...if you're planning any manoeuvres
Practical
Dealing with difficult screws
or how to un-stick a stuck screw
Table Fiddles – what works best?
Keep items secure on your saloon table
Stow your washboards
Ideas for keeping your washboards out of the way
Use a chain sheet when reaching
...for a better headsail shape
Seal your shorepower sockets at sea
Cheap tip to avoid water ingress
Remove stubborn stern-gland packing…
...with items you're guaranteed to have in your tool box!
There’s nothing like music…
...to help with seasickness!
Selective instruments…
Do you really need a depthsounder mid-channel?
Check your liferaft’s repair kit
Contents vary hugely - but which is the best method of repair?
More time for epoxying…
Don't kickstart the epoxy curing process - avoid it with our top tip
Having trouble putting your oilskins on over your boots?
It may not be elegant but there is a simple solution
Dropping the kite: a top tip
Keep the spinnaker blanketed by the mainsail...
My other boat’s a canoe!
PBO teams up with the BBC and hits the water, paddle in hand...
Masking tape – remove it the easy way
Don't hang around when you've finished painting...
Tidy up your keel/hull joint
Today's tip for a good join
Protect your electrics in a thunderstorm…
...using a ready-made faraday cage - the oven!
Much life left in your anodes?
Sacrificial anodes - and when to replace them
A little flutter?
What's the quickest way to destroy a sail? The solution is simpler than you might think...
Check your guardrail lashings
...to avoid an unexpected swim