Boating-sailing
Practical Boat Owner
Easy ways to sail better
Rupert Holmes shares some expert tips on how to make your boat easier to handle, sail faster and safer with better manners
10+ min |
August 2022
Practical Boat Owner
A rediscovered boat for all reasons
Once used by the trappers, traders and hunters of the New World, the Adirondack Guide Boat is just as relevant today, says Roger Nadin
4 min |
August 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Made in Germany
Peter Poland looks at ‘fantastisch’ 30-footers that have proved how a hobby can become a multi-million euro business
10+ min |
August 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Why do we change our engine oil?
PBO's engine whisperer Stu Davies ponders the not-so-silly question
2 min |
Summer 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Taking the lead: best 30ft French yachts
Few would dispute that the French production yacht builders have left British builders floundering in their wake, writes Peter Poland
10+ min |
Summer 2022
Practical Boat Owner
RS Pulse 63 Electric RIB
Jake Frith ponders whether a 23 knot RIB could change the world
7 min |
Summer 2022
Practical Boat Owner
ResQLink V FastFind PLBS
Fox Morgan takes a closer look at the PLBs with Return Link Service
2 min |
Summer 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Post-Brexit Channel Hop
The sailing was fantastic, the admin a little onerous and the French Border Patrol visit a surprise - Steve Hodges and Sam McClements share their first post-Brexit Channel hop experience
10+ min |
Summer 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Propulsion options
Inboard diesel engines are common for sailing cruisers, but there are other ways to power a boat, as Stu Davies explains
10 min |
Summer 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Orca encounter left our yacht rudderless
Zoe Barlow shares her experience of losing a rudder when targeted by orcas while on passage from Spain to Morocco
5 min |
Summer 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Dinghy disasters
A former inspector with the Marine Accident Investigation Branch, Owen Brown reflects on sailing adventures that taught him safety lessons
10+ min |
Summer 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Italy to England trailer-sailer tow
Alice Driscoll recalls driving and towing a 10m-long car and trailer combo carrying a J24 keelboat, 1,000 miles home from Lake Garda
10 min |
Summer 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Eco power for a cruising cat
The expansive deck of an 8m Catalac catamaran proves to be a huge asset for Simon Milward's solar electric propulsion project
10+ min |
Summer 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Freeman 22 Mk2
A comfortable little motor cruiser with an interesting engine
6 min |
Summer 2022
Practical Boat Owner
All Sail Week
Tough as old boots, brave as lions, has our ancestors' innate skilfulness become extinct?
3 min |
July 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Best British-built cruisers around 32ft
Peter Poland shares his expertise on British-built second-hand yachts costing less than £30,000, which are comfortable and seaworthy
10+ min |
July 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Solo sailing around Scotland's Small Isles
Paul Radcliffe takes advantage of good weather to explore the islands off the west coast of Scotland
8 min |
July 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Alternatives to gas
Rupert Holmes encourages a broad-minded approach to onboard cooking appliances and gadgets
10 min |
July 2022
Practical Boat Owner
A guide to seal spotting
Can you tell the difference between a common seal and a grey seal? Genevieve Leaper shares some identification tips
10+ min |
July 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Replace or rebuild?
At what point is keeping an old diesel engine throwing good money after bad? PBO expert Stu Davies has some tips to help you decide
10+ min |
July 2022
Practical Boat Owner
DIY fuel polisher defeats dirty diesel
Diesel engines have simple tastes, says Graham Keating, but clean fuel is one that can't be guaranteed in all corners of the world
10 min |
July 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Having a finger on the pulse
It's great living near a pier - there's always something going on that's worth watching
3 min |
July 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Heads and hosetails
Holding tanks, electric versus manual heads, and stamping out unwanted smells - Ali Wood gets some advice on sea toilets
10+ min |
July 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Knockdown
Golden Globe Race entrant Guy Waites, a former Clipper Race skipper, suffers mast failure 300 miles from the Azores
6 min |
July 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Painting a Corribee Mk2
A tale of prolific boat owner Clive Marsh's Corribee Mk2 and a warning to wait a while before changing a boat's colour
5 min |
July 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Tracing a pesky leak
When Alan England's Moody 376 developed an unexplainable leak, he used detective work to find the source... but it wasn't easy
10 min |
June 2022
Practical Boat Owner
The sinking of Emma Rose
During a sailing trip in the Med, solo skipper Chris Pearsall's 1984 Jeanneau Attalia 32 sank between Crete and Cyprus
10+ min |
June 2022
Practical Boat Owner
West Country stop-start getaway
Rupert Holmes recalls a week of glorious sailing and anchorages on a newly acquired and refitted boat
10+ min |
June 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Tall ship Channel hop
Phil Dando tells of a gruelling Channel crossing on the sail training ship Malcolm Miller
5 min |
June 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Silhouettes
These bilge keel pocket cruisers, boasting serpentine sheer, good build quality and robust looks, can be real bargains
5 min |