Practical Boat Owner

Published by TI Media Limited 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

Tragic loss of man overboard sailor

Change to ‘pleasure craft report’ service

Boat firm sale

Bids for Shackleton’s barometer

Mitigate the risk of orca encounters

63-hour attack on GPS signals

From sail trainee to top volunteer

Redesign for Southampton boat show

Nominate your gold anchor marina

DIARY DATES

Regional news • News from your cruising area

SOUTH Employee-owned

Letters • Sharing your boating thoughts and opinions

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

Dave Selby • Mad about the boat

Sam Llewellyn • Flotsam and jetsam

Marsali Taylor • Living with the sea

Clive’s boats • Clive Marsh discovered small boats while working for Canadian Pacific Steamships and is a past Commodore of the Merchant Navy Association Boat Club. In this series he shares tales from his 50 years of boat ownership.

Boats for Baltic cruising • Duncan Kent picks the best sub-40ft sail and power boats for crossing the North Sea and exploring a Baltic summer

Shoestring voyage of adventure • Richard King and Serafin Colmenares Jr. look back at the remarkable Pacific voyage of Florentino Das in his 24ft home-built boat

The angelic East Coast pocket cruiser • It is 100 years since the first Deben Cherub was launched. Julia Jones looks back at the history of this 21ft river racing class

YOUR GUIDE TO Inland cruising • Rupert Holmes looks at popular, reasonably priced boats that are ideal for cruising rivers, canals and estuaries

SEAMANSHIP SKILLS • Rupert Holmes explains waterway and river boating skills

PLANNING • Jonathan Mosse examines what’s needed to plan a cruise inland

DESTINATIONS • Jonathan Mosse suggests some superb inland destinations

Tried & tested • Katy Stickland tests this submersible rucksack-style dry bag

New gear • Rupert Holmes previews the latest marine products

Book reviews • Katy Stickland reviews the latest sailing and boat-owning books

Best anchor types for varied cruising • Rupert Holmes on choosing the best anchor for your boat, your style of cruising, how you’ll use it and your budget

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A revolution in fabrics • Marine fabrics are using natural fibres, less harmful chemicals and longer-lasting colours. Jake Kavanagh looks at the cut of the cloth

110 WAYS TO CUT COSTS • From DIY to learning new skills, mooring, sails and rigging, Ali Wood has some top tips on keeping afloat as affordably as possible

Replacing ageing through-hull fittings • In preparation for an extended voyage, Kerry and Fraser Buchanan replace all below waterline through-hulls with composite fittings

Practical projects • Your great ideas and tips

Outboard refurb • Jacqueline Dowding improves a scruffy outboard motor cowling

Treading smoothly • Charles Beddingfield modifies wellies to be non-scratch

Electric motor misadventure • Felix Marks attempts to embrace a green future for his Tofinou 7, but his experiment proves costly when damp conditions prevail

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