Laura Hodgetts

Features editor

The 38ft Vindo long keel ketch, called Fram III, that was stolen from Holyhead Marina

The 38ft Vindo long keel ketch, with a white hull and varnished topsides, called Fram III, has been stolen from Holyhead Marina on the Welsh coast

Neglect to apply antifouling and this is the inevitable result

The survey was completed by almost 2,500 boat owners, the vast majority of whom paint their own boats with antifouling paint on an annual basis

PBO Feb 2016 cover

In the February 2016 issue of Practical Boat Owner...

Canna Harbour. Credit: Steve Goldthorp

Charmian Entwistle recommends a visit to the Isle of Canna, a handy stop-off en route to or from Skye or the Outer Hebrides, but also an alluring destination in its…

Dead whale washes ashore in Wales. Photographs taken by Ali Chedgy Dyfi National Nature Reserve Natural Resources Wales

HM Coastguard are advising the public to stay away from the carcass of an 8.2 metre whale which washed up on a Welsh beach.

PBO competition winner Chris Tunstall

Liveaboard boat owner Chris Tunstall of Portland Marina was picked at random to scoop all the top 10 items of PBO’s big Christmas giveaway.