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

UK Coastguard to invest £170m in new radio network • News and current affairs from the world of boating

Speak up if you’ll sail in Europe post Brexit

Farewell to legendary cruiser Larry Pardey

Garmin hack: more protection for nav systems needed

Sailing skills for young people in care

Smallest ARC for years to go ahead

No Round the Island Race for 2020

Campaign for cleaner harbours

Replacement for Southampton Boat Show announced

DIARY DATES

Reboot for Nicholson 32 website

BUCKLER’S HARD PROGRESS

LIGHTHOUSE LED SPARKS ANGER

SHOP TO SHIP MARKETPLACE

TRIBUTES PAID TO TYNEMOUTH’S BARBARA DARLING

Next month

Letters • Readers share their thoughts and opinions

Excellent electronics

SEADOG OF THE MONTH

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

A perfect crime • Yes, we might have taken the boat, but it wasn’t exactly stealing, Your Honour

Mark the middle • Doing things properly doesnÕt always work out

Non-sailor’s day • Mastering the gentle art of sailing gently

How to Replace a water impeller • A well maintained impeller pump should prevent a failed impeller, says Bruce Jacobs of Rubicon 3

Saving Falanda • A new life at sea beckons for the rebuilt 26ft Morgan Giles sloop Falanda and her owner and restorer, 13-year-old Katie McCabe

Meet the McCabes

How to replace a plank

David McCabe’s tips for selecting a project boat

A big thank you!

Twister time • Peter Poland reviews and test sails the popular classic Kim Holman-designed Twister

Buyer beware – all that glistens is not gold! • Jam jars for nav lights and kerb stones for ballast! Mike Coates recalls his astonishment when asked to survey a new motorboat

Sailing in the South Pacific • Jasna Tuta recalls an emotional voyage from Mexico to the Marquesas

The sailor who beat lockdown • A small New Zealand town is enchanted by the arrival of a surprise visitor, reports Matt Vance

Trailer sailing in the sounds • Paul Daltry meets the best and worst of Scottish summer weather on a voyage along the stunning West Coast

New Gear • Rupert Holmes details some of the latest boating gear

Lomo Compact BC Safety Knife

Electronics for sailing • Rupert Holmes looks at the development of sailing-specific software tools that can boost safety and shave hours off a difficult passage

Disruptive innovation

Split screen displays

Hands-on with a B&G Vulcan 7

The search for an accessible boat • What boats are best suited for disabled sailors? Ian Cameron recounts Fife Sailability’s exciting journey from trimarans to powerboats

How I made my own mainsail • Bob Tuckwood spends four days in a sail loft designing, cutting and sewing his new sail

Pump up the volume • Roger Hughes services the inflation valves on his yacht’s 10ft RIB

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Make your own keel bulb • If you have a relatively small boat that needs a bit of extra ballast, how about literally sticking it to the keel? writes Jake Kavanagh

Getting stuck in

Hard aground • Zoran Glozinic applies a theoretical...