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…
Lifeboat crew receive RNLI Gallantry medals
For two dramatic rescues
Get more from a gallon: Tip No 5
Use power trim
Listen online with PBO Dave Selby podcasts
Podcasting 'Mad about the boat' since 2007
Get more from a gallon: Tip No 4
Keep the boat level
World ARC 2012 – entry list now open
Can you afford to sell up and sail?
Get more from a gallon: Tip No 3
The right propeller
Worthing Beach dinghy occupant found safe
Coastguard alert cancelled after dinghy's occupant reclaimed boat on Worthing Beach
Learning to love lasers – old and new
Lasers, lasers, everywhere...
Get more from a gallon: Tip No 2
Clean your bottom
Urgent appeal as unmanned dinghy found on Worthing Beach
Fears for occupants as Solent Coastguard issues alert after dinghy found on Worthing Beach
Round the Island Race – cost of entry triples from Saturday
Entries still open at £72 per boat
Get more from a gallon: Tip No 1
Keep the propeller clean and free from dents
The perfectly balanced sailing boat should…
very gently round up when you let go of the tiller
How big is a knuckle sandwich?
Approximately 10 degrees
Never start a journey on the first Monday in April
More nautical superstition - or is it just caution?
Dunkirk ‘little ship’, Anne, restored and relaunched
30ft motorsailor prepares for 70th anniversary events
Alternatives to painting on antifouling
Less laborious than paint
Which lake is the largest in the British Isles?
Windermere or Lough Neagh?
Beachy Head lighthouse spared
but Orfordness and Blacknore lighthouses to close by 2015, report confirms
All alone in your small tender?
Try using a nice long tiller extension