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

‘Deeply disappointing,’ say UK cruising bodies

Liveaboard cruisers face hefty fee if they sail home • News and current affairs from the world of boating

International Paint fined after banned chemical entered estuary

Fears for England’s poisoned waterways

Canoeist’s plea for river support

RYA Yachtmaster of the Year winner

Popular butane gas cylinders axed

‘Reckless’ jet-skiers could face jail

Jessica Watson-inspired film

Wetwheels Foundation’s BoatLife boost

Fair winds to trail-blazing designer

New safety information alternative

Call for SUP national governing body

DIARY DATES

Regional News • News from your cruising area

Letters • Readers share their thoughts and opinions

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

Amphibious antics • A celebration of quite possibly the only vessel that could induce seasickness on land

Curse of the sea • Sailing can be creatively enhanced by the proper use of colourful speech

Man overboard! • Recovery drills aboard Shetland’s restored sailing Fifie Swan prove to be a sobering lesson

The original Cornish Cormorant • Once on board, you won’t believe that this stable, attractive cat-rigged dinghy – good for camping or as a day boat – is only 12ft in length

Yachts with legs • Peter Poland reveals how bilge keel and twin-keel designs won his respect – those that could sail well and stand on their own two feet

Close-call in the Atlantic • Andrew Bishop tells Ali Wood how an accident at sea led to a career organising cruising rallies

JIMMY CORNELL My life in boats • The cruising legend reflects on his many years of boat ownership and his quest to create the ideal liveaboard vessel for bluewater adventures

New Gear • Rupert Holmes on advances in satellite communication

Yuzet Heavy Duty Tarpaulin • Jake Frith discovers that many so-called ‘heavy duty’ tarpaulins really aren’t – but one just might be

KWB DrillBlock handheld drilling jig • Sometimes just knowing what a tool is called is enough to get you out of a pickle, muses Jake Frith

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Equipping a boat for bluewater • Factory boats are rarely ready for an ocean passage. Chet Chauhan explains the modifications he made to his Nautitech Open catamaran

Hail Zeasar • Ali Wood gets some top tips on ocean cruising with a cat (the furry kind)

Curing stiff in-mast roller furling • Mark Ryan rebuilds his Seldén furling gearbox after wrestling with stiff roller furling for a year and discovers stress-free and easy reefing

PROJECT BOAT RESTORATION Learning the ropes • Ali Wood visits English Braids to discover the complicated process of modern ropemaking

ROPE MAKING Q&A • Ali Wood quizzes Andrew Wilcock and Deighton Ridge of English Braids

Self-built day-sailer • Chris Comerie uses retirement to fulfil a teenage boatbuild ambition, resulting in a trailable gaff-slooped pocket cruiser

The build: step by step • Chris Comerie shares key elements of his DIY day-sailer build which encompassed 2,770 hours of work over a period of 31 months

Mud rescue • Carl Bennett runs the low tide gauntlet at Martlesham...