How to protect your boat in a storm in harbour, Essential checks for liftout, Second hand boat focus on the Bavaria 34, How to install…
Practical Boat Owner
December issue – 24 October
Monohulls vs multihulls: which one is best? Sailing downwind: how the pros do it, Where is the best place to stow your liferaft? Staying warm…
Interim report on Andrew Ashman’s Clipper Race death
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published an interim report on the investigation of the fatal accident on board the Clipper yacht CV21, off the coast of Portugal on…
Lessons learned from MAIB reports
Lessons learned from a tragic speedboat ride, a "case of bad gas" and an incident involving a capsized yacht that had lost its keel, in the second MAIB Safety Digest…
Goodbye money, hello circumnavigation!
British sailor Jeanne Socrates admits that the cost of circumnavigation preparation has left her bank balance at ‘almost zero’.
Protection for harbour porpoise off west coast of Scotland
Europe’s largest special area of conservation announced
Report calls for 48 new Marine Conservation Zones
The 48 areas proposed by The Wildlife Trusts are said to be the final gap-fillers in the ‘blue belt’ of England's MCZ network.
Lifeboat crew assist skipper trapped in rough conditions
The Kyle of Lochalsh RNLI crew assisted a man who was trapped onboard a small boat in Glenelg bay due to very high winds and large swell.
Layout finalised for Cowes Outer Harbour Project
Cowes Harbour Commission's proposed additional dredge areas aim to improve the safety of navigation along the Inner Fairway's eastern perimeter, remove the shoal off No 1. buoy, and increase the…
Work begins to raise anchors of Transocean Winner drilling rig
"All the preparation work has been done in anticipation of this moment so that we could be ready when the time comes as it now has", says Secretary of State’s…
Trio of rescues for Gosport independent lifeboat
Rescuers were launched three times last weekend to assist two yachts and a catamaran in distress in the Solent. Lifeboat crews from Gosport & Fareham Inshore Rescue Service (GAFIRS), based…
1. Sharing our Secret!
After approximately 11,232NM at sea, our new project boat was craned off a container ship and transferred to a freight-forwarding warehouse in a rainy, grey Southampton Docks. Quite a change…
2. The designer writes…
My ancestors were all sailors, and apparently my first words were ‘da-da’ and ‘boat’. I lived on the East Coast and as a boy sailed the Blackwater, the Crouch and…
US school’s unmanned sailing vessel reaches Wales
An unmanned sailing vessel launched by pupils at the Kent School in Chestertown, Maryland, USA, in June has made landfall near Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Nav in a nutshell: Making comfortable progress to windward
Why make heavy going in choppy conditions when a less demanding alternative heading will get you to your destination in about the same time? Asks Dick Everitt.
Pat Manley tribute
Pat Manley, a long-time contributor to PBO and who regularly featured in our Ask the Experts pages, passed away on 5 September.
Search for possible capsized vessel after debris found
Debris including a life raft, lifejacket and a spinnaker pole washed up in the Whitsand Bay area of Plymouth over the weekend.
Force 6 man overboard recovery
David Harding and the crew of the Mystery 35 Agatha braved a wintry Force 6 to bring you their top tips for man-overboard rescue
MDL Marinas install Tesla electric charging points
MDL Marinas has become the first UK marina operator to offer electric vehicle charging points for the prestigious range of Tesla sports cars.
Bramble Bank cricket match attracts round-the-world yachtsmen
Renowned yachtsmen Geoff Holt and Sir Robin Knox-Johnston were among the players of this year’s Bramble Bank cricket match in the middle of the Solent.
Redevelopment plans for Noss-on-Dart Marina unveiled
Plans have been unveiled for a major redevelopment of Devon’s Noss-on-Dart Marina.
Turn a boat coolbox into a fridge
Chill out with David Rainsbury by following his step-by-step guide to converting a coolbox into a fridge