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

Making a splash

‘Norfolk’s Mary Rose’ discovered off the English east coast

About the ship

Temporary French ‘Ports of Entry’

Pets can’t cruise to Ireland

Boat show cancelled

‘Marine net gain’ consultation

Transatlantic attempt in a 1m vessel

Sustainable and recyclable dinghy

New ‘orca interactions’ reporting initiative

Long-serving UK harbour masters

Maiden’s tour to empower girls

Golden Globe finisher … three years late!

A big British boat and bicycle bash

DIARY DATES

News from your cruising area

Readers share their thoughts and opinions

Sole Woe Transatlantic

Upwardly mobile • Fancy a bigger boat? Get wealthier friends…

The first steps • Everything you need to go to sea – the salty vocabulary, the knots, the lifejacket…

Seeing how the other half lives • It’s a different world when you go down south

Made in Germany • Peter Poland looks at ‘fantastisch’ 30-footers that have proved how a hobby can become a multi-million euro business

A Falcon in Loch Ness • Prolific boat owner Clive Marsh charters a roomy 36ft Van de Stadt steel ketch for a pleasant cruise on Scotland’s Caledonian Canal

A rediscovered boat for all reasons • Once used by the trappers, traders and hunters of the New World, the Adirondack Guide Boat is just as relevant today, says Roger Nadin

Easy ways to sail better • Rupert Holmes shares some expert tips on how to make your boat easier to handle, sail faster and safer with better manners

PROJECT BOAT RESTORATION Shakedown preparations • Shortly before the post-restoration voyage to Poole, Ali Wood gets to grips with the rewire, new electronics and passage planning

Gulf Stream adventure • Roger Hughes sails his brigantine schooner Britannia along the largest of the world’s currents

Which lifejacket? • How much are you prepared to spend on a lifejacket and what do you get for your money? Fox Morgan and team test a range of six

The RNLI explains buoyancy levels

Seago Seaguard

Crewsaver Crewfit

Spinlock Deckvest Lite

Baltic Athena

Ocean Safety Sport Pro

Spinlock Deckvest 6D

New Gear • Rupert Holmes reviews the latest gear for boat owners

Bestway Hydro Force Fast Blast 12ft6 SUP • Jake Frith finds out if the cheapest 12ft 6in inflatable stand up paddleboard on ebay is more than just a beach toy

A man in three boats • Gilbert Park has a white knuckle experience saving three boats from Storm Eunice

SUMMER SAVINGS

See and be seen • Chandlery bargains prompt Gilbert Park into fitting a nearly-new radar and radar target enhancer to his displacement motorcruiser

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Volvo Penta shaft seal replacement • An uncharacteristic dripping of seawater into his Beneteau’s usually dry bilges heralds an unscheduled haul-out for Stu Davies

Speedy boarding • Long-term cruiser Barbara Molin is inspired to think about easier Mediterranean-style boarding when she watches fellow cruiser John Chipps making his own DIY passerelle

Electric heads pump refurbishment • Alan England finds out why his loo has stopped working

DIY marina rescue sling • A dunking gets Stu Davies thinking

Facts and fax • Gilbert Park amalgamates two...