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

‘Devastating’ decision not to reinstate Paralympic sailing – again

UKHO to extend timetable for paper chart withdrawal

New recycling hope for GRP boats

Seabed map app

Industry award

Where are those old Faireys?

Contessa (or similar) needed for change of tack

Boaters’ licence fee rise

Urgent plea for boat club support

Kirsten Neuschäfer’s race milestone

Women in boatbuilding mentoring

DIARY DATES

Regional News • News from your cruising area

Widening the talent pool

Letters • Readers share their thoughts and opinions

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

Every day’s a school day • Thirsting for Day Skipper Practical knowledge, sea-schools appear curiously unavailable

Full steam ahead • Welcome to the world of steam – clean, tidy and almost silent

Little beauty! • Size is relative and dependant on the sailing activity and weather conditions

Orkney Longliner & Sussex beach boat • Clive shares his local knowledge on the best way to travel from Rye Bay upriver to Bodiam Castle in East Sussex – including his choice of open motorboat and family activities en route

A boat fit for purpose • What makes the perfect bluewater boat? Ali Wood asks the owners of two catamarans and two monohulls crossing the North Atlantic

‘We bought our last boat first’

‘The DIY has made me cry and cheer’

‘I didn’t actually want a brand new boat!’

‘We love our older catamaran’

Atlantic pioneer • Nicolette Milnes Walker was the first woman to sail solo and non-stop from the UK to the USA. Julia Jones charts her trailblazing achievement

Onboard problem solving • Cruising doyen Jimmy Cornell shares 50 years of lateral thinking from his first hull fit out to what he stows as gear essentials

PROJECT BOAT RESTORATION Summer on Maximus • Ali Wood ventures out on a summer cruise with the family… but not everything goes to plan

SAFETY KIT FOR MAXIMUS • Ali Wood discusses the safety kit she chose for their first family cruise

Getting an old diesel engine to run • Is it worth buying a boat with a non-running engine? Vyv Cox has some tips on what to look for before deciding if it’s a viable project

Project eBoat • Myles Lubbock’s electric conversion of an Albatross Mk3 Runabout

Thinking of going electric? • Electric propulsion is clean, near silent and can even be self-refuelling, but is it worth the investment? Jake Kavanagh considers the options

Watch your water flow • Gilbert Park installs a temperature monitor and alarm to prevent costly exhaust hose damage in the event of impeller failure

Installing an exhaust alarm

Preventer set-up • Pip Hare explains why you should rig a boom preventer for downwind sailing

New Gear • Rupert Holmes looks at forms of electric winching

GROUP TEST VHF handheld radios • No skipper should be without a ‘mobile’ VHF, but which one is best for you? Fox Morgan tests popular models to help narrow your search

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