Sailing on sunshine: how to get the most out of your solar panels; Latest advice on installing lithium batteries that every boat owner should read;…
Practical Boat Owner
December 2025 issue – out on 23 October
From steering to rigging (and all the things we forget!) – the essential checks for the prepared skipper; Displacement theory and how it affects the…
Madoff yachts fetch more than US$2m
Proceeds go to ruined investors
Vessel sinks on Poole Quay
60ft trawler sinks at her mooring
Night-vision camera wins 2009 DAME award
Winners announced at METS
Dropping the kite: a top tip
Keep the spinnaker blanketed by the mainsail...
My other boat’s a canoe!
PBO teams up with the BBC and hits the water, paddle in hand...
My other boat’s a canoe
PBO Podcast - PBO hits the airwaves with the H2O show
Mini Tonner class association launched
IOR yachts hope to emulate Quarter Ton success story
Masking tape – remove it the easy way
Don't hang around when you've finished painting...
Tidy up your keel/hull joint
Today's tip for a good join
Hydroptere takes 1NM speed record at over 50knots
Working towards ocean sailing
Protect your electrics in a thunderstorm…
...using a ready-made faraday cage - the oven!
Much life left in your anodes?
Sacrificial anodes - and when to replace them
Yacht’s crew divided by a common language
Clipper race crewmember struggles with Atlantic divide...
Pirates up threats against British couple
Paul and Rachel Chandler held inland by gang
A little flutter?
What's the quickest way to destroy a sail? The solution is simpler than you might think...
Earthrace joins Sea Shepherd against whalers
Stealth and speed an advantage
Driver towing dinghy cleared of boat mast death
Jury decides
Aussie teen skipper heads for the equator
Jessica Watson begins fourth week at sea
Check your guardrail lashings
...to avoid an unexpected swim
Yacht building driving growth in UK
Poll of UK regional development agencies