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    PBO Green Awards

    PBO Green Awards 2011 – last chance!

    • June 27, 2011

    Entry closes Thursday 30 June

    Winner Sundowner

    Shooting Round the Island 2011

    • June 27, 2011

    A view through the photographer’s lens

    Round the Island Race

    Round the Island: updates for competitors and spectators

    • June 24, 2011

    Wind, tides, amendments and spectating

    Tip of the Day

    Round the Island race – safety

    • June 24, 2011

    BE conservative and have a great race!

    Round the Island Race 2010 - JP Morgan

    Round the Island – record entries

    • June 24, 2011

    Tomorrow's Wight race bigger than ever

    RKJ and Dave Selby

    Dave Selby podcast ‘Mad About the Boat’ Summer 2011

    • June 24, 2011

    In the grip of an obsession

    PBO Summer 2011 - Dart guide

    Harbours on film – Summer issue 2011

    • June 23, 2011

    Guides to UK harbours

    Contessa 32s at 40th

    Contessa 32s vie for Island glory

    • June 22, 2011

    40th anniversary followed by Race bid

    Curlew in Antarctica

    Polar boat back at Cornwall’s Maritime Museum

    • June 21, 2011

    Part of the History of Cornwall in 100 Objects project

    Tip of the Day

    Small inboard struggling for revs?

    • June 20, 2011

    It might be down to the batteries

    Lion

    Sailor dies in RORC race

    • June 20, 2011

    Man overboard tragedy off Cowes

    Round the Island Race

    Round the Island entries close this weekend

    • June 17, 2011

    Record entry of 1,900 boats expected - be the 1,901st!

    Tip of the Day

    Wax around the waterline

    • June 17, 2011

    Stop yellow stains

    Tip of the Day

    Be careful with your engine bolts

    • June 16, 2011

    Stripped threads are bad

    pub

    How do you get a yacht into a pub garden?

    • June 16, 2011

    Quarter Tonner takes pride of place for launch party

    Tip of the Day

    Dinghy pontoons

    • June 15, 2011

    How to make friends!

    YAcht Egret ashore near Dover

    Classic yacht wrecked under Dover’s white cliffs

    • June 15, 2011

    Singlehanded skipper safe after yacht driven ashore on passage down-channel

    Tip of the Day

    Just bought a boat?

    • June 14, 2011

    Try everything for size

    Ben Ainslie

    Public pour in for Skandia

    • June 13, 2011

    Fifteen hundred watch sailing for free

    Tip of the Day

    The camera is the best third hand

    • June 13, 2011

    A helpful tip for taking things apart

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