Motor Boat & Yachting

THE BOATAHOLIC

“I don’t want one of those, I want a proper outboard” was my immediate thought when an electric outboard motor was suggested to me. My latest upgrade to ‘Smuggler’s Blues 2’ had been an inflatable tender to give us the flexibility to head for shore for dinner when moored overnight on a buoy on the River Dart, or make it

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