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

News • News and current affairs from the world of boating

‘Overwhelming’ kindness: 21 ARC yachts give fuel to stricken vessel

Skillful rescue in Golden Globe Race after sudden sinking of Gaia 36

First crewless submarine ordered

NEWS

Warship responds to yacht’s Mayday

Navionics’ Giuseppe Carnevali tribute

SBS BoatLife is power packed

‘A windy regatta mid-winter’

Good news for Pico dinghy fans

New floating installation method

DIARY DATES

Regional News • News from your cruising area

Student’s small boat’s big journey

Letters • Readers share their thoughts and opinions

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

A tableau of life and death • Requesting your ashes to be scattered in a Force 5 or above is truly inspired revenge

Away with the ferries • From A to B and back again on tender duty

Splendid seacats • Feline crew are part of our maritime history, playing an important role as chief rat catchers

Cruising dinghies • Trailer-sailers can be stored at home, may not need a motor and can provide cosy accommodation with clever use of a boat tent

Day-sailers • Peter Poland shines the spotlight on trailerable day boats and wonders “Are we modern sailors – with our cosseted cruiser comfort – missing out on excitement and adventure?”

Viko S30 walkaround • Jake Frith takes a closer look at this low price Polish-built cruiser

Sea Angler revamp for canal cruising • Paul and Sally Weston revamp their neglected Mitchell 31 Sea Angler to cruise the coast of France and on towards the Canal du Midi

Those were the days • Cruising legend Jimmy Cornell reveals the results of his latest boat survey and compares the findings with those he first published in PBO 40 years ago

Sweet Dreams (are made of this) • Ali Wood learns how a self-built wooden yacht brings joy to her owner even after the untimely death of her husband and co-builder

New Gear • Rupert Holmes highlights some of the very best new marine products and award winners seen at METSTRADE 2022, Europe’s biggest marine trade show

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Inaugural yacht delivery • Chris Mardon takes on the eventful challenge of sailing a friend’s Moody 426 from Portugal to the UK

Sails up! • The new sails arrive and Ali Wood books a boat test, but are Maximus (and skipper) ready for adventure?

WIND GENERATORS The dark side • Duncan Veal’s cautionary tale after losing a battle with a wind turbine

Curing condensation • Many boats suffer from water droplets forming on cold windows as a result of hot air or steam becoming cool – Paul Fay shares his solution on how to beat it

Crashed bow repair • What to do if your boat is damaged just days before a non-stop global circumnavigation? Rupert Holmes reports on a remarkable repair

Protect your boat from carbon monoxide • John Tylor and PBO’s experts share some valuable safety tips

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Time for an easy nap • Don Fitzroy Smith fashions cheap, light, easy to stow and make bunk ladder and headboards for getting in and out of forepeak berth more easily

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