Motor Boat & Yachting

TIME TO REFLECT

I bought Greyfin, a nearly new Beneteau Antares 8, in 2017 as a first foray into motor I boating. As a seasoned sailor I was familiar with the water, navigation, the weather and tides but I had rarely been on a motor boat with the significant differences mechanisation brings.

The rationale behind buying a motor cruiser was to have a mobile holiday apartment on the south coast of Cornwall that I could equally use on my own or with family and friends. I wanted a boat that was comfortable, reliable, well equipped but not complicated, and reasonably economical to

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