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26/gen./2024

The Cruising Association is reminding sailors of its advice on orca encounters along the Iberian Peninsula, and the importance of reporting either an interaction or non-eventful passage

Most yacht crews do not encounter orcas. Credit: WaterFrame / Alamy Stock Photo

If you are sailing along the Atlantic coasts of France, Portugal and Spain and through the Gibraltar Strait, it’s crucial to be aware of the possibility and potential risks of orca encounters

Since 2020, a group of...

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26/gen./2024

For sailors, there is no hotter topic than fire on board. Sticky Stapylton looks at methods of prevention – and ways of dealing with fire should the worst happen

Fire is one of the most dangerous threats to a boat and the crew. Credit: Elizabeth Matthews / Alamy Stock Photo

Boat fire prevention: tips to stay safe

Each year there are around 100 fires on privately-owned boats in the UK, and these fires are responsible for a yearly average of three deaths, writes Sticky Stapylton.

I do not wish to be a...

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25/gen./2024

PBO's resident YouTube aficionado Kass Schmitt ponders whether a widening crack in the fibreglass hull is down to Harry Dwyer driving his RIB like he stole it...

Last time I wrote about Harry Dwyer and his eponymous YouTube channel (PBO’s September 2020 issue), he was one year and a mere 350 miles into his project of circumnavigating Great Britain on Goodwin, his 1977 Avon Sea Rider SR4 RIB, exploring the sites from Plymouth...

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24/gen./2024

PBO reader Chris Marden wants to know if he can repair the outer case of his boat heat exchanger with epoxy. Stu Davies has the answer!

The heat exchanger on Chris Mardon's Volvo Penta MD2040 engine. Credit: Chris Mardon

Can you epoxy repair an aluminium boat heat exchanger?

The Volvo Penta MD2030 and MD2040...

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24/gen./2024
A series of bad decisions leads to a potentially fatal situation. Squalls were building rapidly as Jo Beth rumbled along under engine power, some 10 miles southeast of the entrance channel at Cape May Harbor on New Jersey’s southern coast. Winds blew from the south-southwest at 25 to 28 knots, with a few lulls around 22 knots. […]
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23/gen./2024

PBO's resident YouTube aficionado Kass Schmitt recommends George Isted’s channel Refit and Sail for project boat buying advice in video form

The rise of YouTube sailing vloggers has encouraged many to look for a ‘free’ or cheap project boat in the hope fixing it up to one day sail over the horizon to a life of trade wind passages punctuated by snorkelling, island treks to waterfalls, beach barbecues, and rum-fuelled dance parties.

There’s no shortage of inspiration, with the likes of Sailing Uma,...

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23/gen./2024

Se denomina comúnmente sandow a un cabo elástico formado por un conjunto de gomas finas recubiertas por una funda textil. La funda textil limita el máximo de estiramiento y habitualmente esta funda es de un trenzado en colores blanco y azul aunque puede encontrarse en varios colores. En el mercado se presenta en distintos diámetros, cada uno de los cuales posee una elasticidad distinta dependiendo del uso requerido. Se pueden adquirir a metros y trabajar con ellas. Es tan simple como trabajar con cabos.

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22/gen./2024

Peter Jones shares a technique for departing a pontoon with limited room for manoeuvre, against a pontoon or between rafts of boats

The potential problem as shown in Sóller, Mallorca, if there isn’t space to reverse...Credit: Kathy Michaels/Alamy

I wanted to share a boat handling technique shown to me by my late friend Peter Burry, which I have not seen described in print, which is useful if you’re hemmed in by obstructions so that use of a bow or stern spring does not swing the boat sufficiently to clear them, or if the wind is holding...

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19/gen./2024

Rupert Holmes on the realities of long-term boat ownership and how he manages maintenance to spend more time on the water

Rupert Holmes has owned, maintained and sailed Ammos for 22 years. Credit: Rupert Holmes

For looking after Ammos – the 30ft Discovery 3000 I bought in 2001 – my philosophy has been to keep yacht maintenance as simple as possible.

This is primarily to minimise the time needed for...

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18/gen./2024

No need to shout for David Holmes and crew when anchoring

DIY crew headset: Making a call to establish phone connection

Smartphones have become indispensable tools for the cruising sailor, offering a myriad of benefits from navigation and weather apps to anchor alarms and AIS trackers, writes David Holmes.

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