Get the best from your AIS: Top tips for collision avoidance – whether or not ships keep watch
PBO Tested – Boat security systems: In search of the best theft deterrent
PBO Project Boat 2 – Building frames: Making perfect epoxy fillets
PBO Tested – Bilge cleaners: What does the job most efficiently?
WIN! PBO’s BIG Christmas giveaway: Our pick of PBO’s best on test over the past year is up for grabs as one big prize – worth more than £2,700
What would you have done?: Quick thinking is required on a boat drifting towards a rocky shore on a boat with no engine, no main and no genoa
Innovative new gearbox design: A clever bit of gear in a DIY fishing boat
Carrying out hull repairs: Extensive below-the-waterline work on a Victoire 822
Refurbishing a lifebelt: Taking a shine to a pair of faded but structurally sound commercial lifebelts
Old GRP: can we recycle it?: Disposing of end-of-life boat hulls
Judel/Vrolijk designs: Celebrating a highly successful yacht design partnership
Build yourself a boat: Part two – putting the hull together
PBO Boat Test – Dufour 350: On the water in Dufour’s 35-footer
Rig up a lifting tackle: PLUS more reader projects and tips
Transferring the outboard from tender to boat: Hints and tips from the PBO Sketchbook
Tidal coefficients: Popular with the French, coefficients help to predict tidal ranges and rates
A trip along the River Stour: Creek-crawling in a miniature gaff cutter
Through Ireland’s waterways: A fascinating cruise within Ireland’s canal system
The Scillies at last: A reader’s long-awaited cruising destination doesn’t disappoint
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‘Mad about the Boat’ columnist Dave Selby: Marlin’s Mission: accomplished
Columnist Sam Llewellyn: Break out the boat books
Monthly musings from Andrew Simpson: Tether your tender?
PBO products and services: Books and plans from the PBO Shop
News: CPS authorises charges after Cheeki Rafiki investigation… and more
Regional news: Submarine snags trawler, Isle Of Skye Yachts up for sale… and more
Readers’ letters: Your views
Ask the experts: Uneven anode wear, chart plotter updates, and more reader queries answered
New gear: PBO looks at the latest marine products
CPS authorises charges after Cheeki Rafiki investigation
Following an extensive Maritime & Coastguard Agency investigation into the circumstances surrounding the loss of the Cheeki Rafiki, a decision…
Official report into the Cheeki Rafiki tragedy
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report into the loss of the British yacht Cheeki Rafiki and its four crew…
PBO’s BIG Christmas giveaway – win £2,700-worth of boat kit
Our pick of Practical Boat Owner magazine's best on test over the past year is up for grabs as one…
Report reveals what happened when submarine snagged trawler
Chief Inspector of Marine Accidents criticises Royal Navy's 'reluctance' to engage in an investigation into the collision between a dived…
PBO tested: Henri Lloyd Elite Racer Smock and Salopettes
One immediate thing that jumps out is the light weight of the oilskins. They are by far the lightest oilskins…
Mission accomplished – Dave Selby’s Mad about the Boat
‘Where’s Bart?’ That’s the question I was asked more than any other after my epic 338-mile two-month voyage to Southampton,…