Do you receive the only e-newsletter from the RYA dedicated to powered boating?Friday, 30 September 2011 09:27
I write this a week after the annual pilgrimage to the Southampton Boat show where once again it was a ten day jam packed jamboree of new boats, new things and old friends… like the Guinness bar.
One of the reasons for us sort of boaters to head to the Southampton show every year is that we are often blessed with a large swathe of new boats from the many manufacturers of sports boats and RIBs. This year there were some rather remarkable new boats, and even some brand new companies like Voodoo Performance Craft (their new boat is the one pictured). What’s more, is that in the month or so following the boat show, many dealers have started putting on open weekends so us boat curious folk can come down and get out on a new craft that we may have spotted at the show...
In the world of journalism, it can be easy to get carried away with silly descriptions, and though we try not to go too far – I’m afraid we did during the test of the Ranieri Voyager 19S, which appeared in the July issue of Sports Boat and RIB.
Here in the Sports Boat and RIB office, the days tick away as if they were on fire. No sooner has another glorious issue of this magazine gone to press than the month has passed in flap of a gnat’s wings, the next deadline has come up and my designer is breathing down my neck and threatening to take my pet goldfish as a hostage if I don’t give him the articles we’re meant to be printing, this second. All in all, there is not much spare time to be had.