Boating-sailing
Practical Boat Owner
Rudder bother
You know something's up when you're going round in circles with the tiller straight ahead
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
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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
UK drops National Flagship plans
The Ministry of Defence and Defence Equipment & Support has suspended the design procurement process for the new National Flagship.
1 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Marine micro-organisms mission
Every day in every boatyard, marina and port the cleaning of hulls, slipways and marine infrastructure kills billions of marine micro-organisms – all vital for sustaining wildlife and the food chain all the way up to human beings.
1 min |
March 2023
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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 |
March 2023
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'Ordinary crew' wanted for global sailing race
The organiser of the 2023 Ocean Globe Race, Don McIntyre, is looking for crew to sail with him in the round-the-world race.
1 min |
March 2023
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My near-miss up a mast
A transatlantic sailor has told of her ordeal after a gust knocked her off the mast, jamming her harness, and swinging her repeatedly into the rigging.
3 min |
March 2023
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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
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Post-Covid cruising in Greece
After two and a half years John Woolf returns to his Carambola 38 in Greece and spends three weeks getting her seaworthy again
6 min |
December 2022
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A flood of costs and a trickle of cash
Andy Pag attempts to rebuild a Spectra watermaker on a budget
7 min |
December 2022
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As darkness falls
Mike Humphreys risks grounding his Halcyon 23 in fading light to assist two teenagers stuggling with a capsized dinghy
8 min |
December 2022
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A cruise on the French Riviera
Owen Moorhouse leaves the wilds of the New South Wales coastline to explore from Nice to Grimaud and back in a borrowed Jeanneau 33
6 min |
December 2022
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Time, tide and the Thames
Unlike Arthur Ransome’s story, Trevor Cherrett really did mean to take his boat to sea but it didn't quite work out that way
9 min |
December 2022
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A yacht called Alice
Nicholas Bielby had always had a yen for steel-hulled yachts, so when the opportunity came up to own one that had survived being hit by a tanker, he couldn't resist developing her as a comfortable, family cruiser
7 min |
December 2022
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Would you cross an ocean in this?
Andrew Bedwell is preparing a world record attempt to cross the Atlantic in a 3ft 10in boat Ali Wood meets him at Southampton Boat Show
5 min |
December 2022
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Dufour 32
Peter Poland reports on the new 32-footer that reflects the many changes made down the years in the designs and dimensions of production cruising yachts
8 min |
December 2022
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A buoyant boat market?
Peter Poland assesses how new boats at the Southampton International Boat Show reflect the current state of the sail and power markets
10+ min |
December 2022
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Bigger Luggers
Designed to be a safe family boat for coastal trios, the Drascombe and Devon Luggers have taken intrepid sailors on some long sea passages
5 min |
December 2022
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A magical day
Looking back over the year, one very special sail stands out: the day of the dolphins
3 min |
December 2022
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Sail souvenirs
Reaching down memory lane in the Big Shed
3 min |
December 2022
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A confusion of Daves
If in any doubt, just shout \"No, Dave!\"
3 min |
December 2022
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First evidence of GRP boats' impact on aquatic organisms
Microscopic analysis of oysters, mussels and sediment from Chichester Harbour has uncovered a dizzying number of glass fibres linked back to boatyards and derelict vessels.
10+ min |
September 2022
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Dream job?
Let's face it, sailing's hard enough work without having to work while you're sailing
3 min |
September 2022
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Tense shortcut
A stone-lined hole or a 60-mile hike around one of Britain's least hospitable headlands?
3 min |
September 2022
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12 of the world's most exciting shipwrecks
James Wood picks his favourite wrecks, from warships and ill-fated expeditions to Bronze Age cargo vessels and Spanish treasure troves
10 min |
September 2022
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We swapped sails for power
Peter Poland meets 10 seasoned sailors who bought motorboats to extend their time afloat after sailboats became too much like hard work
10+ min |
September 2022
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Winchelsea Lugger
With a nice, buoyant bow and cod shape they look the part and are superbly seaworthy, says prolific boat owner Clive Marsh
5 min |
September 2022
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Homeward bound
After a six-month restoration, PBO Project Boat Maximus sails to her new home... but not without a few hitches, reports Ali Wood
10+ min |
September 2022
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The long way home
Marsali Taylor encounters difficulties with unseasonable weather during a midsummer night sail from Brae to Aith in Shetland
6 min |