Practical Boat Owner

Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd 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

Long term UK cruisers in Europe face paying VAT twice on boats • News and current affairs from the world of boating

‘Living’ antifoul research underway

Autonomous Mayflower’s Plymouth launch

15 year old is youngest to sail solo around Britain

Consecutive wins for Royal Quays and Poole Quay

Remembering Solent sailor Murlo Primrose

Tributes to OSTAR record holder

Lack of COLREGS training cited after Irish Sea collision

Alert and Track added to SafeTrx

Boat licence T&Cs proposals

DIARY DATES

SPEEDING JET SKIERS FINED • News from your cruising area

BOATS SUNK IN AVON CANAL SLUICE GATE BREACH

CALEDONIAN BOOKINGS ONLINE

PLEA TO SAVE THE HARWICH HARBOUR FERRY

Next month • JANUARY ISSUE ON SALE 26 NOVEMBER

Letters • Readers share their thoughts and opinions

Back to school • Uncovering the truth about lifelong learning

Charting progress • How to repurpose the neglected chart table

Home fires and boat bits • Winter lay up means bits off the boat come in

How to Repair your instrument gauges • A broken gauge might seem minor, but can be enough to derail your cruise. They’re not hard to troubleshoot, says Rubicon 3’s Bruce Jacobs

Rival 32 review and test sail • Peter Poland explores the background of the Rival 32, then takes one for a sail

The return of trading under sail • Sail power is making a comeback as the shipping industry reduces costs and carbon emissions, Rupert Holmes reports

360 degrees of horizon • The Warner family talk to Ali Wood about the highs and lows of an Atlantic crossing

What happened next? • Simon Warner explains how COVID-19 forced them to slow down and ‘just be’

Skipper’s diary • From wacky watches to pirate boats, Simon Warner shares some eye-opening excerpts from his transatlantic diary

Top tender tips • From boarding to sculling, hull type and maintenance, John Tylor shares some sensible advice about using small dinghies

How to scull • Ben Meakins gets some tips from champion sculler Glyn Foulkes

Life in a boatyard • From DIYers to dreamers, and all the colourful characters in between, life in a busy boatyard is never dull, says Drew Maglio

Christmas gifts • Rupert Holmes casts an eye over desirable marine gear

New books • Festive reads and reviews by Marsali Taylor

Splice with confidence • Roger Hughes hits upon a strong, easy splicing method for double-braided line

Lifejacket: the vital safety aid • Knowledge of the sea – and wearing a lifejacket – are the best ways to stay safe

Making a wooden wheel with spokes • Chris Mardon makes a ship’s wheel from wood as a lockdown project and learned some valuable lessons along the way

Going with the grain • Keith Calton describes how he made a rubbing strake repair and some new handholds – both finished off with wooden plugs

When my heart ruled my head! • Richard Carvell learned valuable lessons when he bought an iconic offshore cruiser

Timing the tides to Tobermory • Brian Lennon plans a tricky non-stop sail between Skerries, his Irish home port, and the Inner Hebrides harbour of Tobermory

Short cut to a long cut • Andrew Morton describes how saving time led to trouble on Gigha

Replacing leaky windows...