How to replace polarising film on your instrument screen
How Hempel’s Silic One silicone antifouling performed over two years on my 27ft boat
How to sail tidal estuaries safely
Defeating the Diesel Bug: One Tank, Two Clarke Pumps, an Inspection Hatch and a Lot of Elbow Grease
Moving a diesel engine air filter
Three pilothouse boats: Bella 703, Orkney Day Angler 20 and Drago Sunday Fishing
Three small, multi-purpose motorboats with simple accommodation tested. What's best, an inboard or outboard engine, a planing or displacement hull?
How I found the right electric engine for my boat after spending £25k
Felix Marks explains how he turned around the disastrous electric engine installation on his Tofinou day-sailer
Why rebuilding your self-steering gear will change your cruising game
Dena Hankins and James Lane explain how rebuilding your self-steering gear changes the cruising game
Boat maintenance
How to replace a worn teak deck
DIY engine replacement saves boat owner £1,500
How I achieved optimal propeller pitch
Rubbing strakes refurbishment: step-by-step guide
Fitting a new toerail or grabrail on your sailboat or motorboat
What happens to boat electrical systems and batteries if submerged?
Maintenance
Electric-powered boat for under £8,000
Bob Shillito converts his classic 19ft (5.8m) clinker boat for near-silent river cruising
Hull plank repair on a boat: step-by-step
With a few practical woodworking skills anyone should be able to replace a plank on a carvel-built wooden hull, as Richard Johnstone-Bryden discovers
How to fit a new cam belt on your boat engine
Stu Davies explains how he fitted a new cam belt to the diesel engine in his 1999 Beneteau 381
Making a lifting keel easier to raise
After struggling with a heavy lifting keel, Brian Johnson builds a simple tackle to make light of the problem
Amazing adventures
Joshua Slocum: Is the Spray legend fact or fiction?
The pioneers: Teddy Seymour & Bill Pinkney
Sailing in the land of fire and ice and beyond: sailors share their high latitude cruises
Hanneke Boon: Life after Wharram
Gear tests
I’m a commercial skipper and this is my onboard essentials list for a Mediterranean Yacht Charter
Can VHF and AIS run on the same aerial?
‘I smelled burning plastic and realised my plug was melting!’
Propeller care: everything you need to know
Can I trust this boat mooring?
Where to recycle old sails and end of life kit – drop off points across the UK and Europe
Practical Projects
Great tips and ideas to improve your boat from PBO readers
Repairing an inflatable dinghy: fixing holes
How I built a galley box for my boat
How to clean tarnished brass
How I made a specialist tool to repair my dinghy
How to make a DIY bilge alarm switch
How to replace a stern tube on a boat
PBO Project Boat
What does a sailmaker do?
Shortly before the Round the Island Race, one of the largest yacht races in the world, it’s all go at…
Shore power: solving tripping problems
Ali Wood gets a crash course in reverse polarity and smart charging when Project Boat Maximus’s shore power gets trippy…
Sail design – using 3D software and laser technology to cut new sails
During the survey of our Maxi 84, the PBO Project Boat Maximus, we were warned by a marine surveyor that…
How to measure your yacht for new sails
Measuring your boat for new sails is a job for the sailmaker, so when our PBO Project Boat Maximus needed…
Restoring a vintage Sailor radio
Ali Wood’s Sailor radio is given the VIP treatment
Seajet Bioclean silicone antifoul review: Our verdict after one year on the water
Does silicone antifouling work? It’s not flying off the shelves yet, according to suppliers, but the results from our Project…
Securing mast cable on our Maxi 84
With the help of ACM Marine, Ali Wood goes about securing mast cable on the Maxi 84 PBO project boat
Family sailing safety gear: TESTED!
Ali Wood discusses the sailing safety gear she chose for their first family cruise on board their Maxi 84, and…