<?xml version="1.0"?> <img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/07/outboats_create_spray_in_taplow.jpg"><h2>Best Boat Photos</h2><strong>Thursday 25 July: 10hp outboard testing in Taplow</strong><br>An outboard produces spray during the MBM 10hp outboard test at Taplow in Berkshire. Watch out for the October issue of Motor Boats Monthly for the full feature.<br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/07/MBM_OUTBOARD_test.jpg"><h2>Best Boat Photos</h2><strong>Thursday 25 July: 10hp outboard test for October issue</strong><br>MBMs founding editor Emrhys Barrell at the helm of an outboard-powered tender for a future 10hp outboard test.<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/07/wales_boat_show_s28.jpg"><h2>Best Boat Photos</h2><strong>Tuesday 23 July: All Wales Boat Show, Conwy</strong><br>A boat crosses the estuary in front of Conwy Castle during the inaugural All Wales Boat Show.<br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/07/Wales_boat_show_sunseeker_portofino_40.jpg"><h2>Best Boat Photos</h2><strong>Tuesday 23 July: Sunseeker Portofino 40</strong><br>The Sunseeker Portofino 40 in all her glory on the opening day of the <a href="http://www.motorboatsmonthly.co.uk/galleries/boatshows/34449/1/0/all-wales-boat-show-2013">All Wales Boat Show</a>.<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/07/colourful_boats_salhouse_broad.jpg"><h2>Best Boat Photos</h2><strong>Monday</strong> <strong>22 July: hireboats on the Norfolk Broads</strong><br>The typical hireboats make a colourful backdrop on a muggy morning on the Norfolk Broads.<br><br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/07/out_on_the_norfolk_broads.jpg"><h2>Best Boat Photos</h2><strong>Monday</strong> <strong>22 July: Haines 42 on the Norfolk Broads</strong><br>MBM's editor Carl brings <em>Ruby Tuesday</em>, the very first Haines 42 in to berth at Salhouse Broad in Norfolk.<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/07/haines_42_elegance.jpg"><h2>Best Boat Photos</h2><strong>Monday</strong> <strong>22 July: MBM's editor on the flybridge of the Haines 42</strong><br>MBM's editor Carl stands on the flybridge of the Haines 42 Elegance during a test on the Norfolk Broads.<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/07/targa.jpg"><h2>Best boat photos</h2><strong>Wednesday 17 July: Botnia Targa used boat test </strong><br>MBM?s Nick Burnham takes a Botnia Targa out for a test as part of a used boat feature. Read the used boat report in the <strong>September issue of MBM</strong>. <br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/07/Costa_Concordia.jpg"><h2>Best boat photos</h2><strong>Tuesday</strong> <strong>16 July: Costa Concordia</strong><br><em>Costa Concordia</em> lies on its side as teams work to refloat the cruise ship and take it to be dismantled. The ship, which is lying off the coast of Isola del Giglio, is compressing down on itself under its own weight. On Monday reports said that the superstructure was three metres narrower than it was. <br><br>The trial of five people associated with the <em>Costa Concordia</em> crash is currently underway.<br><br><strong>Photo:</strong> <em>Gregorio Borgia/AP/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/07/Mersek_e_tripple.jpg"><h2>Best boat photos</h2><strong>Monday 15 July: The longest ship in the world</strong><br>The longest ship in the world, the Maersk Triple E Class Maersk<em> Mc-Kinney Moller</em> arrives in Busan, South Korea. <br><br>Maersk has ordered 20 of the new 400m-long ships, which are just three metres longer and four metres wider than the existing E Class ships. The extra size allows them to carry 18,000 containers, 2500 more than their predecessors. The new ships are also the most efficient per 20ft of cargo.<br><br><strong>Photo</strong>: <em>Oh Su-hee/AP/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/07/Swan_tracking_thames.jpg"><h2>Best boat photos</h2><strong>Monday</strong> <strong>15 July: Swan Upping on the Thames</strong><br>The tradition of Swan Upping, which dates back more than 700 years on the Thames, reaches Windsor. All cygnets or mute swans on the river are rounded up, marked and released. <br><br><strong>Photo: </strong><em>Mark Kerrison / Demotix/Demotix/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/07/henely_festival.jpg"><h2>Best boat photos</h2><strong>Sunday 14 July: Henley Festival</strong><br>Festival goers moor up in their boats off the banks of Henley during day three of the Henley Festival on the Thames.<br><br><strong>Photo:</strong> <em>Sophie Duval/EMPICS Entertainment</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/07/Sunseeker_at_Sydney_Boat_Show.jpg"><h2>Best Boat Photo</h2><strong>Thursday</strong> <strong>11 July: Sunseeker at Sydney Boat Show</strong><br>Three weeks before the Sydney International Boat Show and the first boat arrives, a used Sunseeker Predator 68.<br><br><strong>Photo</strong>: <em>Richard Milnes / Demotix/Demotix/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/07/Malta_migrants.jpg"><h2>Best Boat Photo</h2><strong>Wednesday</strong> <strong>10 July: Asylum seekers rescued off the coast of Malta</strong><br>Patrol vessel <em>P24</em> returns to its base at Hay Wharf in Malta for the second time that day with more migrants on board. The Armed Forces of Malta rescued 212 people 40 miles off its coast, with all of them claiming to be from Solmalia and seeking asylum. <br><br><strong>Photo</strong>: <em>Ian Pace / Demotix/Demotix/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/07/Sunken_boat_in_Mississippi.jpg"><h2>Best Boat Photo</h2><strong>Wednesday</strong> <strong>10 July: A sunken tug is raise from the Mississippi riverbed</strong><br>A sunken tug is raised from the riverbed of the Mississippi in Louisiana. It took five days for divers to find the 47-foot <em>C-Pec</em> and attach cables to it for lifting. Since it sank on 6 July the river has been partially closed to traffic. <br><br><strong>Photo</strong>:<em> Gerald Herbert/AP/Press Association Images</em><br><br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/07/Solar_Power_Boat_RA.jpg"><h2>Best Boat Photo</h2><strong>Tuesday 9 July: Solar-powered RA boat</strong><br>An experimental solar powered RA boat makes its way along the Inter Coastal Waterway from Florida to Canada and then back down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. The twin 8hp Torqeedo outboards are powered by 15 solar panels.<br><br><strong>Photo</strong>: <em>Dale Gerhard/AP/Press Association Images</em><br><br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/07/Gloriana.jpg"><h2>Best Boat Photo</h2><strong>Monday 8 July: Royal rowbarge <em>Gloriana</em></strong><br>Following the Henley Royal Regatta, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is rowed down the Thames at Windsor aboard the Royal rowbarge, <em>Gloriana</em>. <br><br><strong>Photo</strong>: <em>Steve Parsons/PA Wire/Press Association Images</em>
