Practical Boat Owner
Fête du Flobart
Prolific boat owner Clive Marsh sings the praises of Sussex beach boats and their French sisters, the Normandy Flobarts
4 min |
October 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Secrets of Swallows and Amazons
Sophie Neville explains how her role as Titty in the Arthur Ransome classic forged a lifelong love for the iconic dinghy Swallow
9 min |
October 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Record-breaking solar crossing
Guinness World Record holder Simon Milward explains how he built and motored his solar-powered boat across the English Channel
10+ min |
October 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Just-for-fun delivery trip
PBO engine expert Stu Davies and his wife, Laura, take on the challenge of delivering a yacht from south-east Spain to Portugal
10+ min |
October 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Electric converts
Self-confessed fair weather sailors Jim and Libby Earle share their take on the TEMO 450 electric outboard, after six months of use
5 min |
October 2022
Yachting World
MATT SHEAHAN
COULD TECHNOLOGY HELP KEEP SAILORS OUT OF THE PROTEST ROOM?
3 min |
September 2022
Yachting World
SKIP NOVAK
SHOULDN'T WE ALL BE GETTING OFF OUR PHONES WHEN AT SEA? SKIP MAKES THE CASE
3 min |
September 2022
Yachting World
TAKING OWNERSHIP
WILL BRUTON ON BUYING A BIG YACHT FOR CHARTER
6 min |
September 2022
Yachting World
5 EXPERT TIPS
JOSH HALL ON DOWNWIND SAILING UNDER AUTOPILOT
3 min |
September 2022
Yachting World
WEATHER BRIEFING
CHRIS TIBBS ON FORECASTING IN A HEAT WAVE
4 min |
September 2022
Yachting World
SOLO SUMMIT
A SOLO MAST CLIMB TURNS INTO A TERRIFYING SOUTH ATLANTIC ORDEAL FOR EMMA RICHARDS
8 min |
September 2022
Yachting World
CIRCULAR THINKING
A RECYCLABLE ELECTRIC CATAMARAN BUILT FROM RECYCLED ALLOYS AND DESIGNED FOR SAILORS, IS VAAN'S NEW R4 VISION THE FUTURE, ASKS SAM FORTESCUE?
6 min |
September 2022
Yachting World
FRESHLY MINTED
AN EXCLUSIVE THREE-DAY TEST ON THE NEW BABY OF THE OYSTER RANGE SHOWS THAT BIG THINGS CAN COME IN (SLIGHTLY) SMALLER SIZES, SAYS TOBY HODGES
10+ min |
September 2022
Yachting World
ATLANTIC WAYPOINTS
AN EAST-BOUND ATLANTIC CROSSING VIA BERMUDA AND HORTA WAS A VOYAGE OF CONTRASTS FOR VIVIAN VUONG
10 min |
September 2022
Yachting World
FUTURE PROOF VOYAGING
THE WORLD'S WEATHER IS CHANGING. CRUISING GURU JIMMY CORNELL EXPLAINS HOW TO FUTURE-PROOF YOUR VOYAGE PLANNING
9 min |
September 2022
Yachting World
MULTIHULL Q&А
NIKKI HENDERSON REVEALS WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW BEFORE GOING BLUEWATER CAT CRUISING
10+ min |
September 2022
Practical Boat Owner
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
Practical Boat Owner
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
Practical Boat Owner
Tense shortcut
A stone-lined hole or a 60-mile hike around one of Britain's least hospitable headlands?
3 min |
September 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Dream job?
Let's face it, sailing's hard enough work without having to work while you're sailing
3 min |
September 2022
Practical Boat Owner
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
Practical Boat Owner
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
Practical Boat Owner
The long way home
Marsali Taylor encounters difficulties with unseasonable weather during a midsummer night sail from Brae to Aith in Shetland
6 min |
September 2022
Practical Boat Owner
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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Shakedown preparations
Shortly before the post-restoration voyage to Poole, Ali Wood gets to grips with the rewire, new electronics and passage planning
10+ min |
August 2022
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Overpowered on the Atlantic coast
Shannon Deconinck recalls a challenging sail around Cabo de São Vicente in southern Portugal, a headland renowned for its surf
4 min |
August 2022
Practical Boat Owner
First world problems
Chris Pearsall, whose yacht sank during a single-handed voyage in the Med, reflects on the circumstances now facing his Ukrainian rescuer
2 min |
August 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Upwardly mobile
Fancy a bigger boat? Get wealthier friends...
3 min |
August 2022
Practical Boat Owner
A man in three boats
Gilbert Park has a white knuckle experience saving three boats from Storm Eunice
6 min |
August 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Gulf Stream adventure
Roger Hughes sails his brigantine schooner Britannia along the largest of the world’s currents
10+ min |