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…
Practical Boat Owner
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…
How crazy are your navigation lights?
Crazed plastic reduces output of light
Is your road trailer legal?
There's only one way to find out
Geoff Holt to stop in Cape Verde islands
Fuel contamination problems
Coastguard hoaxer fined £2,500
Man pleaded guilty
Need a gas engineer? Forget Corgi
Corgi was once the safety standard for gas engineers
Southwold set to retake control of town harbour
End to long-running battle in sight
Lifting beckets on a dan buoy?
Dan buoys are a lot easier to see than horseshoe buoys in a man-overboard situation
Paul and Rachel Chandler contact UK by phone
Short recording on Sunday Times website
Man dies after falling into River Dart
Man in his sixties fell from his boat in Darthaven Marina
Clean inside your skin fittings
When antifouling, make sure you remove any paint or growth from inside your skin fittings – any material inside will restrict the flow.
Geoff Holt’s first broadcast from the Atlantic
Return to Tortola
Thousands of starfish wash up on beach in Norfolk
Holkham horror
Chart stowage ideas
Keep your paper charts tidy and safe on board
Government ‘Backs-Off’ immediate sale of BW assets
Victory for campaigners
Independent Lifeboat fundraising drive announced
Orange events proposed
Make weighing anchor cleaner…
with this tip
Jeckells The Sailmakers goes green
Recycling old sails
More Brits feared kidnapped on yacht off Seychelles
Ecoterra website report
Keeping cool…
...without a fridge!
PBO photo gallery: RNLI assists racers in Poole
Keelboat capsizes