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Practical Boat Owner
November 2025 issue – out 25 September
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£100,000 fine for tanker-crash yachtsman
Roland Wilson is found guilty of breaching international maritime law during Cowes Week 2011
Ben Ainslie is made a Freeman of Lymington
The five-time Olympic medallist is celebrated by his hometown
Suspended sentence for night fisherman without nav lights
The boat owner 'repeatedly flouted regulations for commercial gain'
Yacht v Ship crash trial – penultimate day
Yachtsman Roland Wilson defends his crews actions during Cowes Week collision
Mast-fall death investigation nearing completion
Border Force found more than £12million-worth of drugs on the yacht
Yacht v Ship crash trial continues
Yachtsman Roland Wilson is accused of flouting maritime law during Cowes Week collision
Yacht race commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar
Twenty-seven boats took part in the first ever Thames Trafalgar Race
Call to shake-up distress flare rules
Have pyrotechnic flares as a distress alert had their day?
Apprenticeship scheme for budding British shore crew
Artemis Offshore Academy is launching its first ‘préparateur’ apprenticeship programme
Mini-tornado causes £100k damage at sailing club
Mengeham Rythe Sailing Club members rallied together to clear up
Scotland’s Boat Show attracts record numbers
The Kip Marina event is hailed a great success
Thames Trafalgar Race will set sail in London
The inaugural event aims to mark the Battle of Trafalgar
Navy divers detonate WW2 depth charge
The second explosive device found in Guernsey waters in the last three months
Naval Forces renew piracy warning to yachts
The High Risk Area is the Southern Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Western Indian Ocean
Amphicar car market buoyant
Part boat, part car - Amphicars from the 1960s are highly sought after
Leaking yacht sparks emergency response
Crew members used their bilge pump to keep the water level down
e-Borders report ‘shares RYA’s concerns’
The Royal Yachting Association says e-Borders will hinder recreational sailors
Speed limits ‘relaxed’ in areas of Poole Harbour
Three channels are without speed restrictions this winter
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Trial of Cowes Week yachtsman Roland Wilson
"The yacht could have taken any action except the one it did", says MCA chief examiner