Yachting Monthly Crash Test Boat

She’s been called ‘Britain’s most abused boat’ – capsized, grounded, dismasted, ‘sunk’, set ablaze and blown up in a gas explosion. Yachting Monthly’s Crash Test Boat series is a world-first and has certainly exploded a few myths about safety at sea.

Over a period of 8 months, the magazine tested to total destruction a 42ft Sun Fizz 40 ketch in a series of eight controlled disasters, to discover which troubleshooting methods work best.

No one else has recorded so graphically, on film and in words and pictures, what happens when calamity strikes out of the blue. In controlled and monitored experiments yachtsmen can learn how to avoid and how to cope with disaster at sea.

‘It’s a sort of ‘Top Gear’ afloat, but with life-saving lessons,’ says Editor Paul Gelder. 'The ethos behind the series is safety, self-reliance and good seamanship. It’s when things go wrong afloat that we learn our most valuable lessons. With this series sailors can learn from our mistakes so they can avoid making their own.’

Watch the video catch up with the crash test videos at www.yachtingmonthly.com/crashtestboat 

Visit the Crash Boat stand on F106, located in the North Hall

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