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…
British sailors seized by Iranian Navy
5 British Volvo 60 crew seized en route to race start
Download CA piracy feature
In-depth guide for cruisers
Brest Festival 2008 – PBO photo prize
An estimated half-a-million visitors in July flocked to Brest, Brittany, for the week-long festival of traditional boats, with another week-long event that runs the following week at Douarnenez, along the…
Somali pirates seize oil tanker near Seychelles
Frigate shadowing captured tanker
Use a chain sheet when reaching
...for a better headsail shape
Seal your shorepower sockets at sea
Cheap tip to avoid water ingress
Rescuers call off search after empty boat found in Dart
Owner does not know who took his boat
Remove stubborn stern-gland packing…
...with items you're guaranteed to have in your tool box!
Half-tide
Half-tide
H – Hotel
H - Hotel
Half-decker
Half-decker
Half-breadth plan
Half-breadth plan
Halyards
Halyards
Half-hitch
Half-hitch
Hambro line
Hambro line
Hand, to
Hand, to
Handy billy
Handy billy
Hand compass
Hand compass
Hank
Hank
Harbourmaster
Harbourmaster