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…
Seaplane operator to launch east coast route
Seaplanes are not a common sight on UK waterways, so many boat owners are concerned at how aircraft and boats mix safely, says the Cruising Association.
Ninth member of Makayabella drugs crime group sentenced
Wayne Bush is the ninth person to be convicted over the Makayabella yacht cocaine-smuggling plot
Bart’s Bash to support disabled sailing
"It is a travesty that the Paralympics is dropping sailing after Rio 2016, so we have placed Bart’s Bash on the last two days of the Paralympics Games"
Testing times on the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC)
Laura Hodgetts talks to the skippers of 20 boats on the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC), ‘the biggest downwind gear test of the year’
How to check keel bolts
Colin Brown describes a series of checks you can carry out to assess the structural integrity of the bolts which attach the keel to your boat
10 Teak Cleaners tested
We get scrubbing to find out what effect a variety of teak cleaners have on the woodwork of a Sigma 38 moored on the River Itchen
Meet the Westerly Owners’ new commodore and vice commodore
The Westerly Owners’ Association, thought to be the world’s biggest boat owner group, has appointed its new leaders
Cheap but effective anchor light
John Macdonald makes a low-wattage anchor light from odds and ends – plus an outlay of 99p
‘It’s over there!’
Ron Sykes adds numbers to help avoid confusion when identifying ships and marks
A cure for leaky chainplates
The illustration shows the only way I have been able to stop through-deck chainplates from leaking. The ‘bonnet’ is made of ¼in (6mm) canvas Bakelite, also known as Tufnol or…
Ikea wine rack makes a great boat bookcase
David Taylor adapts an Ikea wine rack to build a serviceable bookcase
Celebrity crew complete Hell on High Seas challenge
Six exhausted and weather-worn celebrities and six Volvo Ocean Race veterans crossed the finish line of the BT Sport Relief Challenge: Hell on High Seas on Friday night.
Maintenance dredging to start at Sparkes and Northney marinas
Chichester Harbour Master has issued a Local Notice to Mariners regarding the start of maintenance dredging at Sparkes and Northney marinas next week.
Rediscovered Joshua Slocum photographs
New photographs of Joshua Slocum and Spray have turned up in possession of an elderly woman whose family spent their summers at Hyannis Point, Massachusetts.
Plas Heli to run Pwllheli Boat Show 2016
Plas Heli is organising a new boat show using the facilities of the Welsh National Sailing Academy in Pwllheli, from 10 to 12 June 2016.
Abandoned yacht still beached at Scroby Sands
A yacht abandoned by a Russian sailor who was rescued in storms off the coast of Norfolk is still beached at Scroby Sands - three months later.
British Clipper Race crew evacuation after storm injury
A British crew member on the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is being evacuated to Shanghai after suffering a suspected fractured arm during a violent storm.
Six boats break free from moorings in Poole
Boat owners are being encouraged to check their moorings after six boats broke free amid gale-force winds in Holes Bay, Poole.
Gipsy Moth IV confirmed for Jersey Boat Show
World-renowned yacht, Gipsy Moth IV, in which Sir Francis Chichester sailed around the globe in 1966 is making an appearance at the 2016 Jersey Boat Show.
Hell on High Seas challengers forced into port
Storm force 10 winds have forced the Sport Relief challenge team of six celebrities and six Volvo Ocean Race veterans into port at Plymouth until the storm passes