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    Practical Boat Owner

    May 2026 issue of Practical Boat Owner Magazine

    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…

    April 2026 issue of Practical Boat Owner magazine

    April 2026 issue – out 12 February

    Sailmaker tips for getting new life out of old sails; NMEA wifi gateways tested; Wayfarer Weekended on test; Cruising hacks from liveaboard sailors; Solo skipper’s…

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    Hull & Humber comes home

    Clipper comes home to Hull

    • July 19, 2010

    Thrilling finish to Round the World Race

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    Get those lazyjacks forward!

    • July 19, 2010

    Tip for hoisting the mainsail

    Ship at NYTC site

    200-year-old ship unearthed at Ground Zero

    • July 16, 2010

    Archaeologists excited by major 18th Century boat find

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    Reef according to apparent wind speed not true

    • July 16, 2010

    Sail handling tips

    Hebridean festival flotilla

    ‘Sail Heb’ 2010 Stornoway grand finale

    • July 15, 2010

    Traditional and modern boats in sailing festival

    Oil carrier Martina

    Yachtsman dead after tanker collision

    • July 15, 2010

    Italian coastguard still searching for missing crew after fatal crash

    River Thames ceremonial Swan Upping census

    Make way for ‘Swan Upping’ on the Thames

    • July 15, 2010

    Annual census and health check of the Queen's own population of mute swans

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    If someone’s drowning, they make a lot of noise, right?

    • July 15, 2010

    Wrong

    Youngsters with the sails at the Queen Mary OnBoard festival

    RYA backs young sail designers

    • July 14, 2010

    OnBoard programme announces competition winners

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    Preserving two-part varnish in the fridge

    • July 14, 2010

    First coat on, second coat tomorrow

    Barefoot boat thief bandit in bahamas arrest

    Barefoot boat thief behind bars in the Bahamas

    • July 13, 2010

    Infamous fugitive arrested after Caribbean boat chase

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    What does WD40 have to do with missiles?

    • July 13, 2010

    The history of Solvents

    Wayfarer wanderer frank dye photo at sea

    Frank Dye tribute exibition opens at NMMC

    • July 12, 2010

    Respect to sailing legend who passed away in May this year

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    How much is enough for a deposit when buying a boat?

    • July 12, 2010

    10% need not always be the price

    BMF report on marine industry trends

    Marine industry in ‘slow’ economic recovery – BMF

    • July 9, 2010

    According to our survey...

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    Jumping overboard to clear the prop?

    • July 9, 2010

    Consider how to get back on board

    Lobster pot line entangled in yacht's stern gear

    Lobster pot line disables yacht off Point Lynas

    • July 8, 2010

    Difficult rescue for RNLI

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    The most useful tool on board?

    • July 8, 2010

    A bit of bent wire!

    WPNSA - Weymouth and portland sailing academy

    Offshore ‘Academy’ aims for Vendee victory in 2016

    • July 7, 2010

    Artemis Offshore Academy based at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy

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    The engines come in two by two

    • July 7, 2010

    Struggling for spares? Some engines from different makes are the same...

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