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 • To receive the editor’s monthly email newsletter, go to our website: www.pbo.co.uk

The Maiden Factor’s new tack

RYA Yachtmaster of the Year

Around Britain aged 82

Social distancing among top boat names

Greater protection for England’s

Round the Island at 90

Seahorse re-wilding

Round-Britain adventure book

Golden Globe Race 2022 on horizon

A fitting tribute to Jester co-founder

DIARY DATES

SOUTH COAST AND CHANNEL ISLANDS

WEST COAST, WALES AND IRELAND

SCOTLAND

EAST COAST AND SOUTH-EAST

Curious walrus • There’s a rare surprise in store for Tom and Lorraine Owen when they anchor off St Mary’s in the Isles of Scilly…

What’s Wally up to? • PBO WILDLIFE EXPERT GENEVIEVE LEAPER TELLS US MORE

Letters • Readers share their thoughts and opinions

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

The waterfront way • Valuable advice for project boat ownership

Mind how you go • It’s time to exorcise those mystic influences

Remote paddling • The simplest vessels are so often the best

Small boats, big cruising • Rupert Holmes describes a selection of very capable small boats for cruising on a budget

Ultimate stability

Folkboats and derivatives • £4,000-£14,000

Hurley 22 • Price £2,000-£4,000

Corribee • £1,000-£3,000

Mini 6.50 • From £10,000

Westerly GK24 • £2,000-£4,000

Eygthene 24 • £2,500-£6,500

Aviateur 5.70 • Plans US$500

God vakt! • Marsali Taylor recalls every detail of a day aboard the tall ship Sørlandet off the coast of Norway

About the Sørlandet

Whale-watching in Quebec • Liveaboards Belinda Chesman and Kit McAllister mix culture with cetaceans as they cruise Canada’s great St Lawrence river

The 12 lakes of Cornwall • Tom Gruitt reveals the hidden inland gems of his home county

The fun I had on Maximus • From a nerve-wracking delivery trip to boating mishaps, Daniel Kirtley tells Rob Melotti about being a first-time boat owner

New Gear • Rupert Holmes on the latest useful marine gear

Book reviews by Marsali Taylor

Boat Electrics 101 course review • Nigel Calder and his team of marine electrics experts have hit the mark, says Rupert Holmes

9 inflatable tenders on test • Rob Melotti and the PBO test team put some lightweight, portable inflatable dinghies through their paces in Lymington

MAXIMUS BOAT SURVEY Hull & decks PART 1 • Ali Wood commissions a thorough inspection of the new PBO Project Boat with marine surveyor Ben Sutcliffe-Davies

Moisture meters – don’t rely on them

How to replace worn rudder bushes • Hedley Ritchie shows how he changed the wobbly bushes on his transom-hung rudder to improve his Westerly Konsort’s steering

Visibility clear ahead • Boatbuilder Mike Pickles satisfies his ‘screen envy’ and improves his yacht’s cockpit shelter and forward visibility with a fixed windscreen

Make your own rope • Mark Shiner delights the crowds with his traditional rope-making skills and explains how to make your own DIY ropewalk

Why not track down your town ropewalk?

FEED YOUR MIND

Up a creek with no water to paddle...