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.

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Practical Boat Owner

Britain’s marine industry suspended

Diesel subsidy to heat boats will remain

Eight bells for yacht designer Colin Mudie

Future of Maldon YC secured

Scotland’s Watersports Centre to close

Skippers for Nancy Blackett

Boatbuilding bursaries now available

Another 25 years for the Severn

Crackdown on owners of unregistered boats

Regional News • News from your cruising area

100+ ideas for DIY at home • We’ve put together a reading list of articles on the PBO website that may inspire you to start a project from home

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Letters • Readers share their thoughts and opinions

Bargain of the century • Your expert insider guide with the very best top tips for buying a bargain boat at auction

Vittles and vino • Modern or moderne? The secretÕs in the sauce

Hunter Delta vs Super Seal 26 • Peter Poland compares two popular British-built 25-27ft lift-keelers and also suggests some alternatives

TIMELINE: FROM SUPER SEAL TO PARKER

Other used lift-keel cruisers worth a look

What might have been • Rupert Holmes reports on a popular design from the 1960s that was years ahead of its time

Round Guernsey – the voyage I’ll never forget • John Willis recalls a lively inshore island circumnavigation in strong winds and breaking seas off Guernsey’s notorious Hanois Reef

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Provisioning for passages • From paella to tarte tatin, Sodastream and sauerkraut… Hermione Pattison has top tips and healthy recipes for an Atlantic crossing

Hermione’s tips

Alisara’s favourite recipes

Reaching and downwind sails • Rupert Holmes explains how you can maximise the amount of time you spend sailing, rather than motoring, on light-wind days

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Case study

Poling out headsails

Mid-Atlantic rudder repair • When a repair to a cracked skeg leads to steering failure mid-Atlantic, daring dad Jarmo Lohikari jumps overboard to fix it! Ali Wood reports

LESSONS LEARNED

EXPERT OPINION FROM MARINE SURVEYOR BEN SUTCLIFFE-DAVIES

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

Fertan rust remover

To the Caribbean and Back • Sailing the Atlantic with not much time to spare, by Richard Ballard

500 Days • Around the world on a 12-foot yacht, by Serge Testa

Summer crews • After thousands of miles sailing short-handed, John Jameson invites family and friends on a Hebridean cruise… and recruits 31 new crew!

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How to lift a small yacht from a trailer • Zoran Glozinic has a tried-and-tested method you can do yourself

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Design and build a safe cradle

A note on safety

About Old Duck, a Vivacity 20

Go-faster motor-sailer • When Andrew Deggan’s motorsailer refused to answer to her helm and manoeuvre in tight spaces, something had to be done. After changing the rudder and sailplan, the results were astonishing

Rudder efficiency

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Shakedown breakdowns • After months of restoration his lightning-struck yacht is ready to launch, but Drew Maglio isnÕt prepared for what happens...