Practical Boat Owner

Published by TI Media Limited Practical Boat Owner is Britain's biggest-selling boating magazine, trusted and respected by all its readers. A source of useful and helpful information for both power and sail boat owners, PBO helps you get the most from your boat acting as a forum for interacting with like-minded individuals.

Practical Boat Owner

Waiting for the tide • WITH THE EDITOR

Beware using non-marine gas regulators • News and current affairs from the world of boating

Storm Ciarán rescue of solo skipper

Recognition for ‘inspiring’ volunteers

Biofuel vs electric propulsion

Eight bells for Nick Newland who left a legacy as founder of Swallow Yachts

Anticipation grows for BoatLife 2024

13-year-old commended for Mayday call

RIB driver jailed for fatal buoy crash

Sailing’s highest achievers honoured

Flagships and maritime heritage awards

DIARY DATES

Regional news • News from your cruising area

Centenary celebration invitation

Letters • Sharing your boating thoughts and opinions

Channel hopping • Essential monthly highlights from the world of online sailing channels with Kass Schmitt

Heads you win • Be sure to buy the right wooden boat and you won’t be flushing cash down the pan…

Dire straits • Sailing adventure for the narrows-minded

A different tack • Battling technology and hoping to get out in the boat at last for a crisp winter sail

Lune Pilot 11 • A very interesting boat with a long keel, which makes it slightly unusual for a dinghy

Boats for crossing the English Channel • You don’t need a big boat to cross the Channel, just the right boat. Duncan Kent recommends some suitable 20- to 40-footers

Cruising tips from a round-the-world racer • The fifth finisher in the 2022 Golden Globe Race, Jeremy Bagshaw shares how he prepared his OE32 for a circumnavigation alone

The home-built Globe 5.80 • What’s it like to build your own plywood 19-footer to race solo across the Atlantic? David Harding sailed with Keith Oliver to find out

Humber, Thames, Dover, Wight • The sister of an adventurer who wished to visit every sea area of the Shipping Forecast has taken on the challenge in his memory

‘The soundtrack of our childhoodʼ

New gear • Rupert Holmes previews the latest marine products

TRIED & TESTED • Libby Earle shares advice about cooking on board and her verdict on a portable induction hob for use in harbour

Favoured recipe

6 ways to go hybrid • Retrofitting a marine hybrid drive system can offer quiet motoring, precision docking and regeneration under sail. Jake Kavanagh explains

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A BEGINNER’S GUIDE Repairing glassfibre • No need to fear GRP repairs with these helpful tips from Andy Pag

OSMOSIS REPAIR Q&A

How to maintain and repair keels • Simon Jollands has practical advice for inspecting, maintaining and repairing boat keels, as described in his manual The Boatyard Book

Extending your time afloat • Deteriorating mobility has forced Kerry Buchanan to modify habits aboard – but she’s still sailing!

Tracing a leak on a freshwater tank • Roger Hughes shares a cautionary tale after getting to know his brigantine schooner’s hot water system inside and out

Measuring-up your boat for new sails • Ali Wood gets some tips from sailmaker and designer Daryl Morgan

How sails are made – from pattern to boat

Best sails for an Atlantic passage • Daryl Morgan gives some expert advice for ocean sailors, while Neil Smith explains how his family coped with...