After sailing through a field of lobsters pots and getting entangled, Gerard and Gina Versluis explain why they are backing the Cruising Association’s Lobster Pot Campaign
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Entries open for the YJA 2026 Young Journalist of the Year Award
Journalists, photographers, videographers, social media reporters, vloggers and bloggers aged 30 and under are being invited to submit their entries for the 2026 Young Journalist of the Year Award
This boatbuilder-made boat camping app wants to get you on the water
The marine world has one question on the tip of its tongue: Why aren’t young people getting into boating? Gaia Brojanigo, boatbuilder, content creator, now app founder knows the usual…
Knut Frostad joins navigation platform Orca
Former Navico CEO and Volvo Ocean Race leader Knut Frostad has joined the navigation company, Orca
Big C solo sailor Andrew Bedwell rescued while attempting to cross the Atlantic in his 100cm boat
The Canadian Coast Guard has rescued Andrew Bedwell after his 100cm vessel, Big C V2 got into difficulties around 75NM east of Newfoundland's Bay de Verde Peninsula
20 Years of the Jester Challenge: Celebrating Low-Budget, Single-Handed Seamanship
Jester Challenge founder Ewen Southby-Tailyour and PBO’s Jake Kavanagh on the enduring appeal of this long-distance sailing event
This sailor’s Atlantic crossing attempt in bonkers 100cm micro-boat has started. Will he make it?
With the favourable prevailing westerly winds now blowing, Andrew Bedwell has started his Atlantic crossing aboard his 100cm boat, Big C V2
Animated weather, tides and currents now available on Orca
UK Met Office forecast data is now available free to all Orca users, with animated weather, tides and currents overlaid directly onto charts
Why you need to join the Cruising Association’s Lobster Pot Campaign
The Cruising Association has launched its new lobster pot campaign, Marked Gear = Safe Gear, which calls for existing guidance around the marking of static fishing gear to be mandatory…
Emrhys Barrell: Eight bells for the marine journalist and electric boating pioneer
Emrhys Barrell, who was a long-time contributor to Practical Boat Owner, has died at the age of 78
Compulsory PLB registration comes into force on 15 April
All current and new PLBs carried on board a UK-flagged vessel or mechanically propelled watercraft like a jet ski, must be registered
Poorly fitting PPE putting women in the marine industry at risk but new BS brings focus for change
The launch of a new British Standard now means that all women working in the marine industry must be provided with personal protective equipment (PPE) that fits, but many women…
Recall of hydraulic hoses on Volvo Penta D4 and D6 engines
The UK's Office for Product Safety and Standards has issued a product recall for Volvo Penta hydraulic hoses for D4 and D6 engines with DPH sterndrive
Jazz Turner is named YJA Yachtsman of the Year 2025
Jazz Turner, who is the first disabled person to complete a solo, non-stop and unassisted circumnavigation of the UK and Ireland is named Yachtsman of the Year 2025
Find out how you can win £6,000 for your club with Funding the Future
Sunsail's Funding the Future is open to all RYA-affiliated sailing, yacht clubs, charities and university teams in the UK
Boatworld announces national expansion
Boatworld has unveiled three new partner locations in the UK as part of its national expansion programme
Behind the scenes with Radio Caroline, the last “pirate” radio station still broadcasting offshore
Some miles off the Essex coast, inside the bright red skeleton of an old Icelandic fishing trawler, lives a radio. Radio Caroline is the last of its kind. For 62…
Finalists for the YJA 2025 Yachtsman of the Year & Young Sailor of the Year announced
The winners will be decided by members of the Yachting Journalists' Association
Last leg of the Mini Globe Race: Harris breaks records, Stitelmann still keeps the lead
With less than 6,000 miles to the finish, the Mini Globe Race fleet of homebuilt 19ft plywood yachts is drawing closer to Antigua, and to end of this world-first adventure.…
Skipper dies after being wound round his boat’s faulty electric winch
The skipper of the Mollie died after becoming entangled around the electric winch drum, an MAIB investigation has concluded