Kim Hollamby | The anchor swallowed

Just seen this video - there are some well known pictures of French lighthouses in storms but seeing those waves move is something else again.

See this time lapse of the Radiance of the Seas in 2003 as she made her way through the Panama Canal.

Memories of Howard Jones, my crew for a rare one-tide motorboat passage between Gloucester and Bristol Floating Dock.

20 years of Motor Boats Monthly gallery
Doesn’t seem, ummm…10 years since I wrote a horribly long 10-year celebration in the magazine itself. Fun to see a reminder of past days and good to see they’ve found a more succinct way of celebrating the 20th!
I joined the mag just in time to see the very first […]

An announcement went out today that formally cut my last direct links with the marine industry.
IBI news announcement of new DAME Awards chairman.
I’ve worked in some capacity with boating since 1985 when I joined Motor Cruiser magazine. What happened next was 15 fabulous and extremely busy years, most of them on Motor Boats Monthly magazine, […]

HFL Marriner 2 generator overheating and maintenance problems

When we bought Formanda last year we knew we would want a decent set of warps onboard. The plan was to buy in bulk, then cut to required lengths and splice and whip the ends (well if I’m being honest I’d do the chopping and measuring and Michelle would do the splicing, the art of […]

Behind the scenes at Penarth’s lifeboat station and onwards to Swansea.

A day off in Penarth provides the opportunity to check progress on Cardiff Bay’s £200m barrier and the implications of its completion.

A varied day in which we discover Amsterdam in the West Country, find out what makes a Newport Diver tick and enter Penarth the easy way.