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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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    Construction firm seeks boat hulls for charity nautical garden

    • January 21, 2010

    Don't abandon ship!

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    Check under the genoa

    • January 21, 2010

    there's a big blind spot!

    RYA spring muster 2010

    Booking opens for RYA Spring power and sail muster 2010

    • January 20, 2010

    Weekend event at Cowes Yacht Haven

    adrift...

    Lower the ladder before you dive in…

    • January 20, 2010

    or end up like those actors in that film...

    Calshot tower

    New Coastwatch station to open at Calshot

    • January 19, 2010

    NCI seeks volunteers to man Calshot Tower

    Hilary Lister to race Fastnet 2011

    Hilary Lister to race in Fastnet 2011

    • January 19, 2010

    Class 40 boat to be modified

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    Save on scrubbing

    • January 19, 2010

    ...with a freshwater approach

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    Carry a mask on board

    • January 18, 2010

    ...it could save the day!

    tip of the day th

    Log your engine hours

    • January 17, 2010

    ...gauges are not always accurate

    Cork Clipper goes aground of Indonesia

    Clipper to be left to her fate

    • January 16, 2010

    Cork's fate decided by Clipper Race management

    tip of the day th

    Adjust your lines throughout the winter

    • January 15, 2010

    to avoid chafe

    Bloodhound racing in 1964 with Prince Phillip at helm

    Former Royal Yacht Bloodhound Saved for the Nation

    • January 15, 2010

    Restored and moved to Edinburgh

    Beachy Head lighthouse, image Teddy Sipaseuth

    Beachy head lighthouse faces switch-off

    • January 14, 2010

    Trinity House mulls closure of six lighthouses around UK

    Cork Clipper goes aground of Indonesia

    Clipper race yacht grounds – all 16 crew rescued

    • January 14, 2010

    International rescue

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    Lifejackets – do you wear yours?

    • January 14, 2010

    New study shows people 'underestimate' the risks

    YMOTY

    RYA announces Yachtmaster of the Year

    • January 13, 2010

    Alex Tilleray takes home gong from London Boat Show

    Jessica Watson three weeks in

    Jessica Watson nears Cape Horn

    • January 13, 2010

    Australian teenager to round the cape today

    Whitehaven Marina iced over

    Whitehaven Marina ices over

    • January 13, 2010

    Sub-zero temperatures cause seawater to freeze

    Shackleton ship frozen

    Advice for the Ice

    • January 13, 2010

    Keep your boat safe in the big freeze

    Sam Davies Yachtsman of the year nominee 2009

    Sam wins! Yachtsman of the year

    • January 12, 2010

    Ceremony at Trinity House London

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