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Motor Boat & Yachting has been directed by just 12 editors over its 100 year history, the longest serving of them being A.P.Chalkley, who saw the journal safely through both World Wars and four of its seven title changes. Here is the roster, along with a flavour of the way in which the appearance of the cover has changed with the ages.

Click on the covers to see a larger version. Read more about the origins of the magazine here.

Editors

1904 - 1906 George Sharp
1906 - 1908 R. G. L. Markham
1908 - 1912 T. D. Wynn Weston
1912 - 1955 A. P. Chalkley
1956 - 1962 Frank Snoxell
1962 - 1967 Erroll Bruce
1967 - 1972 John Liley
1972 - 1979 Dick Hewitt
1979 - 1986 Alex McMullen
1986 - 1991 Tom Willis
1991 - 2003 Alan Harper
2003 - Tom Isitt


Titles

1904 - 1911
The Motor Boat
1911 - 1912
The Motor Boat and Marine Gas Oil Engine
1912 - 1920
The Motor Ship & Motor Boat
1920 - 1937
The Motor Boat
1937 - 1938
The Motor Boat - Yachting and Commercial Craft
1938 - 1963
The Motor Boat and Yachting
1963
Motor Boat and Yachting

Motor Boat & Yachting first cover Motor Boat & Yachting 1930s cover
Motor Boat & Yachting 1940s cover Motor Boat & Yachting 1950s cover
Motor Boat & Yachting 1960s cover Motor Boat & Yachting 1970s cover
Motor Boat & Yachting 1980s cover Motor Boat & Yachting 2004 cover

 

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