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    June 2026 issue of Practical Boat Owner magazine

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    Selby self-steering - Jan 2012

    Dave Selby podcast ‘Mad About the Boat’

    • December 8, 2011

    January 2012: The 'hands-off' approach

    Dee Caffari / Oman Sail

    Dee Caffari to lead all-women Omani crew

    • December 7, 2011

    Arab nation's first ever all-female crew gets top British skipper

    Overwater Marina moorings

    First top award to inland marina

    • December 7, 2011

    Cheshire's Overwater gains five Gold Anchors

    Hobie Tandem Island

    Video: Hobie Tandem Island

    • December 6, 2011

    The PBO team try out the Hobie Tandem Island trimaran

    Clipper 11-12 start at Southampton

    Clipper Race to finish in Southampton

    • December 2, 2011

    Grand finale five days before Olympics start

    Somali pirates

    Paris court jails Somali pirates

    • December 1, 2011

    Apologies to French couple

    Coastguard helicopter on exercise with RNLI off Dorset

    Search and Rescue helicopters next for axe

    • November 29, 2011

    Portland and Boulmer SAR to close in privatisation

    RAF Sea King rescue helicopter

    One dead, five missing in shipwreck off North Wales

    • November 27, 2011

    Prince William helps save two Russian sailors

    Tip of the Day

    Old, sticky fenders?

    • November 25, 2011

    Get them as good as new

    Red Tape Challenge

    Red Tape Challenge

    • November 24, 2011

    Government wants your views!

    Coastguard helicopter over marina

    Coastguard modernisation goes ahead

    • November 23, 2011

    Protests fail - nine stations to close

    Soling under sail

    1980 Olympic boycott sailors’ plea to RYA

    • November 22, 2011

    Lost British Olympic sailing team of 1980 seek recognition

    Proposed Navitus Bay site location

    South Coast Wind Park meetings

    • November 22, 2011

    Divers and fishermen consulting now – but leisure sailors must wait until February

    Weymouth, its Harbour, and Chesil Beach

    Book your Weymouth 2012 berth now!

    • November 21, 2011

    Olympic summer applications open to 12 December 2011

    Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset

    Last call for consultation on Dorset marine site

    • November 20, 2011

    Public Consultation on Studland to Portland possible marine Special Area of Conservation ends Thursday 24 November

    Studland Bay

    Marine Conservation Zone consultation delayed

    • November 17, 2011

    Minister orders further investigations

    Tip of the Day

    Tuning your rig at sea

    • November 17, 2011

    ...leeward shroud leverage

    iPad and iPhone AIS by digital yacht

    DAME awards winners announced

    • November 15, 2011

    Revolving portlight wins, plus good news for Spinlock and Digital Yacht

    Tip of the Day

    Sharpen a blade without a sharpener

    • November 15, 2011

    Matches are the key

    Tip of the Day

    Removing stuck bolts

    • November 14, 2011

    Tap it

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