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	Ribtec Grand Tourer The Ribtec Grand Tourer has seen some useful updates since its launch in 2005. And not only is it better than it was but, with Ribshack adding the craft to its burgeoning shared-ownership fleet, it's also more accessible. Alex Smith reports.	More...

	GETTING IT RIGHT Weather is a huge subject but, from a boaterâ€™s point of view, there are really only a couple of questions â€“ can we go out and can we get back. Jon Mendez makes it simple.	More...

	Orkney 520 Itâ€™s a very popular name in boating, but what did Simon Everett think of the Orkney 520 when he recently got his hands on one for the day.	More...

	Stormcat Monostorm One of the benefits of small homeland boat builders is their adaptability. If they have a boat that is nearly what you want but not quite, they will, more often than not, accommodate your wishes by adapting the existing model to your specification. Once this has been done they then have the option to offer this same variation to other customers.	More...

	Dinghy World Traditionally, timber is a material well suited to boats such as dinghies. In fact, many of the old clinker style versions are still in existence and used daily. You sometimes see them on the used market, shining out from the ocean of GRP - and new boats are still being built in this traditional way.	More...

	CLASSIC CORNER Have you noticed how anyone with a classic boat, whether they have a motorboat, a sailing boat or a manual powered craft, never seems to be in a hurry? These owners always seem to live in a world of unshakeable contentment to which the rest of us can only aspire. Itâ€™s a mindset that comes from total enjoyment of a boat and the knowledge that getting to the destination is of secondary importance.	More...

	Get Hitched Compared with the first-generation X-Trail, the latest range could be considered rather sparse. We now have just three models - the entry-level Acenta and the better-equipped Tekna models, the latter available with a choice of two power outputs. But itâ€™s the Acenta (available only in 173bhp guise) that we have been particularly keen to investigate. This cheapest X-Trail retails at Â£23,445, placing it in direct competition with the Outlanders, CR-Vs and Freelanders of this world - so how does the Nissan fare against the latest competition?	More...

	ANGLING June is busting out all over, according to the musical, and so it is at sea. Fish are everywhere, with bass at the top of the list for the next few months - and that brings me to a question raised by a reader who wanted to know if he could float fish from his boat for bass. Yes you can, I do it regularly	More...

	Lithium-Ion power Mastervolt, the Dutch manufacturer of premium electrical equipment, has seen a huge surge in the sales of its Lithium-Ion battery.	More...

	Linder 445 Sportsman Max The many advantages, and indeed the intrinsic logic, of using aluminium as a boat building material has been discussed in Boat Mart for decades. While we are more than happy to climb aboard fast ferries built of aluminium, admire alloy deep sea racing yachts, and rely for our defence on naval frigates built of similar material, the vast majority of British recreational boaters seem reluctant to accept â€˜tinniesâ€™ as a part of their boating lives.	More...

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