Boat Owners’ Antenna Buyer’s Guide, How to make a bridle for secure mooring, Designing and making your own sails, 48 launch checks for skipper and…
Practical Boat Owner
May 2026 Issue – out 12 March
59 low cost upgrades to enhance your boat; How to reduce weather helm; Boat repairs in a Force 9 storm; Designing and building your own…
Skipper escapes capture by pirates, but crew held
Yacht ran aground, skipper rescued by EU warship
Don’t overgrease your winches
Keep them turning all year round....
Still afloat? Keep your boat safe in the winter gales
Essential tips to keep your boat snug and safe as the storms bite
Burnham RNLI appeal passes £100k
East Coast boathouse fund on target
Save sticky, UV-degraded plastic with cheap cola
Fenders and clutch handles - a new lease of life
Re-live the Round the Island Race on TV
Channel 4 to broadcast documentary on 13th November at 7.30am
Don’t pinch in waves!
it'll slow you down...
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad About the Boat’ December 2010
Listen to Dave Selby's column from the December 2010 issue of PBO
Cornish Crabbers looks down under
Rock-based firm starts distributing in Australia
Help your headfoil last longer
Save the foils with this tip
Prevent crossed threads
How to avoid crossing or stripping a thread
Stop Snapshackles unsnapping
With this tip
Gipsy Moth to stay in UK
Sailing Academy to retain history-making yacht
Jib cars are your friend
Go upwind more efficiently!
Tall ship dismasts SW of Scilly
RN helicopter on standby to go to the aid of Fryderyk Chopin
First Aid tip of the day: Dealing with burns
Simple kitchen item is best to keep in your kit
Lifeboat rescues canal boat at sea in F8 winds and huge waves
Barge was in Dover strait, with no VHF
PG Tip of the Day
Making tea more easily when beating
Your chance to examine proposed south coast wind farms
Drop in sessions for information planned in Dorset, Hants and IOW
Safely wash ropes in the washing machine
How to do it without damaging the ropes or the drum