110 ways to save money on your boating costs, from mooring and maintenance to rigging and sails! PLUS 12 anchor designs to consider, how to…
Practical Boat Owner
June issue – out 11 April
Is it time to swap your boat batteries? We look at the pros and cons of lithium-ion vs standard, installation dos and don’ts, bust the…
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Build a traditional boat
Love working with wood and always fancied building a traditional boat?
Yachtsmen saved in North Sea
Dramatic rescue off the Norfolk Coast
Sailing weaknesses, May 2008
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Watch PBO video: How to prevent osmosis
PBO practicals editor, Jake Kavanagh, demonstrates using International Gelshield to prevent osmosis
The amazing self-healing rubber material
The unbelievable new substance with implications for the marine industry
Adrian Flanagan: Yacht Barrabus up for sale
Specially designed stainless-steel hulled yacht will be sold in the summer
Stolen PLB tracked to city wheelie bin
Thieves set off PLB after burglary guiding the owner and police to a city street
New research indicates that sharks react to air pressure changes, predicting bad weather
New research indicates that sharks react to air pressure changes, predicting bad weather
Wave-powered skipper chats on Ham radio
Japanese adventurer has good radio reception a week into his planned 75-day voyage from Hawaii to Japan
‘Just another exciting day in the Southern Ocean’
Russian adventurer circumnavigating Antarctica has to repair rudder in mid-ocean
Watch highlights of the RYA dinghy show
The only show dedicated to dinghy sailors screens highlights on RYA TV
Peters Opal court decision still weeks away
After three-day hearing, judge's decision not expected for several weeks
Sunseeker open days in Poole this weekend
Luxury motoryachts plus loads of marine exhibitors
Blackpool: Severe weather affects grounded ferry
Ro-ro ferry Riverdance is blown further over and begins sinking into the sand
Stormy weather – more low pressure on the way
Tornado chasers on alert as 82mph gust recorded at Berry Head, Devon
No charges against ‘three men in a boat’
Seven-hour search and rescue called off as men found safe in France
Impressing the ladies, April 2008
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MCA strike closes five rescue stations
Strategic support centre backs up short-staffed stations that remain operational