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…
RNLI assist yachts in Poole Harbour
PBO boat tester and photographer David Harding was on the water only a few yards off Poole YC. ‘It was fairly breezy and, by the standards of the harbour,…
Every step…
... needs a handhold!
Mole
Mole
Mizzen (mizen)
Mizzen (mizen)
Mitre
Mitre
Miss stays, to
Miss stays, to
Millibar
Millibar
Middle ground
Middle ground
Microspheres
Microspheres
MHWS
MHWS
MHWN
MHWN
Metacentre
Metacentre
Meridian
Meridian
Mercator’s projection
Mercator's projection
Measured distance
Measured distance
Marina
Marina
Mayday
Mayday
Masthead light
Masthead light
Masthead float
Masthead float
Master
Master