The pros and cons of dinghies for downsizing; Stop leaks – tips for every sailor; How to set storm trysails; Antifoul like a pro; Ditch…
Practical Boat Owner
July 2026 – out 7 May
Keel know-how; How to gybe safely; Spotlight on the Nordic Folkboat; Hot water systems explained; Working with Perspex; Painting over varnish; Launching tips for dinghies;…
America comes to Plymouth
Sailing World Series starts in city tomorrow
Marine protection reports go to government
MCZ recommendations omit anchoring – for now
Danish pirate hostages released
Family held for 6 months
Rough trip ahead?
Be prepared for a feast
Training yacht loses mast in gale off Portland
Disabled 100-footer drifts into Race with 11 young people on board
Heading out today?
head to the bookshop...
Latest hazard to Thames navigation
David Walliams swimming river for Sport Relief
‘Hostage’ on sale now!
Chandler's book-signing at Southampton
Can you lend a yacht to the Marines?
Troops therapeutic training vessel out of action after hit-and-run
Irene heads north with second storm on her tail
Dozens of dead across North America
Sling your hook without the stress
The first thing to remember
Lifeboat retrieves Timothy Spall
RNLI assists lost actor
New Coastwatch station
Purpose-built watchtower unveiled in Torbay
No room for Roman
Oligarch's megayacht ousted from Antibes marina
Glassing things in
...the neater way!
Pirates get life sentences
Two 'Quest' killers convicted, more to come
Hurricane grows through Caribbean
Irene destroys Necker and threatens Florida
Oiling Wood: A Tip
You don't need much!
Rán takes the Fastnet as capsized Rambler sits it out
Prizes in Plymouth but postmortem for the Maxi
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall rescued by lifeboat
TV chef and son ran aground fishing