Boatbuilder and finisher Lyndon March explains which types of wood work best for different repairs and modifications on board
Whether you’re building a boat from scratch or making repairs, knowing which wood will work best for the job is essential. Credit: Dmitriy Shironosov/AlamyBoat wood: a complete guide for yacht owners
Repairs, replacements and restorations are very much part and parcel of boat…
A DIY soda machine satisfies a couple’s bubbly water obsession. We had just pulled into Ketchikan, Alaska, and we were desperate people. It wasn’t the days on end of rainy weather during the weeks-long passage from Seattle, nor the isolation of traveling a remote coastline where cell phone signals were rare and mountains rising straight from […]
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Sunsail and The Moorings, along with other companies in the Travelopia Group intend to donate at least £1 million to the Blue Marine Foundation over the next three years
The Blue Marine Foundation’s work in Indonesia seeks to restore thousands of hectares of mangrove habitat, including 90 hectares of degraded aquaculture ponds in Lombok Island Credit: Erik Lukas | Ocean Image BankSeven global projects being run by the Blue Marine Foundation are to benefit from at least £1 million donated by international…
Archipelago Yachts, in collaboration with Chartwell Marine has released designs of its new methanol-powered boat - the Archipelago zero.63
The Archipelago zero.63 has a top speed of 22 knotsMethanol-powered boats have been talked about for some time, ever since the adoption of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) interim guidelines for ships using methyl or ethyl alcohol as fuel.
The Danish shipping company Maersk was one of the first to take advantage of this, ordering 24 methanol-powered ships, which are expected to be…
PBO gear tester Rupert Holmes shares his best Christmas gift ideas for discerning sailors...
From enabling communication back home from remote anchorages with nifty satellite messengers, a device for easier drilling, tried and tested thermals, sunglasses, and a huge, lightweight weatherproof rucksack to coastal oilskins, non-slip drinks holder, children’s binoculars, inspirational calendars, or a monthly delivery of Practical Boat Owner straight to your door – we have a wide range of gift ideas for sailors to help you get…
The art of sailing a small boat single-handed for long periods has been perfected by the Jester Challenge sailors. Jake Kavanagh picks up some tips for keeping skipper and boat safe on extended passages...
Usually boating on a budget, Jester Challengers modify their sub-30ft yachts for safer, more comfortable single handing. This is George Hunter's Hurley 22, with a hatch extension George moulded himself using a foam former.You don’t need a large boat to sail offshore, you just need to be well prepared – as Jester Challenge veteran and…
A wonder material in the 1950s and 1960s, plywood played a big part in making boating accessible – and today it’s making a comeback. Rupert Holmes analyses what lies behind a new wave of ply boats
Plywood is used throughout RM Yachts’ range, including the 30ft RM 890+ designed for coastal cruising. Credit: RM YachtsSeeing the materials that go into the hull of a 40ft yacht flat-packed and stacked on a single large pallet is an arresting sight. Yet that’s exactly what happens at RM Yachts in La Rochelle, a well-known French boatbuilder…
Colin Flood experiences bad vibrations while sailing his Sirius 31DS from Dartmouth to the Channel Islands…
Creeping out of Dartmouth before first light for what promised to be a lively sail to Guernsey, the forecast was for a consistent north-easterly, Force 3-4. I enjoy night sailing, but my partner, Jacki, is less keen, so an early start was called for.
Our boat Sunfish is a Sirius 31DS, not perhaps…
In these days of fin keels, bow-thrusters and powerful engines, using warps for marina manoeuvres might seemed an old-fashioned irrelevance – but, as David Harding explains, warping can be an extremely useful technique
One fundamental principle applies almost any time you’re berthing a vessel: once you have a line around a …
The second edition of the Globe 5.80 Transat will start from Lanzarote, and will see skippers racing home-built 5.8m plywood yachts across the Atlantic
The Class 5.80, Trekka - hull number one - being sailed by race founder, Don McIntyre. The boat will be sailed by Ertan Beskardes in the Globe 5.80 Transat. Credit: Ocean Frontiers OGR/ GGR/CG580The Globe 5.80 Transat, a 3,500-mile race across the Atlantic in home-…