15 fixes at sea: sailors share how to deal with a range of problems afloat from a dismasting and rudder damage to chafe, the essential…
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Chichester: Four rescued from burning motorboat
Nearby vessel came to the aid of trapped crew
Video – Man overboard recovery
Video highlights below from the RNLI/PBO man overboard recovery trials
Free cruising guides
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MAIB Ouzo reports
Download the MAIB Ouzo reports here
Geoff Holt to sail the Atlantic
Quadriplegic sailor to cross the pond later this year
PBO Listen Online – Dave Selby Uncut
Listen to all of Dave Selby's podcasts
Video – Preventing osmosis blisters
Here you can see Jake Kavanagh's step-by-step demonstration of how to prepare your hull for a coat of Gelshield
World ARC yachts finish in Rodney Bay, St Lucia
Final 10NM parade to the finish at Rodney Bay, St.Lucia
Buyers beware: stolen narrowboat may be for sale
Fifty-foot steel Bonikowski built boat missing from Chorley
Mike Perham in Southern Ocean knockdown
Open 50 pushed past 90 degrees by huge wave
Possible takeover at Sweden Yachts
Norwegian takeover may save jobs
Top Dogs – Knox-Johnston, Simpson and Fiennes
Three part BBC series focuses on each of the old soldiers in turn starting tonight
Video – PBO lifejacket test
Watch the range of lifejackets being tested in the RNLI's lifeboat college pool.
Video – PBO liferaft test
Prices of liferafts range from £500 to more than £2,000. Will the cheap ones costing under £560 suit your type of sailing as well as your pocket? Pat Manley and…
National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) contact details
Contact details for the 40 National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) lookouts around the British coast
Yacht Club Directory
All addresses and contact details from our main YBW marine directory.
Berth Finder
Find your ideal berth in Europe and the USA.
Weather forecasts by mobile phone
PBO compares instant forecasts sent to your mobile phone by text message
PBO Chart Corrections
Find Recent revisions from the Admiralty in this months PBO magazine.
Almanac updates
Changes to the 2009 Reeds PBO small craft almanac