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    Practical Boat Owner

    August 2025 issue of Practical Boat Owner

    August issue – out on 3 July

    Everything you need to know about trailer-sailing; How to spray gelcoat; Improvements on the continuous splice; Retrofitting a £1 mast; Tips for avoiding collisions;  Enduring…

    Summer 2025 issue of Practical Boat Owner

    Summer issue – 5 June

    Battery management made simple, Plastic vs metal seacocks: which is best? Anchoring with shore lines explained, Tips for replacing curved windows; The appeal of the…

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    Marlin aground - Dave Selby column Feb 2010

    Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad About the Boat’ Feb 2010

    • February 1, 2010

    Still Mad About the Boat - five years on from the first Dave Selby column in PBO, it's time to reflect

    International - Our World is Water Round Britain Antifouling trial

    Only a few days left to enter PBO’s antifouling trial

    • February 1, 2010

    Testers wanted, you could win £500!

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    Tie your own bowline

    • January 31, 2010

    When going aloft

    Phoenicia

    Replica of 2,600 year old ship reaches South Africa

    • January 29, 2010

    Phoenicia took large detour to avoid pirates in Africa circumnavigation

    OSTAR competitor’s top tip

    OSTAR competitor’s top tip

    • January 29, 2010

    Peter Bourke's tip for a comfortable night's sail

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    Keep your boat safe and secure

    • January 27, 2010

    Top tips to deter thieves from your boat

    Watch the birth of a RIB

    Watch the birth of a RIB

    • January 26, 2010

    Cobra Marine opens factory for a weekend

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    Don’t trust your EPIRB’s ‘test’ button

    • January 26, 2010

    Lithium batteries are difficult to test...

    Southern Ocean Storm

    Jessica Watson in Southern Ocean knockdown

    • January 25, 2010

    Schoolgirl circumnavigator hit by violent storm

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    Beware isolated danger marks…

    • January 25, 2010

    the danger isn't as isolated as you might think...

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    Check the masthead

    • January 23, 2010

    by binocular from deck level!

    Winner of Superyacht UK design award

    Student wins superyacht design competition

    • January 22, 2010

    Winner to represent British excellence in Italy

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    Downwind in a blow? It’s probably windier than you think

    • January 22, 2010

    Don't get lulled into a false sense of security

    Bembridge Harbour Trust plans to bid for harbour

    Bembridge Harbour Trust plans to bid for harbour

    • January 21, 2010

    Charity prepares bid

    Felucca

    Man dies in capsize after saving wife’s life

    • January 21, 2010

    Felucca capsized during Nile cruise

    flower boat

    Construction firm seeks boat hulls for charity nautical garden

    • January 21, 2010

    Don't abandon ship!

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    Check under the genoa

    • January 21, 2010

    there's a big blind spot!

    RYA spring muster 2010

    Booking opens for RYA Spring power and sail muster 2010

    • January 20, 2010

    Weekend event at Cowes Yacht Haven

    adrift...

    Lower the ladder before you dive in…

    • January 20, 2010

    or end up like those actors in that film...

    Calshot tower

    New Coastwatch station to open at Calshot

    • January 19, 2010

    NCI seeks volunteers to man Calshot Tower

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