Expert advice from Practical Boat Owner, including boat maintenance, repairs and money saving tips.

Protective clothing and a face mask is essential to minimise the affect of dust and toxic chemicals

Guide to achieving a professional finish with a do-it-yourself GRP hull repair to fix boat damage using West System's glassfibre repair kit

A removable mainsheet track on a boat to control the sails

When your boat’s mainsheet arrangement doesn’t quite do the job it’s not difficult to improve upon it yourself. Here’s how Bob Goode devised his own

A hand pump fitting to a boat to control a water ballast keel

Ben Lowings talks to Bjorn Haraldsson about his simple air-regulated keel