<?xml version="1.0"?> <img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/10/Tallship_Kruzenshtern_.jpg"><h2>Tallship-'Kruzenshtern'-.jpg</h2><strong>Thursday 24 October</strong><br>Russian windjammer <em>Kruzenshtern</em> sails towards the quay in Rostock-Warnemuende, Germany, for an Open Ship Day. The 87-year-old barque is one of the oldest and biggest windjammers still sailing.<br><br><strong>Photo: </strong>Bernd Wuestneck/ZB/PA pics<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/10/catamaran_sub.jpg"><h2>World's first catamaran submarine</h2><strong>Wednesday 23 October</strong><br>The world's first submarine catamaran is completed in Antalya following a three-year project and at a cost of 2.3m. The 22m (72ft) long catamaran is called <em>Thunderbird 2</em>.<br><br><strong>Photo:</strong> Suleyman Elcin/Anadolu Agency/PA Pics<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/10/Humpback_whale_Jervis_Bay.jpg"><h2>Humpback whale Jervis Bay.jpg</h2><strong>Sunday 20 October</strong><br>A humpback whale leaps out of the sea in Jervis Bay off the east coast of Australia. This region is renowned for its whale watching, as the creatures migrate both north and south through the bay, frequently stopping to rest.<br><br><strong>Photo: </strong><em>QIAN JUN/LANDOV/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/10/Pumpkin_boat.jpg"><h2>Pumpkin-boat.jpg</h2><strong>Thursday 24 October </strong><br>Artist Dmitri Galitzine sits aboard his 500kg pumpkin boat as he attempts to sail it across the Solent to the Isle of Wight.<br><br><strong>Photo: </strong><em>Chris Ison/PA Wire</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/10/DLRG_anniversary.jpg"><h2>DLRG-anniversary.jpg</h2><strong>Saturday 19 October </strong><br>A fleet of 180 lifeboats demonstrate on the River Spree in Berlin against baths closures. The event also coincided with The German Life Saving Society's (DLRG) centenery.<br><br><strong>Photo:</strong> <em>Ole Spata/DPA/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/10/PA_17946516.jpg"><h2>Fukushima fishermen begin trials</h2><strong>Friday 18 October</strong><br>Fishing boats leave Onahama port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, as trial fishing operations begin for the first time since the nuclear disaster of March 2011 following the devastating <a href="http://www.motorboatsmonthly.co.uk/news/519225/footage-of-the-moment-tsunami-struck-in-japan">Japanese tsunami</a>.<br><br>Photo: <em>PA Pics</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/10/PA_17933084.jpg"><h2>PA-17933084.jpg</h2><strong>Wednesday 16 October</strong><br>Photo released by South Korea's coastguard shows rescuers searching for two missing people after a Panamanian-registered cargo ship carrying 19 people sank in South Korea's southeast Pohang Harbor on Tuesday 15 October. <br><br>Eight crewmembers have been rescued but nine bodies have also been recovered.<br><br>Photo: Ao Qilin/Landov/PA Pics<br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/10/PA_17928560.jpg"><h2>PA-17928560.jpg</h2><strong>Wednesday 16 October</strong><br>The US coastguard inspect a vessel with a missing centre console, which capsized near Miami leaving four women dead. <br><br>Responding to an early morning callout, the coastguard discovered nine people clinging to the hull seven miles east of Miami. Authorities are investigating whether the victims and survivors were part of a human smuggling operation. <br><br>Photo: <em>AP Photo/Miami Herald, Walter Michot</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/10/PA_17913646.jpg"><h2>Blue green algae Baltic Sea</h2><strong>Tuesday 15 October</strong><br>A layer of blue-green algae can be seen off the coast of Ruegen Island near Lauterbach in Germany. <br><br>Blooms of blue-green algae occur mostly during the summer months in high water temperatures, although it isn't actually algae but cyanobacteria, which can cause skin irritation, nausea, diarrhea and vomiting. <br><br>Photo: <em>Stefan Sauer/DPA/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/10/PA_17903539.jpg"><h2>PA-17903539.jpg</h2><strong>Sunday 13 October</strong><br>The 410-foot <em>SS Badger</em> arrives in Ludington Harbor in Michigan as it makes its way to dock for the final time of the 2013 season. <br><br>Photo: AP photo/Ludington Daily News, Melissa Keefer)<br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/10/Flyer_RIB_Honda.jpg"><h2>Flyer RIB Honda.jpg</h2><strong>Wednesday 9 October</strong><br>In an effort to get the best light conditions for a photoshoot, MBM heads out to the Med at sunrise.<br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/10/berlin.jpg"><h2>berlin.jpg</h2><strong>Wednesday 9 October</strong><br>A passenger boat cruises down the River Spree in Berlin, Germany, during the Berlin Festival of Lights. The festival is one of the largest illumination events in the world, transforming Berlin's landmarks through light.<br><br>Photo: <em>Sergey Kohl / Demotix/Demotix/Press Association Images</em><br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/10/honda_cannes.jpg"><h2>honda cannes.jpg</h2><strong>Tuesday 8 October</strong><br>MBM's Greg went to Cannes, France, to test out a range of new products from Honda. It's a hard life being a marine journalist.<br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/10/vegas.jpg"><h2>vegas.jpg</h2><strong>Sunday 6 October</strong><br>A procession of boats are towed up the Las Vegas Strip in a protest against the closure of Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Boatowners towed their boats down the strip as part of a peaceful protest.<br><br>Photo: <em>David Becker/AP/Press Association Images</em><br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/10/sydney.jpg"><h2>sydney.jpg</h2><strong>Saturday 5 October</strong><br>A group of boats gather next to the Opera House in Sydney, Australia, to welcome warships into the harbour. The ships are arriving as part of a review to commemorate the centenary of the first entry of the Royal Australian Navy's Fleet on 4 October 1913.<br><br>Photo: <em>Juls Ibanez / Demotix/Demotix/Press Association Images</em><br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/10/Sydney_opera_house.jpg"><h2>Sydney opera house.jpg</h2><strong>Thursday 3 October </strong><br>A tall ship sails past the Opera House in Sydney, Australia. The boat sails during the Fleet Review, which is a commemorative event to mark the centenary of the first Royal Australian Navy fleet into Sydney Harbor.<br><em>Rob Griffith/AP/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/10/chinese_fishermen.jpg"><h2>chinese fishermen.jpg</h2><strong>Wednesday 2 October</strong><br>A rescue vessel tows boats belonging to missing fishermen from Yongxing Island, Hainan Province, China. A search is underway to find 58 men following strong gales in the area, caused by the Typhoon Watip.<br><em>ZHAO YINGQUAN/LANDOV/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/10/Filipino_boat_racing.jpg"><h2>Filipino boat racing.jpg</h2><strong>Monday 30 September</strong><br>Filipinos paddle on a small boat they made using just plastic bottles. It was part of a boat-making competition in Manila, which aims to promote the use of recycled materials when trying to rescue people in the flood-prone areas. <br><em>Aaron Favila/AP/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/10/USS_New_Hampshire.jpg"><h2>USS New Hampshire.jpg</h2><strong>Monday 30 September</strong><br>Escorted by the tug <em>MV Paul A. Wronowski</em>, the US Navy Virginia class attack submarine <em>USS New Hampshire</em> leaves the Navy base in Groton, Connecticut. <br><em>SEAN D. ELLIOT/AP/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/10/Belgium_memorial.jpg"><h2>Belgium memorial.jpg</h2><strong>Saturday 28 September </strong><br>Belgian and Dutch army engineers walk across a completed floating pontoon bridge on the River Scheldt in Antwerp, Belgium. The bridge, which is an accurate remake of the original bridge that spanned the river in 1914, will allow access to Antwerp?s World War One museum. <br><em>Virginia Mayo/AP/Press Association Images</em><br><br><a href="http://www.motorboatsmonthly.co.uk/galleries/featured/34467/1/0/best-boat-photos-september-2013">View all our September 2013 best boat photos</a>.
