Watchkeeping, sleep patterns and short-handed passages – a guide to night sailing; Orca navigation system tested over a 450 mile voyage; Could you be a…
Practical Boat Owner
August 2026 – out on 2 July
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston on the COLREG, single-handing and more; Boat building myths busted; 10 pilotage mistakes to avoid; Celebrating the Jester Challenge at 20; Spotlight…
Green around the gills? Fish get seasick, too!
Study finds disorientated fish
Japanese skipper, Minoru Saito, forced to accept tow after rounding Cape Horn
Japanese skipper, Minoru Saito, forced to accept tow after rounding Cape Horn
Windjammer Peking rounds Cape Horn in 1929 – amazing vintage footage
They don't make 'em like this any more: Awe-inspiring footage of windjammer Peking rounding the horn in 1929
Suunto acquires Tacktick
The UK wireless instruments manufacturer is taken over by the Finns
New VHF rules in force on European Waterways
ATIS number mandatory for UK boats on most European inland waterways
US yacht broker admits tax fraud
How much more corruption is going to be revealed in the marine industry?
Channel ports’ blockade is over for now
P&O resumes crossings to most ports
Online EXHIBITION commemorates 40th anniversary of record breaking achievement
Can England win the World Cup again? Can a Brit be the fastest around the world again?
First the Atlantic – now the whole world powered by just the sun
Prototype vessel being built in Germany
Blockade prevents ferries crossing Channel
Fishing quotas dispute disrupts services to port of Calais
Crossing the Channel? RYA advice to yachtsmen
Cherbourg still open for business but be prepared to change plans if heading for other ports
Plastiki – the expedition to expose Pacific pollution
Boat built of recycled plastic bottles to set sail on 11,000-mile journey
Bristol Channel kite surfer sparks rescue operation
Lifeboats, coastguards and RAF helicopter involved in search
Portable gas cooker advice for boat owners
Boat Safety Scheme warning aimed at daysailers as well as inland waterways users
Yacht crushed as crane collapses at sailing club
40 tonne crane collapses at Portchester Sailing Club
What does a fraudster call his superyacht?
The aptly named superyacht owned by the fraudster Bernie Madoff has been arrested in France
Skippered charter auction for charity
Sponsored canoe trip and auction to raise money for Cancer care
Boat builder found guilty of manslaughter
Director of Australian firm plans to appeal verdict
Beneteau to cut hundreds of jobs in Vendee
French builders suffering in poor economic conditions
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