Dirty, oily bilge water from your boat’s hull can be filtered to protect marine life. We talk to sailors who have tested the ...

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

Weir Wood Sailing Club (WWSC), in East Sussex, has made the "difficult decision to close" its sailing and windsurfing centre ...

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

Phil Symonds tackles the problem of aged bonding on the front windows of his Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 42 DS to maintain value and ...

Boat tools can be heavy. Small boat sailor, Clive Marsh explains why you should consider swapping metal parts with wood and ...

On the verge of throwing away those stiff, algae-covered warps? Jake Kavanagh tests the new Renovo Marine Rope Cleaner to see ...

British fell walker Alfred Wainwright famously said “There’s no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing.” Of course, bad weather is very much a ‘thing’, especially for us sailors, but it ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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