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…
Practical Boat Owner
April 2026 issue – out 12 February
Sailmaker tips for getting new life out of old sails; NMEA wifi gateways tested; Wayfarer Weekended on test; Cruising hacks from liveaboard sailors; Solo skipper’s…
Safely wash ropes in the washing machine
How to do it without damaging the ropes or the drum
Chat live with Ben Ainslie
Questions wanted for conversation with olympic star
Fake snake alert at Thorpe Bay YC
Dangerous animals expert called in for rubber snake
BMF optimistic about Osborne’s Spending Review
Creation of waterways charity and help for small businesses are 'welcomed'
Quick rig adjustments
Keep the bottlescrews available
Access the inaccessible
How to reach bits of your boat nothing else can see...
UK Government announces ‘National Trust’ for waterways
Quango cull kills off British Waterways
Insurance tips for laying up
Navigators and General offer their tips for winter
50 years of Ocean Youth Trust
Anniversary celebrations at Portsmouth, Sat 16 October
Working on the boat on your own?
How to get another pair of hands you won't have to feed
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad About the Boat’ November 2010
Listen to Dave Selby's column from the November 2010 issue of PBO
Essential spares, part 7
The ultimate toolbox
Essential spares, part 8
The ultimate toolbox
Essential spares, part 6
The ultimate toolbox
Essential spares, part 5
The ultimate toolbox
Night sinking for yacht
Couple rescued by Swanage RNLI
Jeanneau 360 – parking made easy
Watch the video of Jeanneau's new multi-directional drive for sailing boats
Chemical ship sinking in Western Approaches
Tanker collided with bulk carrier 50 miles SW of Ushant
Essential spares, part 4
The ultimate toolbox
Essential spares, part 3
The ultimate toolbox