<?xml version="1.0"?> <img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/08/Santa_Severa_Italy_boats_damaged_in_typhoon.jpg"><h2>Santa-Severa,-Italy,-boats-damaged-in-typhoon.jpg</h2><strong>Thursday 29 August: Typhoon in Italy rips up boats</strong><br><br>In Santa Severa, Rome, many boats are found washed up in the countryside far from the beach as a small typhoon hits Italy.<br><br><strong>Photo:</strong> Alessandro Antonini/PA Pics<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/08/Sunset_in_Berlin.jpg"><h2>Sunset-in-Berlin.jpg</h2><strong>Wednesday 28 August: Sunset in Berlin</strong><br><br>A boat motors past the Berlin landmark Molecule Man as the sun sets in Berlin.<br><br><strong>Photo:</strong> Hannibal Hanschke/DPA/Press Association Images<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/08/Spanish_fishing_boats_protest_in_Gibraltar.jpg"><h2>Spanish fishing boats protest in Gibraltar.jpg</h2><strong>Wednesday 28 August: Spanish fishing boats protest in Gibraltar</strong><br>Spanish fishing boats protest in front of the rock of Gibraltar as diplomatic tensions between Britain and Spain mount.<br><br>See our gallery of<a href="http://www.motorboatsmonthly.co.uk/galleries/featured/34457/1/0/spanish-fishing-boats-protest-in-gibraltar"> photos of the Gibraltar protest</a>.<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/08/Rubber_duck_boat.jpg"><h2>Rubber-duck-boat.jpg</h2><strong>Wednesday 28 August: Chinese rubber duck boat</strong><br><br>A ferry boat made up to look like a roast duck is seen on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China. It is the city's roasted version of Dutch artist <strong>Florentijn Hofman's Rubber Duck</strong> in Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. <br><br><strong>Photo:</strong> AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/08/River_Rye_race.jpg"><h2>River-Rye-race.jpg</h2><strong>Sunday 25 August: Annual Rye Raft Race</strong><br><br>Competitors take part in the 35th Annual Rye Raft Race on the River Rother, organised by the Rye District Lions Club. All competitors race in homemade craft.<br><br><strong>Photo: </strong>Andrew Smith/Demotix/PA Pics<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/08/explosion_in_japan.jpg"><h2>Best Boat Photos</h2><strong>Tuesday 13 August: Japanese mine disposal</strong><br>The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force disposes of a mine in the Kanmon Straits, off Shimonoseki in the Yamaguchi Prefecture. The mine, which was dropped by a US bomber during the Second World War, was found buried in a seabed in June.<br><strong>Photo:</strong> <em>AP/Press Association Image</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/08/algae_builds_in_rivers_london.jpg"><h2>Best Boat Photos</h2><strong>Tuesday 13 August: Algae in London's rivers</strong><br>The recent hot weather, powerful sun and downpours have washed fertiliser into the water, leading to an explosion of algae in London's rivers.<br><strong>Photo:</strong> <em>Lewis Whyld/PA Wire/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/08/love_boat_sinks_and_kills_two.jpg"><h2>Best Boat Photos</h2><strong>Monday 12 August: Poisoning at Turkish breaking yard</strong><br>Two workers died and six were injured following gas poisoning at Aliaga ship breaking yard in Izmir, Turkey. Toxic smoke filled the engineroom of a ship during its dismantling.<br><strong>Photo:</strong> <em>AA/ABACA/PA Pics</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/08/Spindrift_2_at_fastnet_2013.jpg"><h2>Best Boat Photos</h2><strong>Sunday 11 August: Fastnet race first leg</strong><br><em>Spindrift 2</em> speeds down The Solent at 25 knots on its first leg of the Fastnet race. <em>Spindrift 2 </em>completed the 600-mile race in 38 hours.<br><strong>Photo: </strong><em>Greg Goulding</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/08/formula_500_boats_race.jpg"><h2>Best Boat Photos</h2><div align="left"><strong>Saturday 10 August: Formula 500 boats practice</strong><br></div>A Formula-500 class boat speeds off during a practice session for the European championships in Pouch, Germany.<br><strong>Photo:</strong> <em>Hendrik Schmidt/DPA/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/08/four_new_container_cranes_elbe_river_germany.jpg"><h2>Best Boat Photos</h2><strong>Thursday 8 August: New container cranes on the Elbe River</strong><br>Four new container cranes are transported by ship form China to Burchard Quay on the Elbe River, Germany. The gantries are from Shanghai, and are designed to deal with the latest and largest container ships. <br><br><strong>Photo:</strong> <em>Angelika Warmuth/DPA/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/08/fish_die_due_to_pollution_in_pakistan.jpg"><h2>Best Boat Photos</h2><strong>Wednesday</strong> <strong>7 August: Fish killed by pollution in Pakistan</strong><br>Dead fish are scooped up by workers in Karachi Port, Pakistan. High pollution in the marina means that large numbers of fish are unable to live in the waters and die.<br><br><strong>Photo: </strong><em>Demotix/Demotix/Press Association Images</em><br><br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/08/philipine_navy_warship.jpg"><h2>Best Boat Photos</h2><strong>Tuesday 6 August: Launch of second Philippine naval warship</strong><br>The Philippine Navy and spectators welcome the country?s second warship, the <em>BRP Ramon Alcaraz</em>, to Subic Freeport. The navy is adding a second warship to its fleet to challenge China?s territory claims that Filipino officials say intrude the country?s potentially oil-rich seas. <br><br><strong>Photo:</strong> <em>Bullit Marquez/AP/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/08/RNLI_Hope_Cove.jpg"><h2>Best Boat Photos</h2><strong>Monday</strong> <strong>5 August: MBM's editor on board Hope Cove lifeboat</strong><br>MBM?s editor Carl Richardson goes out on the new Ribcraft owned by the independant Hope Cove lifeboat in Devon.<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/08/Sport_the_intruder_rnli.jpg"><h2>Best Boat Photos</h2><strong>Monday</strong> <strong>5 August: Spot the intruder on Hope Cove's lifeboat</strong><br>Can you spot the intruder to the Hope Cove lifeboat crew? MBM?s Carl Richardson joins the Hope Cove lifeboat ? run by an independent lifeboat station, based in Bigbury Bay, Devon. <br><br>Look out for the feature in a future issue of MBM.<br><br><a href="http://www.motorboatsmonthly.co.uk/galleries/featured/34454/1/0/lorry-sinks-boat-on-thames">Check out our gallery as a LORRY SINKS A BOAT on the Thames</a><br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/08/Sunseeker_.jpg"><h2>Sunseeker .JPG</h2><strong>Thursday 1 August: MBM tests the Sunseeker San Remo</strong><br>MBM picks the only overcast day in weeks to test the Sunseeker San Remo out of Poole. Look out for the test in the October issue of Motor Boats Monthly, which is still a way off yet.<br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/08/Nick_eating_teak.jpg"><h2>Nick eating teak.JPG</h2><strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>1 August: Nick tastes teak on the Sunseeker San Remo</strong><br>MBM?s Nick Burnham leaves no trouser leg unturned during his test of the Sunseeker San Remo.<br><br>Please feel free to send your caption suggestions to sally_coffey@ipcmedia.com and we'll publish the best ones.<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/08/barge_scuttled.jpg"><h2>barge scuttled.jpg</h2><strong>Wednesday 31 July: barge is scuttled in Florida</strong><br>A 175ft (53m) barge is scuttled 1.7 miles off Florida's Pensacola Beach in the Gulf of Mexico with dozens of whimsical metal sculptures attached, by local artist Kevin Marchetti. <br><br>Marchetti said, ?I?ve made a lot of artwork and people see it every day, but I?ve never made artwork for dolphins before.?<br><br><strong>Photo:</strong> <em>Tony Giberson/AP/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/08/wildfire_jet_boat.jpg"><h2>wildfire jet boat.jpg</h2><strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>30 July: jetboat in wildfire area</strong><br>Despite the air quality in parts of Southern Oregon being rated as hazardous due to 35,000 acres of wildfires burning, a jetboat full of passengers speeds down Grants Pass on the River Rogue. <br><strong>Photo</strong>: <em>Timothy Bullard/AP/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/08/Festa_de_noantri.jpg"><h2>Festa de noantri.jpg</h2><strong>Sunday</strong> <strong>28 July: Festa de Noantri, Rome</strong><br>As part of the closing ceremony of the annual Festa de Noantri in Rome, locals reenact the historical procession of Madonna Fiumarola along the Tiber River.<br><strong>Photo: </strong><em>Donatella Giagnori / Demotix/Demotix/Press Association Images<br><br></em><strong><a href="hhttp://www.motorboatsmonthly.co.uk/galleries/featured/34441/1/0/best-boat-photos-july-2013">See the July 2013 gallery</a></strong><br>
