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…
Weigh your lifejacket cylinder
You can check that a lifejacket cylinder hasn’t leaked by weighing it – most 150N lifejackets use a 33g cylinder, but the target weight will be engraved on the cylinder…
Shoal
Shoal
Shipshape
Shipshape
Ship’s papers
Ship's papers
Ship
Ship
Ship, to
Ship, to
Shell
Shell
Shelf
Shelf
Sheet bend
Sheet bend
Sheer strake
Sheer strake
Sheer pole
Sheer pole
Sheer legs, sheers or jeers
Sheer legs, sheers or jeers
Sheer, to
Sheer, to
Sheer
Sheer
Score
Score
Sheave
Sheave
Sheathe, to
Sheathe, to
Sharpie
Sharpie
Shape a course, to
Shape a course, to
Shank
Shank