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…
Practical Boat Owner
March 2026 issue – out 15 January
Boat electrics made easy; Restoring a £1 boat; Easy ways to revive your canopy; How to find the perfect crew; How to lower your mast…
GPS is ‘close to breakdown’
Navigation system could begin to fail by 2010
Mayday hoax sparks search off Hartlepool
Nuisance caller may have attempted to 'undo' the nuisance he had caused
Watch video demo of yachting iPhone app
Software developers get serious in the yachting market with yachting iPhone app
Three boats destroyed by fire at Dun Laoghaire
RIB and motorboat sunk, yacht scorched
Cocaine smuggling yachtsman apologies to club
Devon yachtsman pleads guilty to smuggling €500m of cocaine
Misspelled marina signs to be removed
Spelling errors rectified after five years
Ship’s crew run aground in lifeboat as captain prepares to depart
Spring tide at Eling catches out ship's lifeboat
Katie Miller to start Hamble river sprint
12 gigs to compete in punishing sprint
A trophy at last, June 2009
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Sailing enthusiasts sought by charity
National charity Vitalise is seeking dinghy enthusiasts to accompany visually impaired people on a sailing holiday
Tall Ships race begins from Vigo
First stop Tenerife
Next Earl’s Court show scheduled for 2010
Organisers plan Leisure Show at Windsor too
Three yachtsmen rescued west of Ireland
Tanker gave assistance to crew on 40-footer after heavy weather
Ouch! Crane drops yacht in Cherbourg
Eyewitness account and photos of yacht fallen on the hard
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad about the boat’ May 2009
In the competitve world of paper boat racing, a few folds of origami and a coat or two of yacht varnish are simply not enough. Hear about Dave's break into…
Events galore over May Day long weekend
In case you can't get on the water, PBO's events calendar has jumbles, shows, demo days and more
Cruise ships bound for Mexico are rerouted
Flu outbreak spooks tourist ships and yachts
Geoff Holt launches new wheelchair accessible boat
Fishbourne Sailability delighted with brand new wheelchair-accessible vessel named Dougal
PBO June 2009 issue
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