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FREE DIGITAL MAGAZINE Motorboat SEPTEMBER 2017 Owner Aordable practical boating BOAT TEST Bayliner VR5 Cuddy Destination Guide YARMOUTH Ocqueteau Ostréa 700 T-Top l Birchwood TS34 l SBS Preview Welcome to the September issue. Can you believe it? We have just had a glorious August bank holiday weekend. I hope the weather in your area was just as good, and that you were able to make the most of it. We managed to spend the weekend on the boat and, although we didn’t go far, the fact the sun was shining, we had the canopies off and we managed to spend half a day at anchor From the Editor watching the seals in perfect motorboating contact us Motorboat Owner Editor, Neale Byart Digital Marine Media Ltd 01268 922992 Suite 6 Philpot House, [email protected] Station Road, Rayleigh, Essex SS6 7HH Associate Editor, Claire Frew t: 01268 922991 01268 922993 [email protected] [email protected] 2 September 2017 MOTORBOAT OWNER stand B081 aboardwelcome See Southampton Preview page 20 Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight gets the ‘Destination Guide’ treatment on page 48 Boat Show, and this year there seems to be a bumper crop of exciting new boats making their debut. This is what boat shows are all about, getting the first glimpse of the new engines, products and boats, and seeing what innovations one manufacturer has come up with, that others may incorporate next year. To help you through the show, we have produced a guide of some of the best new boats you really should make an effort to see. Our list of 27 boats is not complete, we simply didn’t have enough space, so keep your eyes peeled for quite a few other interesting debuts, both on the water and ashore. If you haven’t booked your tickets for weather, meant it really didn’t matter. These the show yet, don’t wait until you get are the days that make owning a boat so there. There is still time to order tickets worthwhile, and create the memories that at the discounted rate of £12, which sustain us through the season beginning will get you in on any day, including with ‘W’ that I dare not mention this early preview day. Just click HERE and enter in the year. The forecasters are talking of an code EPTOD7MFZG. We’ll be there Indian summer, so hopefully there are plenty throughout, on Stand B081, so do more memories to be made. drop by and say hello. As we enter September, the thoughts of We look forward to many of us are turning to the Southampton seeing you. Sub Editor, Pam Born Subscriptions: 01268 922991 Production Editor, John Frew [email protected] Advertising: 01268 922994 Contributors: Brokerage, classified & display Pam Born, Jake Kavanagh, Advertising Manager, John Steward Neil Mountain [email protected] Cover photo: The new Bayliner VR5 Cuddy on test in Biscarrosse, France Motorboat Owner © Digital Marine Media Ltd 3 Single page Online Advert 2.pdf 1 21/02/2015 13:59:49 9 Superior & BOAT SALES Marinas Moorings for all types of boats River Thames . River Severn Norfolk Broads . 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In this case 17 it is one minute earlier than NEWS the standard port page 8 18 19 You now have all the information to work out a window for crossing the Using the standard port cill. This method also works tidal curve, mark the for crossing drying areas on height (3.9m) of HW at the You should then join the a chart (see March 14 issue) secondary port. Also mark HW and the LW mark the height of LW on the together with a straight 20 INBOX page 28 bottom scale diagonal line 21 22 an almanac onboard, but the likelihood T idal information is freely available will be that the portNow in you question can add isn’t in the one these days, with even the smallest of of the 50 or so ‘standardtime of HW ports’, below where the tidal you ports often producing their own tide will find a tidecurve, table asfor well the as full the year hours in Step 12 showed that 3m of tables or uploading local tides onto their the Almanac.either In this side case, the place you tide is needed for access to website, but for many boaters, these won’t are looking to visit is what is known as Woodbridge, so find where The tidal curve has two be available when you are mid cruise a secondary port and, without a specific your diagonal line crosses lines, one red and one blue. CUTTING EDGE Motorb 3m and draw a horizontal and decide to explore that little port or tide table for thatoat port, Owner you may have The one you use for the © Digital Mari line across the tidal curve next stage will depend on harbour that is conveniently placed for an to calculate the tide times for a visitn by e Medi overnight stop. You will, no doubt, have Septembera Ltd 2017 whether the tide is springs (red) or neaps (blue) 60 page 40 63 Q&A page 42 TESTED page 82 Moorings for all types of boats page 76 Project Boat Fairline Vixen p60 page 82 Tested PRACTICAL Secondary port calculations Renovo Soft Top Reviver Renovo Ultra Proofer River Thames . River Severn p48 Superspout Norfolk Broads . 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And with bases in Portland, Weymouth, East Cowes, Haslar in Portsmouth Harbour and now Deacons on the River Hamble, we’re never far away. 03454 30 2012 deanreddyhoff.co.uk If you any have news from your region, please email us at NEWS [email protected] Red Diesel: Belgian customs controls suspended In the wake of numerous fines issued in June and July to UK boats at Belgium ports for carrying red diesel, the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) has confirmed that further controls by Belgium Customs have been suspended. It said ‘the Minister of Finance’s office advised that due to there being different treatment on how the use of red diesel in pleasure craft is dealt with in different EU member states, Belgian customs has suspended all controls until there has been a debate at EU level to ensure a uniform approach in all member states.’ The issue is expected to be debated by the EU Committee on Excise Duty on the 18th September.