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…
OSTAR sailor climbs mast to save rig
Will Sayer in mid-Atlantic emergency repair
Copy of Tip of the day – Shore power
Starting the engine while shore power is still attached can damage your charging system (older boats mostly)
Copy of Tip of the Day – Oil filters
Avoid oil-filled bilges - make sure you fit your new oil filter correctly...
Copy of Tip of the day – Sunburn
Most suntan lotions take between 15 minutes and an hour to become active. Always apply early.
Copy of Tip of the day – Outboard corrosion
This corroded gearbox looked OK from the outside...
Copy of Tip of the day – electrics
Use plastic blanking plugs in 3-pin sockets
Change to Scotland’s MSI broadcasts
Met office research should improve wind information
Fire destroys cruiser at Windermere marina
Owners were sleeping ashore
Interview with ‘sail for a fiver’ organiser
Chairman of the Chesil Trust believes in 'sailing for all'
Yacht does backflip in 60kt winds and 9m waves
Astounding pictures of yacht folly
Crunch! Cruise ship makes cardinal error…
Prince Consort takes a battering
Tragic RIB accident in Tobermory
Boat went aground on an island in the dark
Spinal injuries highlighted in MAIB RIB report
Accident investigation branch makes recommendations to improve safety
Two released German hostages have returned to Somaliland to rebuild their yacht
Two released German hostages have returned to Somaliland to rebuild their yacht
GPS is ‘close to breakdown’
Navigation system could begin to fail by 2010
Mayday hoax sparks search off Hartlepool
Nuisance caller may have attempted to 'undo' the nuisance he had caused
Swedish sailors reunited with yacht
Swedish couple's yacht recovered intact off Arbroath after dramatic weekend rescue
Watch video demo of yachting iPhone app
Software developers get serious in the yachting market with yachting iPhone app
Three boats destroyed by fire at Dun Laoghaire
RIB and motorboat sunk, yacht scorched
Cocaine smuggling yachtsman apologies to club
Devon yachtsman pleads guilty to smuggling €500m of cocaine