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…
Ask the Experts: Passerelle problem
A reader's question about med mooring gets answered by PBO's experts
Practical tips from readers and PBO’s experts
How to make a bunk extension on a budget, stop the lids of heads slamming and more!
Merry Christmas from the PBO team!
Deck the halls with fenders and anchors, tra la la la...
Ask the Experts: Yanmar starting quandary
A reader's question about engines gets answered by one of PBO's friendly experts
All aboard ‘National Watersports Month’
May 2014 will see an action-packed schedule of activities across the country
PBO’s lazy guide to laying up
What's essential and what's not? Find out here...
Bart’s Bash logo hunt
Get your creative hat on and design a logo for ‘the largest dinghy sailing race' ever
Harmattan
An easterly wind which occasionally blows during the dry season (December, January, February) on the west coast of Africa, coming off the land instead of the more normal wind which…
Pirogue or piragua
Pirogue or piragua
Dufour Yachts celebrates independence and boat launches
The company is back on track following a management buyout
PBO Small Craft Almanac corrections January 2014
Download free PDF of corrections for the PBO almanac
‘RYA Foundation’ replaces RYA Sailability charity
It aims to make boating more accessible to all
Trawler sinks after colliding with pier
A fisherman was taken to hospital with a head injury following South Shields pier crash
Cowes chain ferry given right of way
Cowes Harbour breakwater construction details also announced
Bart’s Bash set to honour Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson
All aboard a nation-wide racing day for charity
RYA VHF Marine Radio course set to change in 2014
From 2 January 2014 the course must include at least 10 hours of study
Coastguard carol singers give Christmas safety message
A festive carol with a serious message
Sailing in Strong Winds – bearing away
You won't be able to bear away unless....
Plans for £5.4bn wind farm scheme withdrawn
Basking sharks and ground conditions are among the reasons for dropping the Argyll Array Offshore Windfarm proposal
Ask the Experts!
An octogenarian PBO reader asks if he and his wife should give up boating...