Skills to make you more confident sailing short-handed; Rudder types and how they affect performance; How to enhance your cockpit; The must-have tools for every…
Practical Boat Owner
August issue – out on 3 July
Everything you need to know about trailer-sailing; How to spray gelcoat; Improvements on the continuous splice; Retrofitting a £1 mast; Tips for avoiding collisions; Enduring…
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Plans for £5.4bn wind farm scheme withdrawn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...
New Greek tax for boat owners becomes law
The Cruising Association says the tax will be implemented from 1 January 2014
Windermere MOB sparks lifejacket warning
An elderly man suffered hypothermia after falling from his yacht into freezing waters