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Waiting for the tide
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Sailors head back to the water as COVID-19 lockdown is eased • News and current affairs from the world of boating
COVID-19 challenges for marine industry
End-of-life boats are ‘not just an owner problem’
Disabled Sailors Association launches round the world voyage
Sailor develops new rescue board
NEW PADDLE CENTRE FOR THE HAMBLE
UPGRADE FOR MERSEYSIDE RESERVOIR
APPEAL FOR SAILING SMACK EXCELSIOR
SPOTLIGHT ON NORTH CARR LIGHTSHIP
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Letters • Readers share their thoughts and opinions
Rules is rules • When it comes to having a regulation for everything, you canÕt beat a bit of yacht racing
Clearly the best • Is traditional varnish the only brightwork option?
The left behind • There’s always something rather melancholy about the once proud boats left ashore
How to check & change anodes • Keeping your anodes in good order prevents serious corrosion damage, says Rubicon 3Õs Bruce Jacobs
Home waters to high latitudes • Rupert Holmes test sails the Nicholson 32, one of the most desirable early glassfibre yachts and still a great second-hand buy
Yachts by the pound • Peter Poland weighs up the pride and joy of owning a steady and substantial motor sailer
Nav equipment and electronics • What’s essential when updating your nav station? Rupert Holmes looks at everything from AIS to radar, sonar and MFDs
Home before lockdown • On the eve of the coronavirus lockdown, Max Liberson completes a lively ten-day delivery of his 1930s gaff cutter to her new home in Wales
Locks, lakes and rapids • Belinda Chesman faces floods, commercial shipping and occasionally unhelpful lockkeepers in a voyage through the St Lawrence Seaway
New Gear • Rupert Holmes looks at how to safely treat fresh water
Fitting a rode counter • An electronic display showing chain and rope deployment means you can anchor without leaving the helm. Gilbert Park reports
Holed below the waterline • Brandy Burridge recalls a frightening hull failure that took ingenuity and a bit of outside assistance to get through
Replacing a cylinder head and servicing injectors • Geoff Higginbottom rebuilds his engine with a new cylinder head while Stu Davies demonstrates a DIY injector service
Fuel injectors: DIY service tips • Stu Davies explains how to test, extract and service diesel injectors
Keel hauled! • Reverend Tom Pyke describes how he recovered and reattached his yacht’s swing keel after it dropped into the gloopy Thames mud
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Refitting a ‘60s classic for chilly sailing • Planning to cruise in cold climates, Richard Rogers sizes up his Morgan Giles 30 refit task and gets started from the bare bones
Restoring a trailer-sailer in 10 easy steps • This Jaguar 22 was in a sorry state when the owner asked Will Higgs to renovate it. Here’s how he tackled the task
Ask the experts • Got a question? Email pbo@ti-media.com
The fine art of filtering fuel • Stew Proud shows off his Aquastar Ocean Ranger’s fuel filtration set-up
Beer can ball end • Sam Longley gets creative during lockdown
Are you sitting comfortably? • Two PBO readers, two different cockpit perches
Tony Curphey: 4 times round the world • In May last year...