How bow-thruster electrics work

Often overlooked and rarely serviced as often as they should be, winches are a vital element of any sailing boat’s deck gear. But the winch your boat comes with doesn’t have to be the winch you stick

Delivery skipper Ben Lowings examines how different popular rudder designs affect handling, and explains how to maintain them

Jake Kavanagh looks at the main buying choices between new and used and considers the temptation of projects

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Your connected shore power may be creating unwelcome stray current corrosion, warns Andrew Simpson

Many years back as a young journalist I was invited to a press conference at a hotel complex where the smooth-talking owner presented an exciting plan to build a series of ‘Eco Pods’ on the land behin