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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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    Spreader's droop

    Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad about the boat’ Jul 2009

    • July 1, 2009

    An embarrassing problem for some sailors - hear about the misfortune of spreader's droop in the July 2009 podcast.

    Line 7 yacht clothing company in receivership

    Line 7 yacht clothing company in receivership

    • July 1, 2009

    New Zealand based company in trouble

    Ouch! Gin Palace loses battle with rocky island

    Ouch! Gin Palace loses battle with rocky island

    • July 1, 2009

    Motorboat on autopilot comes a cropper in Corsica

    Free engine video with PBO ‘summer checklist’

    • July 1, 2009

    Watch RNLI / Finning engine maintenance checklist video online with PBO 'summer checklist'

    SS Robin Trust is looking for Trustees

    • June 30, 2009

    119-year-old merchant steamer returns to London in 2010

    North-east fog baffles weekend boaters

    North-east fog baffles weekend boaters

    • June 29, 2009

    Rescuers remind all boat owners to be prepared for poor visibility

    IWA Festival to be held at Beale Park

    IWA Festival to be held at Beale Park

    • June 26, 2009

    National festival in 2010 to be held at well-known boat show venue

    Dip, to

    Dip, to

    • June 25, 2009

    Dip, to

    Team EADS Innovation takes victory in gruelling Three Peaks Yacht Race

    • June 25, 2009

    Team EADS Innovation takes victory in gruelling Three Peaks Yacht Race

    Ship-boarding protestors end occupation

    • June 23, 2009

    Final four Greenpeace activists leave crow's nest after court order

    French yacht Actuel found – crew missing

    French yacht Actuel found – crew missing

    • June 23, 2009

    International search still underway for missing French yachtsmen

    Ferry runs aground dodging Round the Island fleet

    Ferry runs aground dodging Round the Island fleet

    • June 22, 2009

    Fastcat comes to grief on Ryde Sands

    Old Harry rocks Poole Afloat

    • June 22, 2009

    Pirate costumes and parades crowded the streets for a successful Poole Afloat

    Three Peaks Race fleet arrives in Whitehaven

    • June 22, 2009

    Ulula leads the pack as the race to the top of Scafell Pike begins.

    OSTAR yacht abandoned after capsize

    OSTAR yacht abandoned after capsize

    • June 22, 2009

    Gianfranco Tortolani rescued after incident in North Atlantic

    Get afloat for free in Poole this weekend!

    Get afloat for free in Poole this weekend!

    • June 19, 2009

    Poole Afloat: try a boat or investigate the latest products

    Sigma 33 wins OSTAR on handicap

    Sigma 33 wins OSTAR on handicap

    • June 18, 2009

    Will Sayer crosses line in Newport

    Puck’s Folly: East Coast beer delivery by yacht

    • June 17, 2009

    The first cargo of fine ale to be put ashore at Brightlingsea Hard in living memory

    South Wales show ‘exceeded expectations’

    • June 17, 2009

    Organisers welcomed more than 15,000 visitors over the weekend

    Spirit of Mystery painting to be auctioned for charity

    • June 16, 2009

    Original of Padstow artist's painting being sold on eBay this week

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