It’s a muggy day in Athens. After a transfer bus takes us from the capital to Piraeus Port, we get off in one sweaty heap. But the weight of the merciless climate lifts when a magnificent vessel flood

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A cruise? Give it 30 years. That was the conclusion of our editor-in-chief, Claire Sanderson, before she climbed aboard a ship designed with family harmony in mind. Here, she explains how she became a cruising convert

Largest in the range from the well-known Swedish builder, the Maxi 1300 is an easily handled fast cruiser with offshore potential and a nicely-finished interior. David Harding went to meet her...

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Saare’s new flagship might look conservative, but those lines hide a thoroughly modern cruiser that takes the fight to the yard’s bigger rivals. Theo Stocker went to find out how she measures up