Easy tweaks to a budget boat: Expert tips for sails and rigging
PBO Project Boat 2 – Fitting the transom and final frames: Work continues apace on PBO’s Secret 20 kit boat
PBO Tested – Hebridean windvane: Make it yourself, then fit it. PBO tries out a DIY self-steerer
Low-cost sail through the French canals: 1,332km through French waterways on a restored £400 Pandora
PBO Boat Test – Hanse 415: …on a Croatian charter cruise
PBO Tested -Tools for tight spaces: Ideal implements for confined conditions
Harrison Butler designs: The ‘well balanced and sweet handling’ boat designs of Thomas Harrison Butler
Build a sailing dinghy: Part three – fitting out and rigging
Marinise a diesel: Convert a car engine and save a fortune
On board in a barge race: Match racing on board a Thames barge
Charts or buoyage: Which should you trust?
Bear away, eventually: A reader’s haphazard shakedown sail in Lazy Bear, a newly-purchased 25ft Cobra
London Boat Show preview: What to look out for at ExCel
Fitting a SonarPhone: A ‘virtual’ depth sounder and fishfinder
Fix a rusty mast step: How to forestall the risk of mast step truss failure
Make a wireless remote control for an autopilot: PLUS more reader projects and tips
How to stop rolling at anchor: Hints and tips from the PBO Sketchbook
Anchorages in upper Loch Fyne: Favourite areas for dropping the hook in a beautiful sea loch on Scotland’s west coast
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Waiting for the tide: The editor’s welcome to this month’s PBO – sign up for PBO’s free monthly e-newsletter at: http://emails.timeincuk.co.uk/YBW_webcross
‘Mad about the Boat’ columnist Dave Selby: The thin end of the wedge
Columnist Sam Llewellyn: In search of a restful rig
Monthly musings from Andrew Simpson: Anxiety is a drag
PBO products and services: Books and plans from the PBO Shop
News: DIY Safe Antifouling Initiative 2017 launches, World Sailors of the Year named… and more
Regional news: Yacht and container ship collide, Golden Globe preparations… and more
Readers’ letters: Your views
Ask the experts: Whether to replace sails (and the mast), and more reader queries answered
New gear: PBO looks at the latest marine products
BCF launches DIY Safe Antifouling Initiative 2017
Antifouling paint and dust is hazardous – protect yourself and the environment
The great UK antifouling test for cruising yachts
20 antifouling paints tested in 13 UK locations: which works best where you keep your boat?
Mills, Clark and Lange named World Sailors of the Year
Olympic Champions Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark have won the female Rolex World Sailor of the Year award; Argentina's Santiago…