Boat Owners’ Antenna Buyer’s Guide, How to make a bridle for secure mooring, Designing and making your own sails, 48 launch checks for skipper and…
Practical Boat Owner
May 2026 Issue – out 12 March
59 low cost upgrades to enhance your boat; How to reduce weather helm; Boat repairs in a Force 9 storm; Designing and building your own…
Shh! Hear clearly in fog
All ears?
Disconnect your engine exhaust annually
To prevent problems later
Steps to stop outboard motor theft
Tips from Navigators and General to stop toerags making off with your engine
Ofcom authorises hand held DSC radios
Handhelds to have own distinct MMSI number
Pilot gig tows yacht off rocks
Blog post of the week: 18th-century rescue in the 21st century
Stop split pins shaking loose
With silicone!
The Porridge effect
remove fouling ASAP!
What happens when you mix waves and currents?
Ken Endean's Coastal Turmoil tip
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad About the Boat’ September 2010
The (bad) winner takes it all - don’t ever try to take a trophy from a one-time good loser
Discarded distress flare ignites in dustbin lorry
Fire at Berthon in Lymington
RN intercepts yacht with £4m of cocaine hidden in rudder
HMS Gloucester in mid-Atlantic chase
Beware katabatic gusts
...don't try to hide from rough weather behind a mountain
Yacht on the rocks
RNLI Queensferry lifeboat evacuates sailors safely
Croatia tourist tax for annual berth holders 2010
Additional cruising info for PBO readers
On the Thames, carry a VHF and keep a lookout behind
Port of London authority advice
Extreme Dining Club hosts shingle bank soiree
Al fresco eating may never be the same again!
Turning the screws the right way
Use the prop-walk to your advantage
Stowaways arrested in yacht on back of lorry
Lorry driver held in Calais for stowaways found in yacht
Southampton Boat Show – Vessels on view
Feature boats on show at Southampton next month
Choosing which side to fix lines and fenders
Berthing tip - choose both