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…
Stop Snapshackles unsnapping
With this tip
Gipsy Moth to stay in UK
Sailing Academy to retain history-making yacht
Jib cars are your friend
Go upwind more efficiently!
Tall ship dismasts SW of Scilly
RN helicopter on standby to go to the aid of Fryderyk Chopin
First Aid tip of the day: Dealing with burns
Simple kitchen item is best to keep in your kit
Lifeboat rescues canal boat at sea in F8 winds and huge waves
Barge was in Dover strait, with no VHF
PG Tip of the Day
Making tea more easily when beating
Your chance to examine proposed south coast wind farms
Drop in sessions for information planned in Dorset, Hants and IOW
Safely wash ropes in the washing machine
How to do it without damaging the ropes or the drum
Chat live with Ben Ainslie
Questions wanted for conversation with olympic star
Fake snake alert at Thorpe Bay YC
Dangerous animals expert called in for rubber snake
BMF optimistic about Osborne’s Spending Review
Creation of waterways charity and help for small businesses are 'welcomed'
Quick rig adjustments
Keep the bottlescrews available
Access the inaccessible
How to reach bits of your boat nothing else can see...
UK Government announces ‘National Trust’ for waterways
Quango cull kills off British Waterways
Insurance tips for laying up
Navigators and General offer their tips for winter
50 years of Ocean Youth Trust
Anniversary celebrations at Portsmouth, Sat 16 October
Working on the boat on your own?
How to get another pair of hands you won't have to feed
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad About the Boat’ November 2010
Listen to Dave Selby's column from the November 2010 issue of PBO
Essential spares, part 7
The ultimate toolbox