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…
Practical Boat Owner
March 2026 issue – out 15 January
Boat electrics made easy; Restoring a £1 boat; Easy ways to revive your canopy; How to find the perfect crew; How to lower your mast…
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad About the Boat’ Feb 2010
Still Mad About the Boat - five years on from the first Dave Selby column in PBO, it's time to reflect
Only a few days left to enter PBO’s antifouling trial
Testers wanted, you could win £500!
Tie your own bowline
When going aloft
Replica of 2,600 year old ship reaches South Africa
Phoenicia took large detour to avoid pirates in Africa circumnavigation
OSTAR competitor’s top tip
Peter Bourke's tip for a comfortable night's sail
Keep your boat safe and secure
Top tips to deter thieves from your boat
Watch the birth of a RIB
Cobra Marine opens factory for a weekend
Don’t trust your EPIRB’s ‘test’ button
Lithium batteries are difficult to test...
Jessica Watson in Southern Ocean knockdown
Schoolgirl circumnavigator hit by violent storm
Beware isolated danger marks…
the danger isn't as isolated as you might think...
Check the masthead
by binocular from deck level!
Student wins superyacht design competition
Winner to represent British excellence in Italy
Downwind in a blow? It’s probably windier than you think
Don't get lulled into a false sense of security
Bembridge Harbour Trust plans to bid for harbour
Charity prepares bid
Man dies in capsize after saving wife’s life
Felucca capsized during Nile cruise
Construction firm seeks boat hulls for charity nautical garden
Don't abandon ship!
Check under the genoa
there's a big blind spot!
Booking opens for RYA Spring power and sail muster 2010
Weekend event at Cowes Yacht Haven
Lower the ladder before you dive in…
or end up like those actors in that film...
New Coastwatch station to open at Calshot
NCI seeks volunteers to man Calshot Tower