Practical Boat Owner
Saildrive maintenance
Stu Davies shares his tips for making sure your boat's saildrive runs smoothly
4 min |
March 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Elan Impression 43
High, wide and thoroughly modern, Elan's new 143 offers a remarkably roomy interior and more performance than you might expect, as David Harding discovers
10 min |
March 2025
Practical Boat Owner
PLB registration could be mandatory
Personal Locator Beacon registration in the UK could become mandatory under new proposals by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
1 min |
March 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Is foiling really the future of cruising?
Foiling technology has revolutionised the world of sailboat racing, but can it make its way to cruising yachts too? Saša Fegić reports
7 min |
March 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Warning to check your gas regulator!
PBO reader Alan Thorne suffered a harrowing lesson in the importance of using marine-grade gas regulators on board when a 'fireball' ignited.
1 min |
March 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Sula's story
Julia Jones explains how an English yacht became a Scottish workboat and how a 120-year-old Crinan Ferry design was upcycled
10 min |
March 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Boatbuilding college shuts downs
After 50 years of inspiring the next generation of traditional boatbuilders, the International Boatbuilding Training College -IBTC Lowestoft -is closing its doors for good.
1 min |
March 2025
Practical Boat Owner
The Silhouette Mk2
The Robert Tucker-designs with their familiar serpentine shears are popular pocket yachts. Clive has owned both Mk2 and Mk3 versions
4 min |
March 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Weathering winter weather
A handy guide to keeping warm and dry
3 min |
March 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Sailing in the lap of the Gods
Beyond GPS: divine assistance, suitable rites and a belt and braces multitheistic approach
3 min |
March 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Cornish Shrimper 19 - Cape Cutter 19 | Hunter Liberty or Minstrel | Drascombe Coaster
Rupert Holmes looks into why this small, traditionally-styled cruiser remains so universally popular -and suggests some alternative boats that fulfill a similar brief
7 min |
March 2025
Practical Boat Owner
How to keep your boat in top condition
The experts at boatcare on the importance of scheduled maintenance
5 min |
March 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Gamming in Maine on board Lewis R French
Frances and Michael Howorth set sail on board a schooner launched in 1871
3 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
MCA launches PLB rescue consultation
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has launched a public consultation into new safety measures set to make the search and rescue response faster and easier for people carrying Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) on the water.
1 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
What to do with difficult crew mid Atlantic?
A QUESTION OF SEAMANSHIP - Jim is regretting taking on Ed as crew on a transatlantic voyage. Bellatrix is a sturdy 13m production GRP yacht in good condition with all the recommended safety gear for ocean sailing.
2 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
ADVENTURE SAILING THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE
The Reverend Bob Shepton braved freezing gales and ice floes to sail 6,059 miles through the Northwest Passage with his crew of four South African climbers
9 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
ROUNDING CAPE HORN
Breaking bread with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Skip Novak and Jean-Luc Van Den Heede? Then you’d better be a good listener. Dick Durham is all ears at the annual Cape Horners’ dinner
3 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Are we really a maritime nation?
Many years ago, I was on a family motoring holiday driving towards Brittany when, in a small town, we passed under a banner proclaiming a regatta. I was baffled: we were still 40 kilometres from the coast. Such hinterland support for sailing was new to me: back home a candy-floss stick's length from the coast, folks knew nothing and cared less about the maritime world.
2 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
'FOG, GALES, HURRICANES AND CALMS IN ONE VOYAGE'
Fog, currents and calms would challenge us as we tackled the Grand Banks, Gulf Stream and Azores High. We were at the French island of St Pierre off the Newfoundland coast, next stop Flores in the Azores
8 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
PROVIDENT'S CENTENARY VOYAGE
Steve Jones and Morag Slesser sail Provident, a historic Brixham Sailing Trawler, on a centenary voyage from Scotland's west coast to her roots on the South Coast
3 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
HOW IT WORKS - CLEANING AN ANTI-SYPHON VALVE
On sailing boats the exhaust pipe is swept up into a swan neck to stop following waves flooding the exhaust when the engine isn't running.
1 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
With boats, does beauty matter?
A seagoing boat is not a toy. It is the most serious of vehicles, built to let humans brave an unpredictable, lethally dangerous element with efficient control and reasonable dispatch. Boat design and boatbuilding are therefore solemn endeavours, demanding utter trust from vulnerable human customers who will face peril miles away from help. Materials, rig and balance in design can make the difference between life and death.
3 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
FIRST TEST - BENETEAU OCEANIS 37.1
Can a smaller boat pack in more space and more performance than her predecessor? Theo Stocker went to sail Beneteau's latest cruiser
10 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Shared ownership
A private syndicate, a boat club, or charter lease? Ben Lowings compares the options for reduced-cost boat ownership
8 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Man overboard while crossing the Atlantic
Swedish sailor Dag Eresund was tragically lost overboard from Volvo 70 racing yacht Ocean Breeze while sailing across the Atlantic with the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) which sees hundreds of yachts safely cross the ocean each year.
2 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Yacht builders fined for using 'blood' teak
Two landmark court cases in the UK and the Netherlands have seen stiff penalties handed out to luxury yacht builders for using illegal 'blood' teak imported from conflict-torn Myanmar on vessels, notably on Jeff Bezos's superyacht Koru, the largest sailing yacht in the world.
2 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
CRUISING - BLOW AWAY THOSE WINTER BLUES
Every month through the winter, scores of sailors sign up for the Little Ship Club's fast cruises. Dick Durham joins one and reports back
6 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
'MAYDAY, GRANDAD OVERBOARD!'
When David Richards and his grandson Henry went out racing from lowey, they didn't expect their sail to end with a lifeboat rescue
4 min |
January 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
PILOTAGE DONE PROPERLY
Chartplotters are an amazing aid, but can detract from your real-world pilotage if not used with caution, says Justin Morton
10+ min |
January 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
VERTUE
For a 25-footer, the Vertue has a huge reputation and has conquered every ocean. So what makes this little boat quite such an enduring success? Nic Compton finds out
10+ min |