All our energy needs, for two of us, living full-time aboard Cushla for the past two years have been met by the lithium battery bank I assembled from individual lithium… ...

British skipper Keri Harris is determined to take victory in the Mini Globe Race 2025. He shares how he is optimising his ...

Christian Sauer has sailed and raced in European waters but never around the world, and never in a 19ft boat he has built ...

The Helly Hansen Crew Insulator 2.0 vest is light, water-repellent and can be packed down small. Ali Wood tests it while motoring the canals of France ...

There are places blessed with such beautiful coastal waters that not owning a boat to enjoy them should be considered madness! And having an electric engine means you can cruise in almost silence. My ...

First published in 1967, Practical Boat Owner is acknowledged as the best title in the world for boat maintenance and repair advice, together with seamanship skills relevant to both novices and ...

PBO contributor Sticky Stapylton has compiled a handy guide to working out tidal heights for standard and secondary ports. Standard ports are those where the tides have been checked and records made ...

How do you know when your boat propeller is not working hard enough? A discernible drop in speed could be due to anything from the current to the wind and sea state. On the other hand, it may be that ...

Expert advice on how to handle the ‘Golfe de Gascogne’ ‘We were asleep with the boat going sideways!’ ...