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Practical Boat Owner

Mar 01 2022
Magazine

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

Changes to Immigration Act will not criminalise boaters

Increase in unseaworthy boats

Life-saving tow by ARC+ crew

Fair winds to pioneering multihull designer James Wharram

Survey appeal

Enviroment Agency U-turn

Rolex World Sailors of the Year announced

New transatlantic race winner finishes in homemade boat

Spirit and BAR to build electric flyer

New electronic form for pleasure craft travelling to and from the UK

Government’s Returned Goods Relief condition waiver

DIARY DATES

SOUTH COAST AND CHANNEL ISLANDS

WEST COAST, WALES AND IRELAND

SCOTLAND

EAST COAST AND SOUTH-EAST

Restoration fundraiser appeal

MacGregor adaptations

Red-faced skipper confession

In praise of grafting editors

Standard wallpaper stripper tip

British rivals to La Vagabonde?

Gonna need a bigger shed… • …or perhaps a smaller boat is the answer to the impractical boat owner’s storage problems

A sticky situation • Stitch and glue, the bodger’s charter – avoiding the pitfalls of boatbuilding at home

Winter musings • Did my indomitable Aunt Ysabel have the best year forecasting method?

Harmony 47 • Peter Poland trials two versions of the popular charter yacht – a standard ‘Elegance’ in the Cyclades and more bespoke ‘Esprit Vintage’ model

Cirrus sinking • Boats with ballast and no buoyancy can go down like a brick, as Clive Marsh discovers

Scandinavian Summer • George DuBose explores capital cities and lonely islands on a cruise from the Netherlands to northern Denmark

The great river of waiting • Owen Moorhouse recalls building an ‘unsinkable’ canoe from sheet metal and endeavouring to master the wild Whanganui River on it

Anglesey adventure • Sam Griffiths and his dad go dinghy sailing in the challenging waters of North Wales

Rupert Holmes reports on the latest in electric propulsion

A spectacular yacht blaze • Prolific Learning from Experience author Chris Mardon recalls a suspicious yacht fire in the Caribbean

LESSONS LEARNED

Laying an artificial teak deck • Giles Fraser takes on the challenging but rewarding task of replacing the teak deck on his Swan 43 ketch Elisabeth

From historic teak to modern Flexiteek

Teak alternatives

‘We re-caulked our own decks’

Which battery is best for my boat? • Ali Wood looks at power requirements and the pros and cons of wet, gel, AGM, lead carbon and lithium-ion batteries

Power management • Ali Wood gets some expert advice from Ecobat on setting up a sensible battery charging regime

What’s the charge? • Gilbert Park installs a Victron BMV-712 battery monitor

PLUS GET A FREE 20L WATERPROOF PACKAWAY BACKPACK

7 new-generation anchors • Would your boat benefit from upgrading to a better anchor? Rupert Holmes explains the options to suit

Easier engine starting • Stephen Carter creates his own cockpit remote engine start system

Creating galley work surface • Hedley Ritchie makes more space for just over a tenner

Unblocking a holding tank outlet • Andrew Grogono makes good use of air pressure

Ask the experts • Got a question? Email...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 92 Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd Edition: Mar 01 2022

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  • Release date: January 20, 2022

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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

Changes to Immigration Act will not criminalise boaters

Increase in unseaworthy boats

Life-saving tow by ARC+ crew

Fair winds to pioneering multihull designer James Wharram

Survey appeal

Enviroment Agency U-turn

Rolex World Sailors of the Year announced

New transatlantic race winner finishes in homemade boat

Spirit and BAR to build electric flyer

New electronic form for pleasure craft travelling to and from the UK

Government’s Returned Goods Relief condition waiver

DIARY DATES

SOUTH COAST AND CHANNEL ISLANDS

WEST COAST, WALES AND IRELAND

SCOTLAND

EAST COAST AND SOUTH-EAST

Restoration fundraiser appeal

MacGregor adaptations

Red-faced skipper confession

In praise of grafting editors

Standard wallpaper stripper tip

British rivals to La Vagabonde?

Gonna need a bigger shed… • …or perhaps a smaller boat is the answer to the impractical boat owner’s storage problems

A sticky situation • Stitch and glue, the bodger’s charter – avoiding the pitfalls of boatbuilding at home

Winter musings • Did my indomitable Aunt Ysabel have the best year forecasting method?

Harmony 47 • Peter Poland trials two versions of the popular charter yacht – a standard ‘Elegance’ in the Cyclades and more bespoke ‘Esprit Vintage’ model

Cirrus sinking • Boats with ballast and no buoyancy can go down like a brick, as Clive Marsh discovers

Scandinavian Summer • George DuBose explores capital cities and lonely islands on a cruise from the Netherlands to northern Denmark

The great river of waiting • Owen Moorhouse recalls building an ‘unsinkable’ canoe from sheet metal and endeavouring to master the wild Whanganui River on it

Anglesey adventure • Sam Griffiths and his dad go dinghy sailing in the challenging waters of North Wales

Rupert Holmes reports on the latest in electric propulsion

A spectacular yacht blaze • Prolific Learning from Experience author Chris Mardon recalls a suspicious yacht fire in the Caribbean

LESSONS LEARNED

Laying an artificial teak deck • Giles Fraser takes on the challenging but rewarding task of replacing the teak deck on his Swan 43 ketch Elisabeth

From historic teak to modern Flexiteek

Teak alternatives

‘We re-caulked our own decks’

Which battery is best for my boat? • Ali Wood looks at power requirements and the pros and cons of wet, gel, AGM, lead carbon and lithium-ion batteries

Power management • Ali Wood gets some expert advice from Ecobat on setting up a sensible battery charging regime

What’s the charge? • Gilbert Park installs a Victron BMV-712 battery monitor

PLUS GET A FREE 20L WATERPROOF PACKAWAY BACKPACK

7 new-generation anchors • Would your boat benefit from upgrading to a better anchor? Rupert Holmes explains the options to suit

Easier engine starting • Stephen Carter creates his own cockpit remote engine start system

Creating galley work surface • Hedley Ritchie makes more space for just over a tenner

Unblocking a holding tank outlet • Andrew Grogono makes good use of air pressure

Ask the experts • Got a question? Email...


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