Sailing on sunshine: how to get the most out of your solar panels; Latest advice on installing lithium batteries that every boat owner should read;…
Practical Boat Owner
December 2025 issue – out on 23 October
From steering to rigging (and all the things we forget!) – the essential checks for the prepared skipper; Displacement theory and how it affects the…
Channel crocodile sighting turns out to be driftwood
Bathing suspended at Boulogne-sur-Mer after giant reptile was reported
Is that a skyscraper I see sailing towards me?
But how can that be?
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No – it’s a flying superyacht
French designer proposes a flying yacht
How to keep your outboard’s water cooling channels clear for longer
Paint them with a thin layer of etch-primer
BBC TV to feature Olympic sailing hopefuls
Sailing documentary from the Olympic venue in Weymouth starts Saturday
Seafarers sentenced to nine years on a desert island
For drug smuggling
Runaway speedboat teenagers rescued in Poole Bay
Lifeboat warns against water-skiing without a killcord
De-scale your toilet pipes
...the lemon-fresh way!
E-borders poll now open
Now is your chance to let the government know your views on e-borders
Documents for the Danube
Cruising down the Danube? Find out what documentation could affect your boat
Derry-Londonderry to be Clipper Race stopover
Northern Irish port to host 2011-12 race
How to hoist your main easily with lazyjacks
The trick is to ease miles on the mainsheet
Three dead in Bantry Bay fishing boat fire
One rescued from the water after fire on boat
TV presenter injured in Birdman pier jump
Helicopter costume goes awry
An easy way to make sure your jib sheets don’t flog loose
...briefly heave to!
Two knots good
...when you tie your tender on
World’s largest tidal power turbine heads for Orkney
Twenty-two metre high installation to be erected in 35m deep water
TV stars Nick Hancock and Dawn Porter to open Boat Show
On the back of three-part All at Sea series
Slow down with an empty dumpy bag
DIY drogues
Fatal midnight swim as yacht drifts away from crew
Two rescued; two drown on Lake Michigan