When Jeff Middleton got into difficulties with a stuck prop shaft while trying to anchor in Bull Bay on Anglesey, he never imagined it would result in the loss of…
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Former PBO deputy editor joins Round the Island Race 2024 entries
"Stock up on flapjacks" – the countdown is on and earlybird entries are being encouraged for the 2024 Round the Island Race around the Isle of Wight
First offshore passage in a pocket cruiser – Essex to Belgium
George Stanton battles mal de mer as he crosses the North Sea from Suffolk to Oostende in a 17ft Hurley Silhouette
RIB driver who sped around 18 knots in inner harbour fined £3,000
This is the first time new high-definition CCTV camera footage has been used by the Falmouth Harbour Authority in a prosecution – in addition to speeding through the Inner Harbour,…
Problems with ageing bonded boat windows on the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 42 DS
The window bonding on some Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 42 DS yachts manufactured from 2005 onwards is coming undone, caused by exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light over time, and leading to
Channel Hopping: The Sailing Brothers in the USA!
Our resident YouTube aficionado Kass Schmitt likens The Sailing Brothers Luke and Adam Martin arrival in North Carolina episode "as a brilliant mash-up of Beavis and Butt-Head with Gavin &…
First evidence of GRP boats’ “cancerous” impact on aquatic life
The ‘really worrying’ findings by University of Brighton researchers who undertook studies off the coast of Hampshire and West Sussex have worldwide implications, yet there is no practical solution for…
July issue – on sale 12th May
Engine SOS; Best British starter cruisers for £30k; Toilet talk – heads, holding tanks & hoses; Gas-free gourmet; A guide to seals and 28 pages of DIY...
June 2022 – on sale 14th April
Upgrade your power; The best Scandi cruisers; Set up your boat office; Temo electric outboard on test; Install a meths stove and 22 pages of DIY...
What is a lugger? And why they make great trailer-sailers – answered!
Compulsive boat owner Clive Marsh explains why little luggers make perfect trailer-sailers
Off track and into trouble off Portland Bill
David Sloan discovers the simple navigational error that turned his parents’ Channel hop into a near disaster
May 2019
How to fix your engine at sea, a Westerly Centaur 50th anniversary special, and more, in the latest issue of PBO
Paying tribute to Robert Braithwaite CBE
PBO was saddened to hear that Robert Braithwaite, founder of Sunseeker International, passed away in the early hours of this morning at the age of 75.
7. Scarf joints and stringers
Building a kit boat is a bit like a child’s dot-to-dot drawing. See the full set of articles: Building the Secret 20 kit boat with PBO. The framework is made…
6. Fitting the hatches
It’s time for PBO’s Secret 20 kit boat to be equipped with a beneficial set of hatches. David Pugh reports
PBO Small Craft Almanac corrections March 2019
Download free PDF of corrections for the PBO almanac
Build your own heavy duty standing stowage
David Parker makes a simple shelf and installs strong webbing straps to stow a scuba tank securely in his boat’s cockpit
PBO Small Craft Almanac corrections February 2019
Download free PDF of corrections for the PBO almanac
Sailing for all
Rupert Holmes charts the innovations and developments in yacht design that marked the post-war years through the 1950s
March 2019
Sleep easy at anchor - a twin-hook anchoring technique to keep you safe in the roughest storm - in the latest issue of PBO