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

Waiting for the tide

COVID-19: UK marine companies switch to PPE production

Crusader Sails fits protective vehicle screens

Cruisers in lockdown

Atlantic challenge in a Leisure 17

Greek cruising permit scrapped

MCA: flares still crucial

REGIONAL NEWS

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Letters • Readers share their thoughts and opinions

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

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Books to buoy your spirits • Dig deep into classic onboard literature and you might just find a way out of this mess

Lockdown DIY • At times like this a ‘new’ old boat is just the job for keeping busy and raising the spirits

Variety and variability • French boatbuilders loved a variable draught yacht – and made them in a slightly bewildering array of designs and styles, says Peter Poland

Anchor essentials • Rupert Holmes looks at setting a boat up for bulletproof anchoring and how to avoid common, but potentially costly, mistakes

Warps and fenders

The biggest little ship on the ocean • Back in production more than four decades after she was first launched, the reborn Fisher 25 is a reminder of why traditional motor sailers were once so popular. David Harding reports

200 miles in a 16ft daysailer • Zoran Glozinic and his sailing buddy put their friendship to the test on a seven-day Canadian river voyage from Montreal to Kingston

Where do all those broken boats go? • PBO is passionate about restoring old boats, but what happens when theyÕre beyond repair? Nic Compton looks at the problem of disposal

Creative use of a wreck

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

All-you-need West System 105 kits

Which AIS is best? • Gilbert Park dives deep into AIS tech to discover the benefits of Class B+

Installation top tips

The ‘real’ Provence • The South of France is often dismissed as expensive and over-developed. It is neither, says Richard Hare, who offers tips on the lesser-known destinations and avoiding high costs

Engine surgery step by step • When Geoff Higginbottom stripped down his underperforming Volvo Penta MD2030 diesel engine he uncovered some expensive repairs

How does a diesel injector work?

Refitting a Contest 43 • PBO reader Nitzan Sneh tells Ali Wood about upgrading his cruising yacht in busy St Lucia

Tricks of the tools • If there are two power tools that every boat owner should have on board they’re a battery drill and a multi-tool. Here’s why…

The tender that folds flat • Gordon Davies and Alison Mainwood describe the trials and errors that eventually led to their very own unique folding tender

Captain calamity • Matt Bourke signs on as long-term crew… but soon changes his mind

LESSONS LEARNED

Laid up ashore • Stuck in hospital during a pandemic when all around is in disarray, thoughts turn to the boat

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How to Service your lifejacket • Checking your lifejacket is in top condition should be done at least every season, says Bruce Jacobs

The occasional windlass • Tim Handley designs and...