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…
Back in the water tip # 6 – free everything
Free anything that moves
PBO Small Craft Almanac corrections March 2011
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PBO Small Craft Almanac corrections February 2011
Download free pdf of corrections
Radar scanners – size matters
Choose the biggest you can possibly fit
Search for missing Antarctic sailors called off
Yacht Berserk disappeared after dropping off South Pole expedition
Polar yacht missing in Antarctica
British sailor may be among lost
Confusion reigns over yacht hostage deaths in Indian Ocean
Pirates in captivity, US Navy insists there was no friendly fire
Don’t scrimp on your deck hardware
Move up a size, especially when choosing mast base blocks
Kidnapped US sailors killed
Somalian pirates shoot all four captives
Crimping electrical terminals…
Invest in the best
Dorset wind farm location announced
Developers reveal wind farm plans, 8 miles SW of Needles
Extra Thames moorings during Olympic Games
Recreational moorings will be between Tower Bridge and Greenhithe
Quick way to store an outboard on your pushpit
Secure and removable way to keep it there
Insurers to set up ‘private navy’ to combat piracy
Armed patrol boats will help lower insurance costs
Tender loving scare
Can you get back to your boat?
Royal Navy frees Somali pirates’ hostages
HMS Cornwall rescues five fishermen from pirate mothership
When scraping off antifouling…
Be more rounded
Liverpool Boat Show cancelled
Inaugural show binned after major exhibitors pull out
Wet sanding antifouling tips
How to make a depressing job a little bit easier
MCA to hold public meetings on Coastguard’s future
Venues around the country to seek views