERBANK - Disputing the blame for the slow pace of Thames lock works. Cruising the Great Ouse in one day. BW ombudsman report. Salford Quays festival and boat show preview.
MED MATTERS - Overnight bargains in Languedoc-Roussillon. Cruising around Barcares and Leucate.
EUROWAYS - Europe's highway code in English. French winter stoppage list. Bellegarde marina.
RACETALK = Chesman killed after winning world title. Harib on top in Bangor's Class II Worlds.
MAILBAG - Why are the DIM messing with speed record rules? Poor wording of BSS regulations. Calling all Nimbus owners. Using seawater as fuel: has it been done?
Hands On:
Going Continental: confidence.
Judging safe speed.
Boat Safety Scheme: exemptions.
GEAR SCENE - Tough sunglasses. Binoculars with compass. Budget inflatable. Sine-wave inverter. Dinghy lift/cradle. Rust clearer.
ELECTRONIC EYE - Shipmate DSC radio. Admiralty satnav booklet.
DIY: Gel-washing bilges. Fitting flopper-stoppers' to counteract rolling.
BOOKSHELF - Inland Waterways Of Great Britain. History & Legends Of The European Waterways.
ENGINE UPDATE - Running Albins unleaded. Lombardini heavy-duty gensets.
Q&A - How to avoid bore-glazing in diesels.
SLIPWAY - New cruisers for Southampton Boat Show.
NOTICES - Chart corrections, tide tables and useful telephone numbers.
BOAT REPORT - The Crusader 400 is the latest flagship of Birchwood's semi-displacement range, with some imaginitive ideas creeping in under the company's new regime. We tested the Flybridge version.
SOUTHAMPTON'98 - Our comprehensive guide to the 1998 Southampton International Boat Show, p47 Features, travel, times and prices. p48 Exhibitors A-Z. p52 Boats index. p58 Engines index. p60 Products index.
OYSTERS & FLAMINGOES...to say nothing of the Camargue's famous black bulls and white horses. Join us for a cruise along the Canal du Rhone a Sete, just inland from the Mediterranean coast of France.
BOAT REPORT - From a new French conglomerate called ACM Dufour comes the Heritage 26, a pilothouse cruiser with good weekending accommodation for a small family.
CUDDY-CABIN 21-FOOTERS - Seven sportsboats offering the most basic of sleeping accommodation go head-to-head in our Group Test. Just what do you get for your money?
POPULAR CRUISERS - Angular, medium-vee and beamy, the Freeman 24 (later designated the 750) gave a new look to a successful range 24 years ago. It remains a common sight on UK rivers.
COMPETITION - Your chance to win Transas Tsunamis charting software worth Ã
WATERFRONT - Impact of Europe's RCD on the secondhand market. Round-the-world record for British powerboat. Aqua-Star owners club formed. Thanettrailboaters obliged to register.
RIVERBANK - Disputing the blame for the slow pace of Thames lock works. Cruising the Great Ouse in one day. BW ombudsman report. Salford Quays festival and boat show preview.
MED MATTERS - Overnight bargains in Languedoc-Roussillon. Cruising around Barcares and Leucate.
EUROWAYS - Europe's highway code in English. French winter stoppage list. Bellegarde marina.
RACETALK = Chesman killed after winning world title. Harib on top in Bangor's Class II Worlds.
MAILBAG - Why are the DIM messing with speed record rules? Poor wording of BSS regulations. Calling all Nimbus owners. Using seawater as fuel: has it been done?
Hands On:
Going Continental: confidence.
Judging safe speed.
Boat Safety Scheme: exemptions.
GEAR SCENE - Tough sunglasses. Binoculars with compass. Budget inflatable. Sine-wave inverter. Dinghy lift/cradle. Rust clearer.
ELECTRONIC EYE - Shipmate DSC radio. Admiralty satnav booklet.
DIY: Gel-washing bilges. Fitting flopper-stoppers' to counteract rolling.
BOOKSHELF - Inland Waterways Of Great Britain. History & Legends Of The European Waterways.
ENGINE UPDATE - Running Albins unleaded. Lombardini heavy-duty gensets.
Q&A - How to avoid bore-glazing in diesels.
SLIPWAY - New cruisers for Southampton Boat Show.
NOTICES - Chart corrections, tide tables and useful telephone numbers.
BOAT REPORT - The Crusader 400 is the latest flagship of Birchwood's semi-displacement range, with some imaginitive ideas creeping in under the company's new regime. We tested the Flybridge version.
SOUTHAMPTON'98 - Our comprehensive guide to the 1998 Southampton International Boat Show, p47 Features, travel, times and prices. p48 Exhibitors A-Z. p52 Boats index. p58 Engines index. p60 Products index.
OYSTERS & FLAMINGOES...to say nothing of the Camargue's famous black bulls and white horses. Join us for a cruise along the Canal du Rhone a Sete, just inland from the Mediterranean coast of France.
BOAT REPORT - From a new French conglomerate called ACM Dufour comes the Heritage 26, a pilothouse cruiser with good weekending accommodation for a small family.
CUDDY-CABIN 21-FOOTERS - Seven sportsboats offering the most basic of sleeping accommodation go head-to-head in our Group Test. Just what do you get for your money?
POPULAR CRUISERS - Angular, medium-vee and beamy, the Freeman 24 (later designated the 750) gave a new look to a successful range 24 years ago. It remains a common sight on UK rivers.
COMPETITION - Your chance to win Transas Tsunamis charting software worth Ã
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