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…
Yacht club robbed at gunpoint by Santa
Santa-suited man robs US yacht club with shotgun
Cold weather precautions
...to keep your pride and joy safe and sound in the winter
Using a laptop for navigation on board?
Here's a way to use less power
Ten coastguard stations to close
Of the rest, three to be 24 hour, 5 to close at night
Festive flares plea
Lifeboat crews are dreaming of a quiet Christmas
Make your intentions clear
Whether racing round the cans or crossing a shipping lane
Baffled by French meteo broadcasts?
Never be baffled again with this guide!
Don’t dispose of your used engine oil containers yet
There's life in them yet!
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad About the Boat’ January 2011
Listen to Dave Selby's column from the January 2011 issue of PBO
Video special: Dolphins galore and a manic lift-in day
Two excellent videos, as promised in PBO's January 2011 issue, of dolphins galore and a manic lift-in day
A heel-proof chart table
Consider a strap
Daughter sails to safety after father murdered by pirates
Ship rescue after terrifying ordeal
First sailing yacht finishes ARC
Swan 80 arrives in St Lucia: was beaten by a motorboat!
Tea, vicar?
Tips for spill free tea
Could this be the perfect onboard reading light?
Cheap on-board lighting, the IKEA way
British yachtsman dies during rescue attempt
Tragedy off the Canaries during Force 10 rescue by tanker
Diesel heaters are sensitive beasts
At least when it comes to start-up voltage
Chandlers revisit their yacht
ITV cameras follow kidnapped cruising couple as they rejoin Lynn Rival
How tight should a traditional stern gland be?
Drip or no drip?
Dolphins distract racing fleet in Poole Bay
See David Harding's stunning pictures of an unexpected occurrence up the last beat of a Poole winter series race