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PBR Editor’s Comment • Welcome to Issue 192 October 2024 - Autumn

PRINCESS ROYAL TO VISIT SIBS

SOUTH COAST BOAT SHOW DATES ANNOUNCED

OMIKRON PREPARE FOR CANNES DEBUT

WOLF ROCK GO ALL OUT!

WILLIAMS: THREE IN ONE

WESSEX MARINE TO MAKE DOUBLE REVEAL AT SIBS

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

GARMIN INTRODUCE LIGHTING CONTROLLER

WELLCRAFT TO UNVEIL NEW CRUISER SERIES

OPTIMA YACHTS TO DEBUT AT SIBS

JELF WINS 17TH BRITISH TITLE

TECHNOHULL EXPAND PRODUCTION FACILITY

WALLYWHY100 TO MAKE WORLD DEBUT AT CANNES

THEYACHTMARKET.COM CONFIRMED AS SPONSORS AT SIBS

FGI YACHT GROUP PARTNER WITH ANVERA

A BRACE OF REDBAY RIBS

‘DOUBLE WHAMMY’ FOR ORKNEY

SOUTHAMPTON SPECTACLE • This year’s Southampton International Boat Show will see over 250 powered craft hailing from all around the world being presented by a host of companies both large and small. HMS looks ahead …

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BENETEAU SWIFT TRAWLER 54 • Bristling with features and innovation, this is a ‘new-generation Swift Trawler’, as Greg Copp discovers.

THRUSTME ELECTRIC OUTBOARD • Now offered with a second battery option and solar charging, this motor has off-grid potential.

AZIMUT SEADECK 6 • Constructed with carbon fibre, this efficient hybrid looks to blaze a trail. Greg Copp reports..

ATMOS BY SCANSTRUT • This no-nonsense power pump takes away the chore of getting your inflatables in shape.

STERK 31RC • Jo Moon and Mark Featherstone travel to the Continent to test the very latest offering from German sports boat manufacturer Sterk. But just how easy is it to ride this twin 350 Yamaha horse-powered thoroughbred? Join our intrepid duo to find out …

CORMATE EXPLORER 35 • Beautifully built and manically quick, few boats offer such a driving experience.

XTRATUF ANKLE DECK BOOT • As many of you will know, I suffer from troublesome feet, after having sustained complex injuries as a consequence of a car crash seven years ago. I therefore regard myself as something of an ‘expert’ when it comes to determining the pros and cons of footwear!

NIMBUS 495 FLYBRIDGE • Ed Hickling attends the launch of the new Nimbus 495 Flybridge. This flagship model is marketed as ‘an island of its own’. So, for those with the means, what does this floating real estate deliver?

THE PENGUIN FRIDGE • Super-efficient compact cooling power …

SEALENCE SOLID-STATE BATTERY • Will this marine-specific battery give electric propulsion the grunt it needs?

CHASING THE WIND • In this exclusive feature, the official French America’s Cup challenge team, Orient Express Racing Team, tell us how they are tackling the growing need for ever more capable and faster chase craft which are expected to keep pace with 50-knot-plus hydrofoiling racing yachts…

NORTHSTAR ORION 8 • Just how ‘starry eyed’ do Ed Hickling & Tom Montgomery-Swan become when they undertake the very first UK test of this potential ‘marriage made in heaven’.

HERTZ VENEZIA • Hertz Marine...