The best portable loo for boats, tents and campervans depends on space, budget, and whether or not you want a flush
We’ve all been there; middle of the night, you need a pee. The marina toilet or camping block is just too far away, it’s dark, or you’re with a kid and there’s NO WAY they’re going to make it. A bucket is, of course, your emergency option. However, there are many sophisticated portable toilets on the market these days for all bottoms and budgets.
Portable loos are inexpensive, lightweight and quick and easy to set-up...
PBO's YouTube aficionado Kass Schmitt praises Triple Jack owners Richard Wooldridge and Steve Davis for sharing the rebuild of their 47ft trimaran without a single exhortation to like, subscribe or sponsor...
For those who love a rebuilding a wreck against the odds story (and who doesn’t?) the YouTube channel Triple Jack is not to be missed.
Triple Jack is a 47ft...
James Wood gets to grip with navigation, passage planning, tides, buoyage, Colregs and more on his RYA Day Skipper Theory course
Passage planning, chartwork and tides are all part of the syllabus. Credit: RYAThere was no getting out of the RYA Day Skipper Theory course; after six months’ applying the necessary elbow grease to get our Maxi 84 Maximus back on the water, it was time to learn to sail her properly… and that meant going back to school.
While I have a good number of years under my belt as ‘incompetent crew...
Albert Puerto
Nos atrevemos a recomendarles que plastifiquen una copia de un listado de este tipo y que lo abandonen en el cajón de los cubiertos. Ya sea en el momento de preparar una comida de varios comensales, y sobre todo al realizar las compras, una información de este tipo le ayudará mucho.
Producto Cantidad (en gr.) Producto Cantidad (en gr.) Acelgas 400 Patatas 250 g Judías verdes 250 Huevos 2 u. Espinacas, espárragos 250 Pescados 150 Coliflor, repollo 200...
Albert Puerto
Estibar los cuarteles del tambucho merece una especial atención. Generalmente son dos tablas de madera (o metacrilato) que deberán retirarse con el fin de tener el acceso libre al interior. Hay quien prefiere estibarlos en los cofres de popa, también quien los coloca debajo de alguna colchoneta, ya sea del salón o de una cabina, pero nunca debieran dejarse sueltos, pues con los bandazos acabarán rayando y golpeando las distintas superficies que se crucen en su errante camino.
Dependiendo del tamaño y de la distribución de la embarcación, así...
The Ocean Globe Race - which is being held to mark the 50th anniversary of the first Whitbread Round the World Race - will start from Southampton in September
Translated (ex ADC Accutrac with Clare Francis in the 1977/78 Whitbread) pictured with the 1973 Whitbread Race winner Sayula II is back racing around the world in the Ocean Globe Race. Credit: Team Translated / StudioBorlenghi.The Ocean Globe Race 2023 will begin from Southampton – the start port of the 1989-1990 Whitbread Round the World Race.
Starting on 10 September...
Anne Cees Houtman has a problem with a loss of engine power under load. PBO's engine whisperer, Stu Davies thinks he has the answer
The Volvo Penta D1-20 in Ann Cees Houtman’s Rival 34Loss of engine power under load: expert advice to solve the problem
I have a Rival 34 that was kept in the IJsselmeer in the Netherlands for years, but she’s now been in Greenock since 2021.
I try to keep her afloat over the winter. The hull was Coppercoated in 2021, including the Autostream...
When does boat osmosis need treating? PBO reader Alastair Hutchison Dorchester asked our experts
Gel coat removed from this hull reveals how bad osmotic blistering can get over time if left untreatedI have a 1981 Westerly Vulcan which has been out of the water in Poole now for over 18 months having a new engine installed plus a bow...
From next year, the Shipping Forecast will no longer be broadcast on long wave (LW) due to the closure of the LW platform
The Shipping Forecast will still be broadcast by HM Coastguard and on BBC Radio 4 FM and BBC Sounds. Credit: AlamyFrom 2024, the Shipping Forecast will no longer be broadcast on long wave (LW).
For years, the BBC has broadcast the Shipping Forecast on both LW and FM frequencies, but the LW platform – which is operated by Arqiva – is being closed in 2024 as the technology is reaching the end of its...
Carl Bennett runs the low tide gauntlet at Martlesham Creek and experiences the additional problem of a chewed up tender when his Folkboat goes aground…
Paul Simon used to sing to me that ‘the nearer your destination, the more you’re slip-slidin’ away’. I never knew he’d sailed the Suffolk coast.
It was mid-summer and I had a Folkboat moored at the end of Martlesham Creek, which as anybody familiar with either of those things will know, limited my sailing opportunities. A Folkboat needs 1.19m of water before it will float.
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