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
Practical Boat Owner
Working boats for leisure
Strong and often cheap, retired working boats make good leisure vessels if you don’t mind fettling to repurpose them
3 min |
March 2023
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
New Gear
Rupert Holmes gets an early look at the latest ideas
5 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Changing times
Alasdair Kirkpatrick tells Ali Wood about narrowboat innovations including a fully accessible design plus hybrid and electric propulsion
5 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
'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
Practical Boat Owner
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
Practical Boat Owner
Sunk boat salvage
Marsali Taylor reports on the salvage efforts to raise a wooden vessel at Aith Marina that attracted spectators despite the mizzle and smirr
3 min |
March 2023
Yachting World
TROPHY HUNTER
THE FASTEST WOMAN AROUND THE WORLD, DONA BERTARELLI HAS SPENT 10 YEARS TRYING TO WIN THE JULES VERNE. HELEN FRETTER FINDS OUT WHY
9 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
SKIP NOVAK
WHEN THINGS RUN THEIR NATURAL COURSE IT’S EVENTUALLY TIME TO LET SOMEONE ELSE TAKE THE HELM... SO SKIP IS DOING JUST THAT
3 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
Cyclops Marine Wireless Load Pin
Over the past 15 years load sensing has changed from a technology in its infancy even on the latest IMOCA 60s to widespread use in fleets such as J/70s and two-handed racing in small offshore yachts
1 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
Simarine Nereide 3
This digital switching brand is increasingly popular on new yachts and its third-generation product received a DAME nomination.
1 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
120-knot ‘land yacht' record set
America's Cup sailor Glenn Ashby has set a new wind-powered land speed record of 222.4kmh (or 120 knots) in the Emirates Team New Zealandbuilt Horonuku.
3 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
ePropulsion 1-20 electric inboard
propulsion’s I range of electric inboard motors for shaft drive boats is intended to be easy to fit on existing engine beds.
1 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
Mantus dinghy navlight
This looks like a handy tricolour light for use on a dinghy which could also double as an emergency navigation light.
1 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
SHORT-HANDED SAILING
PIP HARE ON OUTSIDE GYBES
7 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
EXTRAORDINARY BOATS
RUPERT HOLMES ON FLO
6 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
Secumar Furio
Watersports enthusiasts typically rely only on buoyancy aids, rather than full lifejackets that will support a casualty’s head above the water if they become unconscious.
1 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
5 EXPERT TIPS
ALAN ROBERTS ON OFFSHORE PRIORITIES
4 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
ARC fleet rally to help dismasted yacht
Participants in the 2022 ARC transatlantic rally formed a ‘pipeline’ to refuel the Grand Soleil 54 Take Off after it was dismasted some 1,400 miles east of St Lucia.
4 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
New-look Ocean Race
MATTHEW SHEAHAN PREVIEWS THE OCEAN RACE, THE LATEST INCARNATION OF THE CREWED ROUND THE WORLD CONTEST
3 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
NOMAD AT 70° NORTH
A RESOURCEFUL SINGLE-HANDED SAILOR OVERCOMES OBSTACLES WHILE SAILING A JUNK-RIGGED SCHOONER IN GREENLAND
8 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
Karver KJSK
This French company won a special mention for its Karver Jammer Staysail Kit (KJSK), an easy set-up for rigging an inner forestay for a heavy weather or storm jib.
1 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
SPECIAL REPORT
JOSHUA SHANKLE ON FORAGING AND FISHING
6 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
SUB ZERO SAILING
SEBASTIAN BARRETT AND XIARA SCOTT SHARED A MEMORABLE EXPEDITION EXPLORING THE MOUNTAINS OF GREENLAND ABOARD A GUNBOAT 68
9 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
TOUGH CONTEST
CONTEST YACHTS HAS CREATED A HULL WITH THE UNIQUE OPTION OF TWO DIFFERENT DECKS AND LAYOUTS. WE TESTED THE FIRST AFT HELM 49CS OVER TWO LIVELY DAYS
10+ min |
February 2023
Yachting World
Ocean Signal rescueMe PLB3
What is it? The first compact MOB beacon to combine AIS and satellite technology
2 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
EXCESS 14
CAN SPACIOUS PERFORMANCE CRUISING MULTIHULLS BE BUILT IN LARGE VOLUMES AT COMPETITIVE PRICES? EXCESS THINKS SO
7 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
Integrel Next Generation
What is it? A very high output alternator that can replace traditional generators, plus hybrid propulsion options
2 min |