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

‘Please comply for seahorses and planet’ • News and current affairs from the world of boating

Avoid wet wires during shore power use

Product recall: lifejacket and outboards

An evening with RATS

Prestigious accolades for adventurers

Eight bells for mastmaker and sailor

Countdown to BoatLife show

DIARY DATES

Regional news • News from your cruising area

Letters • Sharing your boating thoughts and opinions

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

The obstinate iron donkey • The Stuart Turner 2-stroke petrol engine bred a generation of very good sailors

Cut and thrust manoeuvring • Why bow thrusters are not necessarily the best thing since sliced bread

A tragedy at sea and a rescue • Wintry weather brings the recollection of two westside shipwrecks and daring heroics

Sturdy little sea boats • Clive shares his love of the South Coast variety Avon Scow: 11ft lug-sailed boats with a heavy galvanised steel centreplate

Dufour 37 • Peter Poland sails the sparkling performing and spacious Dufour 37

How to sail round Britain solo • James Crickmere circumnavigated Britain in his Laser 28 Tandem. He tells Claudia Myatt how he managed his successful solo voyage

Spring launch checks • Take the stress out of the big day with practical tips from Ali Wood

WOODEN BOATS

INBOARD AND OUTDRIVE CHECKS FROM THE RNLI

Boats for cruising through the French canals • The French inland waterways are an attractive route to the Med. Duncan Kent shares his pick of sub-40ft sail and power boats

How to plan a perfect European charter • Fed up with days holed up due to bad weather? Why not put your boating skills to good use on a charter holiday, says Katy Stickland

Insider tips for securing the best deal on your Mediterranean charter

New gear • Rupert Holmes checks out the latest marine releases

ePropulsion’s X Series electric outboards • Jake Kavanagh reports on easy DIY ‘plug and play’ electric motors

ELECTRIC OUTBOARD Two years of owning my Torqeedo 603 • Hamish Southby-Tailyour explains the modifications he’s made to make his Torqeedo 603 electric outboard work better for him

Torqeedo responds to Hamish Southby-Tailyour’s concerns

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How to buy a used outboard motor • From horsepower to shaft length and tilt-angle to 2- or 4-stroke, Ali Wood highlights the different features you should consider

OUTBOARD CHECKS FROM THE RNLI

The perfect finish • Kit-boat builder Polly Robinson shows how to paint and varnish a plywood-epoxy boat

Heart ruling the head? • At 71, Richard Hare embarked on a year-long renovation of a 30-year-old Westerly Konsort. Was it one of his better ideas?

Stopping the rumble • Chris Mardon makes an anti-vibration mount for his wind turbine

Locking the lock • Trevor Martin’s simple solution to secure his anchor

Stolen boat recovery • A quiet January cruise on the Norfolk Broads turns into an unexpected crime drama for PBO contributor Will Renilson

Ask the experts

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Trailer-sailing in Cardigan Bay • Frank Sibly shares his micro-yacht adventures in an...