Essential skills, planning and kit for your best summer afloat, Bonding & sealants guide, How to sail tidal estuaries, Yacht handing on rivers, Silicone antifouling…
Practical Boat Owner
May issue – out 13 March
Tune your rig so your boat points higher and sails better, The ultimate cruising guide to Britain and Ireland, Essential propeller care, How to check…
Dorset Boat Jumble returns after enforced gap year
Last year travellers moved onto the site and organisers felt forced to cancel the event
How to build and run a website for your boat
Keep friends and fellow yachtsmen up to date with your yachting activities – create your own boating website for free
Flare amnesty: Dispose of your out-of-date flares
Four south coast marinas are offering a flare disposal service on select dates
Warning to boat owners following spate of fires
Pay attention to electrical items and the use of liquids and gas, say Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service
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Beach litter piling up on UK beaches
Ever-increasing beach litter is arriving on every wave and gust of wind, say the MCS
Early GRP boats
The pictures that illustrate Peter K Poland’s article on the origins of glassfibre manufacturing, including the pioneering designs that helped to establish GRP as a boatbuilding material. Read the…
How to make a mark at the boat jumble
PBO's Dave Selby shares some amusing advice on how to make the most of boat jumble bargains, as buyers or sellers, ahead of the Beaulieu Boatjumble.
Dutch sailor missing in the Atlantic
Solo sailor Sietse Hagen hasn't been heard from for more than two months
Quadriplegic sailor Hilary Lister describes her latest record-breaking voyage
Being hit in the face by a flying fish was 'a hilarious moment'
F1’s Eddie Jordan launches his new Sunseeker 155 yacht
Built in Britain at Sunseeker International's Dorset shipyards
Eight rescued as yacht sinks off East Sussex coast
Water flooded the boat and caused it to start sinking near Hastings
Boat owners urged to get aboard Riverfest 2014
Organisers are appealing for historical craft and modern yachts to gather in Newport, Isle of Wight
Dismasted yacht rescue on the south coast
The 40ft cruiser was in danger of being swept onto the Shingle Bank
Still no plans for e-Borders
A Royal Yachting Association update following discussions with Home Office officials
New £3million lifeboat station proposed for Scarborough
A larger building is needed to house the new state-of-the-art Shannon class lifeboat.
The world’s third largest offshore wind farm gets go-ahead
Thousands of jobs forecast as two adjacent wind farms off the Scottish coast gain formal consent
Spring clean for charity at the Beaulieu Boatjumble
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Second boat fire in Dartmouth in less than a week
Fire crews took to the water for the second time in five days to tackle a fire on a 25ft Bayliner