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    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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    Why are boats like potatoes?

    • August 10, 2010

    How to spot a bouncy boat

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    Buying a brand new boat?

    • August 9, 2010

    Check new boat bunks from all angles

    Sutton Harbour Classic Boat Rally

    Classic Boats take over Plymouth

    • August 9, 2010

    Sutton Harbour Classic Boat Rally hosts famous vessels

    Tom Cunliffe to speak at Green Blue conference

    Tom Cunliffe to speak at Green Blue conference

    • August 6, 2010

    To be held in Glasgow

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    MOB retrieval: an easy way

    • August 5, 2010

    A large purchase system might be the key

    Swans battle through thick weed on inland waterway

    Weed blights inland sailing centres’ season

    • August 4, 2010

    Watercourses clogged this summer

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    Keep fresh air flowing

    • August 4, 2010

    With a forehatch cover

    Eshton Road Lock, Gargrave, looking west.

    Drought forces Leeds-Liverpool canal closure

    • August 3, 2010

    60-mile stretch closed to save water

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    Building a Cornish Crabber 26

    • August 2, 2010

    Download free multi-part PBO series

    Swale Smack and Barge Match

    38th annual Swale ‘Smack and Barge Match’

    • August 2, 2010

    Saturday 7 August 2010

    Raymarine workers face the sack

    Raymarine workers face the sack

    • August 2, 2010

    as new owners FLIR Systems increases sales

    Fruit in a net

    Keep fruit fresh on board

    • August 2, 2010

    Lots of ventilation is the key

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    Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad About the Boat’ August 2010

    • August 1, 2010

    All hobbies have their dangers but nothing comes close to sailing for the sheer variety of ways to scare yourself

    Dave Selby has a new image - Summer issue 2010

    Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad About the Boat’ Summer 2010

    • July 31, 2010

    The camera never lies - sailing makes you older, not wiser, just older faster

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    How to improve vane steering in tricky wind conditions

    • July 30, 2010

    Use a tiller pilot

    Mylor Yacht Club

    New £1million Mylor Yacht Club design approved

    • July 29, 2010

    Striking new modern building

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    When is it good to mix fuel and water on board?

    • July 29, 2010

    When you're specifying which side to build your boat's tanks

    Laura Dekker

    Dutch 14-year-old free to sail solo around the world

    • July 28, 2010

    Court permits Laura Dekker to set sail

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    Would you trust your topping lift?

    • July 28, 2010

    At sea if the main halyard breaks, what use is a lightweight topping lift?

    Optimists celebrating two years until 2012 Olympics

    London 2012 olympics – two years and counting

    • July 27, 2010

    WPNSA celebrates with 300 optimist sailors

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