From steering to rigging (and all the things we forget!) – the essential checks for the prepared skipper; Displacement theory and how it affects the…
Practical Boat Owner
November 2025 issue – out 25 September
Banish damp on board your boat! The benefits of solar, hydro and wind..and what can go wrong; 6 legendary boats which shaped design, 12,000 mile…
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Plans for £5.4bn wind farm scheme withdrawn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
Appeal after seal pups wash up on Norfolk coast
100-plus baby seals were separated from their mothers during tidal surge flooding
Stranded minke whale sparks rescue
RNLI lifeboat crew, RSPCA inspectors and Coastguard staff attended the rescue in North Wales
Nominations open for RYA Regional Youth Champion Awards
Do you know any promising young sailors who should be celebrated?
Record-breaking dinghy race to honour Olympian Andrew Simpson
Bart's Bash is due to launch on 1 February 2014
Water company fined £50,000 for discharging sewage into Tamar estuary
The Tamar estuary feeds into the popular sailing waters of Plymouth Sound