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    Practical Boat Owner

    May 2026 issue of Practical Boat Owner Magazine

    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…

    April 2026 issue of Practical Boat Owner magazine

    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…

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    Star Class competing at 2010 Skandia Sail For Gold at WPNSA

    BBC TV to feature Olympic sailing hopefuls

    • August 19, 2010

    Sailing documentary from the Olympic venue in Weymouth starts Saturday

    Seafarers sentenced to nine years on a desert island

    Seafarers sentenced to nine years on a desert island

    • August 19, 2010

    For drug smuggling

    Kill cord

    Runaway speedboat teenagers rescued in Poole Bay

    • August 19, 2010

    Lifeboat warns against water-skiing without a killcord

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    De-scale your toilet pipes

    • August 19, 2010

    ...the lemon-fresh way!

    George Osborne urges public to suggest spending cuts

    E-borders poll now open

    • August 18, 2010

    Now is your chance to let the government know your views on e-borders

    Aquarelle navigates the Danube documentation from Serbia to Germany

    Documents for the Danube

    • August 18, 2010

    Cruising down the Danube? Find out what documentation could affect your boat

    Derry-Londonderry to host Clipper Race stopover

    Derry-Londonderry to be Clipper Race stopover

    • August 18, 2010

    Northern Irish port to host 2011-12 race

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    How to hoist your main easily with lazyjacks

    • August 18, 2010

    The trick is to ease miles on the mainsheet

    Three dead after fishing boat catches fire in Bantry Bay

    Three dead in Bantry Bay fishing boat fire

    • August 17, 2010

    One rescued from the water after fire on boat

    RNLI rescues Holly Walsh after Worthing Birdman jump

    TV presenter injured in Birdman pier jump

    • August 17, 2010

    Helicopter costume goes awry

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    An easy way to make sure your jib sheets don’t flog loose

    • August 17, 2010

    ...briefly heave to!

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    Two knots good

    • August 16, 2010

    ...when you tie your tender on

    Atlantis tidal turbine

    World’s largest tidal power turbine heads for Orkney

    • August 13, 2010

    Twenty-two metre high installation to be erected in 35m deep water

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    TV stars Nick Hancock and Dawn Porter to open Boat Show

    • August 13, 2010

    On the back of three-part All at Sea series

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    Slow down with an empty dumpy bag

    • August 13, 2010

    DIY drogues

    Burnham Harbour, Lake Michigan, near to where man's body was discovered

    Fatal midnight swim as yacht drifts away from crew

    • August 12, 2010

    Two rescued; two drown on Lake Michigan

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    Keep your boat afloat with a bottle of wine

    • August 12, 2010

    Ideas for keeping the ocean out

    George Osborne urges public to suggest spending cuts

    RYA to urge cut in spending on e-Borders

    • August 11, 2010

    Treasury's public forum for spending cuts closes tomorrow

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    Check your mast and rigging from the deck

    • August 11, 2010

    If you're unable to climb up and look here's an idea

    Whale breaches on yacht in South Africa

    Yacht crushed by whale back on the water

    • August 10, 2010

    South african yacht Intrepid's whale damage repaired

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