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…
WD-40 – the natural alternative
The free way to free a stuck sheave
Download ‘Winds of Change’ – offshore wind farms feature
Free PBO feature download
Green Blue: RYA cuts energy use by 10% for 2010
BMF/RYA Green Blue annual conference
Steve White presents OSTAR stars’ prizes
Solo sailors get awards in Plymouth
Shipwrecked mariner rewarded 30 years late
Heroic feats from 1977 recognised
Artist exhibits 4,500m of chain in gallery
Bradney Chain's 'oddments' department kept busy
Plan for every emergency…
Should you keep your liferaft easily accessible on deck?
Measure twice… cut once!
What else is there to say? Except, If in doubt...
British hostages offered as exchange for prisoners
Rachel Chandler speaks from Somalia
Kill-cord warning to jetski and powerboat owners
Dangerous Jet ski incident luckily avoided
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad about the boat’ Nov 2009
Sailing in the land of Lilliput - Aboard a Sailfish everything except the waves seem smaller - Download and listen to PBO columnist Dave Selby reading his November 2009 column
Check insurance cover over winter
Some marine policies only cover boat equipment when it's onboard
Antifoul in the autumn
The painting conditions in autumn are more favourable than they are in Spring
Lowrance Structure Scan images
Views taken from a press trip off Helsinki, where anti-submarine nets left over from the Cold War still litter the sea bed, plus a man-made lake in Oklahoma where trees,…
Kidnapped couple contact ITN news
Watch footage from Youtube
Keep covered – keep safe over winter
Don't tie your cover to any supporting legs, trestles, chocks or struts when the boat is stored ashore
1,000 days – Weymouth counts down to Olympics
Revive Portland Halloween Event
Yacht sighted off Somalia towing skiff
Could be British yacht missing since Friday
Protect your Nav Lights
Nav lights are severely affected by UV light, which crazes the lens and makes you less visible at night. If you make a cheap canvas cover to protect them when…
British couple victims of kidnap off Seychelles
EPIRB activated plus statement from Somalis