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    September 2025 issue of Practical boat Owner

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    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…

    August 2025 issue of 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…

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    Seal Pup

    Appeal after seal pups wash up on Norfolk coast

    • December 11, 2013

    100-plus baby seals were separated from their mothers during tidal surge flooding

    Minke whale_RNLI

    Stranded minke whale sparks rescue

    • December 10, 2013

    RNLI lifeboat crew, RSPCA inspectors and Coastguard staff attended the rescue in North Wales

    RYA Youth National Championships

    Nominations open for RYA Regional Youth Champion Awards

    • December 10, 2013

    Do you know any promising young sailors who should be celebrated?

    BartsBash

    Record-breaking dinghy race to honour Olympian Andrew Simpson

    • December 9, 2013

    Bart's Bash is due to launch on 1 February 2014

    Plymouth-sound-city-and-tamar-estuary

    Water company fined £50,000 for discharging sewage into Tamar estuary

    • December 6, 2013

    The Tamar estuary feeds into the popular sailing waters of Plymouth Sound

    Storm surge pic thanks to @nicolaw411

    Strong winds, rough seas and a storm surge

    • December 6, 2013

    Weather warnings as an Atlantic storm brings a North Sea storm surge to parts of the UK

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    January issue out now!

    • December 5, 2013

    Download Practical Boat Owner instantly to your iPad or iPhone

    Code of Conduct

    Code of conduct for harbour powers

    • December 4, 2013

    Model directions for harbour authorities have been published to prevent harbour authority dictatorship

    Dave Selby column January 2014

    Dave Selby podcast: ‘Mad About The Boat’

    • December 4, 2013

    'Can't understand why we always have the river to ourselves at this time of year...'

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    2014 London Boat Show marks Jubilee year

    • December 3, 2013

    PBO regrets that we are unable to bring readers our usual show map and standfinder guide

    Gerry Hughes

    Yachtsman Gerry Hughes receives new RYA Sailability Award

    • December 2, 2013

    The record-breaking deaf teacher from Glasgow was given a 'Surprise Surprise'

    Sticky forms_Credit David Rainsbury

    A handy guide to using traditional skills for navigation

    • December 2, 2013

    PBO contributor Sticky Stapylton shows how to work out an estimated position and course to steer

    BenAinslieAC45

    See sailing star Sir Ben Ainslie at the London Boat Show

    • November 28, 2013

    The five-time Olympic medallist and America's Cup winner will be attending on 8 January

    The burning boat as the Littlehampton RNLI lifeboat approached

    Skipper rescued after fleeing an exploding boat

    • November 28, 2013

    The fisherman launched his liferaft to escape the multiple explosions

    Alex Thomson and young Alderney sailors

    Alex Thomson meets Alderney’s sailing stars of the future

    • November 26, 2013

    The Vendee Globe sailor paid a flying visit to the third largest of the Channel Islands

    Yachts at anchor in Greece

    New Greek tax will hit all boat owners

    • November 25, 2013

    The new tax regime is expected to become law within a few weeks

    Horse mussel with sealoch anemones

    First Marine Conservation Zones in England announced

    • November 21, 2013

    The 27 MCZs include Pagham Harbour, Blackwater, Crouch, Roach and Colne Estuaries, the Tamar Estuary and the Folkestone Pomerania

    Product launches galore at METS 2013

    Product launches galore at METS 2013

    • November 19, 2013

    New gear from day one of the world's largest maritime trade exhibition

    DAME Awards 2013

    Winners of the DAME design awards announced

    • November 19, 2013

    The 2013 international marine design competition showcased at the METS trade show

    PortaferryRNLI.

    Powerboat owner fined for crashing into yacht

    • November 15, 2013

    The Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boat (RHIB) owner admitted three charges of navigational negligence

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