Is it time to swap your boat batteries? We look at the pros and cons of lithium-ion vs standard, installation dos and don’ts, bust the…
Practical Boat Owner
May issue – out 14 March
15 fixes at sea: sailors share how to deal with a range of problems afloat from a dismasting and rudder damage to chafe, the essential…
Inland Waterways threatened with ‘fire sale’
'Desperate' Government sell off plans resisted
Stow your washboards
Ideas for keeping your washboards out of the way
ARC crew evacuated from yacht
Mayday coordinated by Falmouth and Ponte Delgada (Azores)
Iran releases seized British sailors
Volvo 60 crew under tow back to international waters
PBO Charter Special – British Virgin Islands photo gallery
Extra photos from PBO’s British Virgin Islands charter feature, Jan 2010 issue
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad About the Boat’ Dec 2009
Fourth among equals - surrounded by Sailfishes at the Maldon Town Regatta
MAIB Safety digest published
Introduced by Mark Chisnell
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
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