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

A spirit for adventure

‘A rescue on the edge of impossible’

Restored oysters boost marine life

Boat size gas cylinders in low supply

Five rescued after orcas sink boat

Ocean Cleanup milestone

Bird flu leads to landing restrictions

New system for voyage reporting

UKHO is phasing out paper charts

DIARY DATES

News from your cruising area • Got a news story that would interest a fellow PBO reader? We want to hear from you! Email PBO news editor Laura Hodgetts at pbo@futurenet.com

Historic yacht restoration

Letters • Readers share their thoughts and opinions

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

Mud larks • Charts are little use when navigating the East Coast’s low-lying, muddy, marshy flatlands

Golden years • Sam’s Drascombe Longboat Lucille makes the half century and is still going in to bat

Bairns are back! • At last, after two years, we’ve been able to host junior sailing again – and demand is high

FIND YOUR NEW AUTUMN READ

Fête du Flobart • Prolific boat owner Clive Marsh sings the praises of Sussex beach boats and their French sisters, the Normandy Flobarts

BEST USED YACHTS PRICED £40,000-£50,000 • Peter Poland shortlists the best in a growing stock of pre-loved sailing yachts in this popular price bracket, featuring varied design trends

Polycraft Tuffy Tender • With the help of her local sailing clubs, Ali Wood tests this lightweight day boat with both electric and petrol outboard motor power

SEAir Flying Tender 80 • Jake Frith undertakes a sea trial aboard an innovative foiling RIB and wonders whether all small motorboats will soon be flying on foils

Secrets of Swallows and Amazons • Sophie Neville explains how her role as Titty in the Arthur Ransome classic forged a lifelong love for the iconic dinghy Swallow

Record-breaking solar crossing • Guinness World Record holder Simon Milward explains how he built and motored his solar-powered boat across the English Channel

Just-for-fun delivery trip • PBO engine expert Stu Davies and his wife, Laura, take on the challenge of delivering a yacht from south-east Spain to Portugal

New Gear • Product highlights and reviews with Rupert Holmes

Electric converts • Self-confessed fair weather sailors Jim and Libby Earle share their take on the TEMO 450 electric outboard, after six months of use

Complete refit • David Rushby carries out a thorough overhaul of a 40-year-old Sarum 28: interior, electrics, engine, standing rigging… the lot!

PROJECT BOAT RESTORATION Halyard wrap • Ali Wood gets help with a jammed headsail and discovers a potentially costly mistake that could have jeopardised the rig

How to check your rigging • Maintenance of your rigging can save expensive failures and could ultimately be a lifesaver, advises Ben Meakins

Checks with the rig up, or when mast is down

Replacing a leaky saloon hatch • Chris Mardon admits defeat to a stubborn leak and replaces a saloon hatch on his Dufour 40 – a surprisingly gratifying project

How to insulate a hull against the cold • Richard Rogers explains how to insulate the hull of a small yacht for high latitudes sailing to cold, remote and beautiful places

Templating, cutting and gluing foam...