Boat Owners’ Antenna Buyer’s Guide, How to make a bridle for secure mooring, Designing and making your own sails, 48 launch checks for skipper and…
Practical Boat Owner
May 2026 Issue – out 12 March
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…
PBO’s 40th birthday party a roaring success
Around 150 guests, contributors and IPC staff helped us celebrate
Flanagan’s plan B – load yacht on a ship
Currently battling a storm and making approximately 2 knots towards Tiksi
BFA Marine liferaft recall
Important safety notice - recall for corrective action
Put your expertise to work for an RYA committee
Several Royal Yachting Association committees have current vacancies
In pictures: Geoff Holt and team return
See photos of the UK's first disabled solo circumnavigator, his team and over 150 well-wishers and assorted media
Boatyard bulletin: landlord blocks access road
Boat owners' launch hopes dashed by lack of access
Southampton Boat Show map and listing
See the PBO website for your free map and stand listing
Premier Yacht Sales: new dealer for Island Packet
Swanwick-based firm appointed in the wake of Peters Opal situation
Overheard Sailing
Pages and pages of jokes... some are even half decent
New Aladdin’s Cave clothing store
Tills already ringing at new one-stop shop at Swanwick Marina
Summer has arrived for Geoff Holt around Britain
Perfect sailing conditions look set to continue for disabled round-Britain sailor
MCA lifts foot and mouth restrictions
Committee meets to lift ban on transporting UK food overseas
Hurricane Dean hits Mexican coast
Storm now downgraded from category five spares Jamaica but slams Yucatan
Brian Peters resigns from BMF
Recently appointed chairman steps down as Peters Opal crisis continues
Flanagan meets a polar bear
The adventurous sailor comes face to muzzle…
MAIB report: why Hooligan V capsized
Explanation of keel failure that led to tragic death off SW England earlier this year
Peters Opal: advice for new Bavaria owners
Who to contact for information on Peters Opal administration
Foot and mouth warning to UK boaters
DEFRA guidelines issued to all boaters thinking of heading abroad
Cowes RIB crash investigation ongoing
Three injured in late-night RIB crash in Cowes
Flippin’ amazing dolphin awes Solent boaters
Video footage: A bottle-nosed dolphin spotted and filmed playing in the Solent