One of the reasons no-one really noticed the America's Cup was that it clashed with the Maldon Paper Boat Race
Dave Selby
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad About the Boat’ April 2010
Cutting down on victuals is just taking the biscuit...
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad About the Boat’ March 2010
What do the trees think? Dave ponders sailing in a gale
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad About the Boat’ Feb 2010
Still Mad About the Boat - five years on from the first Dave Selby column in PBO, it's time to reflect
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad about the boat’ Jan 2010
The trouble with trailers - Do you ever get the feeling your trailer has a mind of its own? Download and listen to PBO columnist Dave Selby reading his January…
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad About the Boat’ Dec 2009
Fourth among equals - surrounded by Sailfishes at the Maldon Town Regatta
My other boat’s a canoe
PBO Podcast - PBO hits the airwaves with the H2O show
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad about the boat’ Nov 2009
Sailing in the land of Lilliput - Aboard a Sailfish everything except the waves seem smaller - Download and listen to PBO columnist Dave Selby reading his November 2009 column
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad about the boat’ Dec 2008
Charts? compasses? Echo-sounders? Who needs all those nuisances when having 'local knowledge' means going aground a lot more
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad about the boat’ Nov 2008
Getting a trophy can make competitions worthwhile - if only there was a prize for wanting one the most
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad about the boat’ Oct 2008
Fashions may come and go with the season, but gaff haute couture is here to stay - a lifestyle choice without the style
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad about the boat’ Sep 2008
It's not the winning that counts, it's the size of your bowsprit. Be prepared for the misadventures of the Three Rivers Race
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad about the boat’ Aug 2008
Keeping your eyes closed won't fix a broken keel - but the weird science of epoxy will. Find resins to be cheerful
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad about the boat’ Jul 2008
Talking rubbish - quality rubbish - is a skill to be honed early in the season over a cuppa. Put the kettle on and listen to the July 2008 podcast.
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad about the boat’ Jun 2008
The boating burden lies heavy upon the soul of the true sailor... at least, that's what we'd have everyone in the non-nautical world believe...
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad about the boat’ May 2008
Surveying a boat is serious business. You need to speak Latin, have creative writing skills, and be able to wield a hammer!
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad about the boat’ Apr 2008
Is Bart Selby a randy criminal mastermind...or just a naughty dog? Hear about the canine scourge of the Blackwater in the April 2008 podcast.
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad about the boat’ Mar 2008
The masters of the universe appear to have embraced sailing - and they're taking no prisoners: how luminescent lunatics rule the waves
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad about the boat’ Feb 2008
One thing's for certain - when you're talking sailing absolutely nothing's certain. Reasons to be careful in the February 2008 podcast.
Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad about the boat’ Oct 2009
A Style All of his Own - Bart has taste. He wouldn't be caught drowining in just any old lifejacket - Download and listen to PBO columnist Dave Selby reading…