Practical Boat Owner
TIPS TO SAIL BETTER Preventer set-up
Pip Hare explains why you should rig a boom preventer for downwind sailing
3 min |
May 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Walking the plank
Alan England looks for a safer way of getting aboard
4 min |
May 2023
Practical Boat Owner
PROJECT BOAT RESTORATION Summer on Maximus
Ali Wood ventures out on a summer cruise with the family...but not everything goes to plan
10+ min |
May 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Thinking of going electric?
Electric propulsion is clean, near silent and can even be self-refuelling, but is it worth the investment? Jake Kavanagh considers the options
5 min |
May 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Are we sinking?
A heavily pregnant Kerry Buchanan tries to stem the water ingress in a 11ft 6in plywood dinghy off the coast of Donegal in the northwest of Ireland
4 min |
May 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Onboard problem solving
Cruising doyen Jimmy Cornell shares 50 years of lateral thinking from his first hull fit-out to what he stows as gear essentials
10+ min |
May 2023
Practical Boat Owner
A boat fit for purpose
What makes the perfect bluewater boat? Ali Wood asks the owners of two catamarans and two monohulls crossing the North Atlantic
10+ min |
May 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Full steam ahead
Welcome to the world of steam - clean, tidy and almost silent
3 min |
May 2023
Practical Boat Owner
JESSICA WATSON Courage on and off the water
While True Spirit was being filmed, celebrating her teenage solo circumnavigation, the 29-year-old was battling her biggest challenge ashore
8 min |
May 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Panama and beyond
Dr Roger Geary recounts a canal transit undertaken in 2018
10+ min |
May 2023
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COAST OF RICHES
A DETOUR NORTH TO COSTA RICA ON HIS CLASSIC SWAN 37 REWARDS MAX CAMPBELL WITH SOME OF HIS MOST ADVENTUROUS CRUISING YET
10 min |
April 2023
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NEW GEAR
RUPERT HOLMES ON THE FUTURE OF CHARTPLOT TERS AND ONBOARD DISPL AYS
5 min |
April 2023
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SPECIAL REPORT
HELEN FRETTER ON JESSICA WATSON'S TRUE SPIRIT
6 min |
April 2023
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GOING THE DISTANCE
WHAT IF ONE OR TWO YEARS OF ADVENTURE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH? MEET THE CRUISERS WHO'VE BEEN ON BOARD FOR A DECADE OR MORE, AND FIND OUT HOW TO MAKE LONG-HAUL CRUISING WORK FOR YOU
10+ min |
April 2023
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LINJETT 39
THIS LONG-ESTABLISHED, YET LITTLE KNOWN, SWEDISH YARD BELIEVES IT HAS THE PERFECT FORMULA FOR A CONTEMPORARY YACHT WITH TIMELESS APPEAL
6 min |
April 2023
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SEMI CUSTOM CLASS
THE 70-90FT SEMI-CUSTOM SECTOR IS BOOMING. TOBY HODGES EXPLORES SOME OF THE HOTTEST NEW DESIGNS BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN PRODUCTION YACHTS AND SUPERYACHTS
10+ min |
April 2023
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ADRIFT IN THE PACIFIC
A FIRST SOLO OCEAN CROSSING BECOMES AN EXTRAORDINARY TEST FOR JAMES FREDERICK WHEN HIS RUDDER FAILS 1,000 MILES FROM SHORE
10 min |
April 2023
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GRAND SOLEIL 40
A RARE SPECIES? HERE'S A CRUISER-RACER WITH GOOD LIGHT AIRS PERFORMANCE, APPEALING ACCOMMODATION AND A PROVEN HERITAGE
6 min |
April 2023
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TAKING OWNERSHIP
SAM FORTESCUE ON FINANCING A YACHT
7 min |
April 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Back to (sea) school
James Wood gets to grip with navigation, passage planning, tides, buoyage, Colregs and more on his RYA Day Skipper Theory course
8 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
17-20ft POCKET CRUISERS
Whether you're moving on from dinghies, or downsizing to a boat that's fun without being a financial millstone, here's a trailer-sailer market guide
10+ min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
The Maxi with the most
Why has the Maxi 84 proved so popular since her launch 45 years ago? David Harding sailed Maximus, the 'work in progress' refurbished PBO Project Boat, to find out
10 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Plastic classics
A vintage boat doesn't win the same admiration as an elderly car - but it should!
3 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Beachcombing
How wrecking became a fine art on the dangerously rocky Isles of Scilly
3 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Selecting the right gear...
Coming into a crowded marina late at night after a great day sailing across Lyme Bay, Andrew Carter's feathering prop failed and jammed in 'full ahead' - even when engaged in astern
8 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Tried & Tested
Will Renilson improves boat handling aboard his Jersey 36
4 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Worrying times for UK's seabirds
The UK is currently experiencing its worst-ever outbreak of avian flu, commonly known as bird flu.
3 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Azores and back THE SCENIC ROUTE
Phil Taylor dusts off the charts and turns a winter dream into reality after overhauling his Sabre 27 for a bluewater cruising adventure
10+ min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Slow boat through the mountains
James Wood discovers the joys and challenges of narrow boating in the Brecon Beacons
10+ min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Invitation to female offshore passagemakers
The adventure company 59° North Sailing has announced that it will now reserve two bunks for women on its offshore sailing passages.
1 min |