Coating a GRP deck with SoftSand coating
How to make boat feet to keep you level
How to clean tarnished brass
Next stop Fiji! Mini Globe Race skippers start Leg 2 amid gear issues
Big worries over new MCA Sport and Pleasure Code of Practice
Want to build a stitch and glue boat? Get your design plans and start now!
Due to popular demand, Tim Owen shares his stitch-and-glue design ideas for a rigid 8ft plywood rowing dinghy. He built his 50 years ago in…
Open weekends announced for Portland Marina
Next month, Portland Marina will be hosting two boat buying open weekends
Improving a heads pump installation
Trevor Martin shows how he replaced the pumps and modified the installation of his vacuum heads for easier servicing in the future
Boat maintenance
Replacing vinyl with maple strips in a forecabin
Saildrive maintenance: a boat owner’s guide
Fouled propeller fix: top tips for solving the problem at sea
Exhaust elbow repair: step-by-step
The art of veneering: step-by-step
DIY GRP repair: step by step guide
Maintenance
How to lay EVA foam decking on your boat
With the eye-watering cost of teak, Andy Pag decides to lay bargain EVA foam decking in the cockpit of his catamaran
How to fit a removable mainsheet track
When your boat’s mainsheet arrangement doesn’t quite do the job it’s not difficult to improve upon it yourself. Here’s how Bob Goode devised his own…
How to get a mirror finish on you boat
Lyndon March explains how to get the perfect mirror finish on your wooden or GRP hull
Cutless bearing replacement: step by step
Stu Davies explains how to fit a cutless bearing on your boat
Amazing adventures
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
Cape Horn to port – gaining confidence as a new skipper
Gear tests
Where to recycle old sails and end of life kit – drop off points across the UK and Europe
Overhauling the DC boat electrics on a 38ft boat
New AIS MOB device rule affecting sailors
Boat battery care: the do’s and the don’ts
Do you really need an active radar reflector on your boat?
Is foiling really the future of cruising?
Practical Projects
Great tips and ideas to improve your boat from PBO readers
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
How to replace a leaking portlight
How to make curly cord as a DIY project
Casting a cutless bearing housing
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…