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…
Launching at Warsash 2010
PBO Editor, Sarah Norbury was on hand to watch club members’ boats get craned out of the boat park and into the water for the start of another season
Photo gallery: Fantastic finds at Beaulieu Boat Jumble
The weird and wonderful from PBO-sponsored Jumble
Don’t commit a Cardinal sin!
Easy ways to remember which topmark is which
Use a damp cloth to polish
Get the best shine from your hull
Ross Brawn launches Formula 1 fundraising for RNLI
RNLI Lifeboat Challenge launched
Vote in PBO poll: Should yachts pay Light Dues?
Have your say over aids to navigation
How to understand French VHF méteo weather forecasts
Understanding French VHF weather broadcasts
Visit the Beaulieu Boat Jumble this Sunday
Don't miss the largest outdoor sale of boating bits in Europe!
Yacht beached to save skipper dangling overboard
Amazing survival story
Propeller maker wins marine trade battle – under sail!
Light winds for the Marine Industry Regatta 2010
Just 10 days left to enter PBO Green Awards 2010
Entries close 30 April
Princess Royal opens new Southerly factory
Anne takes a tour around Northshore
Spend a ‘day in the life’ of Ben Ainslie & Team Origin
Enter Henri Lloyd competition by 3 May
Snow show – celebrity Calais rescue is ‘over and out’
French authorities call time on modern day Dunkirk
Trail-sail maintenance
Expert advice for winter checks of trailer-sailers
British to attempt first rowing expedition to North Pole
Sponsored by Old Pulteney whisky (they'll need it!)
Bending on a furling genoa
Bending on a furling genoa at the start of the season can be daunting, but follow Ian Brown’s advice and you’ll find it a straightforward job
Americans capture six pirates in Gulf of Aden
Total of 21 attackers captured in past 10 days
Premier sells brokerage business to Ancasta
To concentrate on expanding marina business