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…
Marinas added to reciprocal scheme
Marinas in Guernsey, North Wales and Cumbria added to half-price deal
The Fastnet Race… from the comfort of your armchair
RORC launches virtual race
Stuck Fast! Narrowboat gets wedged in lock
Sluice paddle error leads to stranding
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad about the boat’ Aug 2009
Boat jumbles, eh? More bargains than you can shake a stick at! Hear about Dave's rumble in the jumble in the August 2009 podcast.
At last: Napoli salvage officially completed
Wreckage cleared from Branscombe
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The Beta version of our new site is live, let us know what you think
Coventry student designs eco-friendly superyacht
23-year-old Alastair Callender's pioneering new design
North Wales Boat Show reports 12,000 visitors
Organiser Ben Sutcliffe praised for enthusiasm
Vandals slash sails at Cornish youth charity base
Nine Laser Pico sails cut with stanley knife
Cornish yacht theft couple ‘starved to death’ at sea
Decomposed bodies were found off Senegal in 2006
Father mourns loss after Madonna stage collapse
Twenty-three-year-old killed in Marseilles was ocean yachtmaster
Vote for Geoff Holt at BA Great Britons site
Help achieve transatlantic goal
Photo Gallery: 2-handers race around the island
New record set by winners
North-east Mayday hoaxer strikes again
VHF signal may have originated from Whitley Bay
Can’t afford a boat? Here’s how to keep up appearances…
Company offers garage door disguises
RYA and MAIB investigate tragedy at Kielder Water
Father and daughter died after dinghy capsized during race
Raymarine recalls SPX5 Sport Drive Pilot
Potential component problem with product sold between Feb and July 2009
North Korean dictator’s yachts seized in Italy
Two vessels worth €13m in total paid for in cash
Photo gallery: Hamble yacht Flying Fish refloated
What's the damage? Howard's Way yacht holed below the waterline on Wednesday
Bees swarm Florida yacht forcing crew overboard
When insects attack at sea - scary...