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

News • News and current affairs from the world of boating

£1.9m follow-up study to look at human health impact

‘Tidal wave of boat abandonments’

Challenge to tackle composites recycling

‘An issue not just on our shores’

Fair winds to David Berry

Jubilee Sailing Trust survival push

People smuggling network arrests

HM Coastguard defibrillator coverage boost

Waterways boat count 2022

Watersports participation boom

Para sailing’s 2028 Olympic bid

America’s Cup becomes more inclusive

Swallows and Amazons’ ‘Titty’ will join star line up at Southampton International Boat Show

Associations and clubs at the Southampton Boat Show

Regional News • News from your cruising area

Letters • Readers share their thoughts and opinions

Dream job? • Let’s face it, sailing’s hard enough work without having to work while you’re sailing

Tense shortcut • A stone-lined hole or a 60-mile hike around one of Britain’s least hospitable headlands?

A perfect fit? • With gaffer tape over the seams and sizeable holes in both knees, after 20 years, it’s time for new oilskins

We swapped sails for power • Peter Poland meets 10 seasoned sailors who bought motorboats to extend their time afloat after sailboats became too much like hard work

Winchelsea Lugger • With a nice, buoyant bow and cod shape they look the part and are superbly seaworthy, says prolific boat owner Clive Marsh

12 of the world’s most exciting shipwrecks • James Wood picks his favourite wrecks, from warships and ill-fated expeditions to Bronze Age cargo vessels and Spanish treasure troves

Homeward bound • After a six-month restoration, PBO Project Boat Maximus sails to her new home… but not without a few hitches, reports Ali Wood

Not working from home • Attempts to do ‘proper work’ aboard a C+C 40 in Vancouver, British Columbia, result in a cracking amount of boat jobs instead

Croatian charter by catamaran • A skippered flotilla charter on the Dalmation Coast is a dream come true for Laura Hodgetts, but can she really relax as a (last-minute) lone parent with two pre-schoolers and inexperienced crew?

Tried & Tested • Fun, quick to inflate and easy to use, these kayaks are ideal for experienced boaters and beginners alike, says Ali Wood

New Gear • Rupert Holmes on boat scrubbing plus the latest kit

The long way home • Marsali Taylor encounters difficulties with unseasonable weather during a midsummer night sail from Brae to Aith in Shetland

Tried & Tested • Ali Wood tests an eco wetsuit and buoyancy aid

Tender facelift • With the sailing season fast approaching, Richard Barnard gets stuck into refurbishing a tired second-hand 8ft glassfibre tender

Attaching fittings securely to decks • Rupert Holmes explains how to strongly attach new or replacement fittings to decks – and how to fill redundant old bolt or screw holes

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Replacing seized rudder bearings • Mark Ryan has to get innovative when his Bavaria 40’s rudder starts to groan and gets progressively harder to steer on passage

Are you sitting comfortably? • Don Fitzroy Smith turns a...