Battery management made simple, Plastic vs metal seacocks: which is best? Anchoring with shore lines explained, Tips for replacing curved windows; The appeal of the…
Practical Boat Owner
July issue – 8 May
Navigation and your fingertips: an easy guide to digital charts, plotters and MFDs, How to sail around headlands, races and overfalls, 10 ways to save…
Nicholson 31 Association welcomes new Honorary Secretary
The new Honorary Secretary of the Nicholson 31 Association Michael Wright will take up the post next month.
British Marine and RYA reaction to European Union referendum results
British Marine will represent industry concerns to Government throughout this transitional period.
Free sailing and windsurfing opportunities this summer
Following the recent success of Push the Boat Out, the RYA is offering a whole summer of sailing with even more opportunities for everyone to get afloat.
Force 4’s Deacons chandlery remains temporarily closed following fire
Force 4 Chandlery's store in Deacons Boat Yard, Bridge Road, Bursledon remains temporarily closed following an electrical fire.
Australian Paralympic Sailing Team members robbed in Rio
Two members of the Australian Paralympic Sailing Team have been robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Two suspected people smugglers arrested after rescue
Two people rescued off the Kent coast after making a Mayday call have been arrested on suspicion of people smuggling.
Sailing cross-Channel in a Laser Pico
Charity challenger Dave Birch has completed a 75-mile cross-Channel sail from Guernsey to Torquay in a Laser Pico dinghy.
Yacht rescued after hitting submarine barrier in The Solent
While dealing with a grounded yacht, GAFIRS rescuers were tasked to another emergency after a yacht hit the submarine barrier off Southsea and issued a Mayday distress call.
Lone sailor rescued after distress call
A single-handed French sailor was rescued six miles off the Wicklow coast after making a distress call.
Nav in a nutshell: Curved track or straight?
GPS will keep us on the straight and narrow by constantly showing how much we need to adjust our heading for changes in tide, wind and boat speed.
Abandoned yacht Platino under tow by tug boat
The missing Platino sailor has also been named as Stephen (Steve) Forno, 63-years-old from Devonport, New Zealand
Liverpool Bay wind farm to quadruple in size
DONG Energy is adding 32 more turbines to the existing 25 at Burbo Bank in Liverpool Bay, in an extension project reported to be worth £450million.
Man Overboard – using a lifesling
Using a lifesling to make contact with and recover a man overboard.
Blog 3: Dave Selby gets Marlin’s trailer road-ready
PHEW! In fact DOUBLE PHEW! Marlin’s in the boat shed at last, writes Dave Selby sorts out his trailer and takes to the road...
Video: Man Overboard – recovery under power
Getting back to a man overboard under power
Video: Man Overboard – Quick Stop method
The RORC-recommended Quick-Stop method of getting back to a MOB.
Video: Man overboard – the reach-tack-reach method
‘Man overboard!’ It’s a cry that chills the blood. But most of us go sailing to relax and enjoy some time afloat, and even the most well-meaning of us will…
Summer 2016
In the Summer 2016 issue of Practical Boat Owner...
A whacking great outlay – Dave Selby’s Mad about the Boat
The real cost of engineering solutions to a problem that didn’t exist in the first place, muses PBO columnist Dave Selby.
Two people electrocuted after yacht hits power lines
Two people were electrocuted while moving their yacht in Scotland's Outer Hebrides when the mast hit live power lines