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

Adventures big and small

Lifejacket or ladder may have saved MOB • News and current affairs from the world of boating

Five fatalities

The wind vane may prove make or break

Kaia wins Young Journalist of the Year

Service finder

Swapping boats for bikes

New carbon reports prompt call for greater seabed protection

CA’s support section for motorboaters

Virtual reality tool for coating applications

100,300-plus attend UK’s big boat show

Greek Transit Log now available online

Discovery Yachts ‘reborn’

DIARY DATES

Regional news • News from your cruising area

Letters • Sharing your boating thoughts and opinions

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

Tall tales and big numbers • Using ingenuity to take sailing to the max

Skills to get in a knot about • 3,850 bends, hitches, splices, holdfasts…

Summer sailing reflections • Sailing solo – a happy milestone a year on from broken bones and an induced coma

Going soft • Minimise the need for weighty tools on board by swapping metal parts with wood and rope, and muffling those you can’t with leather

Monohulls vs multihulls • Ben Lowings looks at the pros and cons of multihulls and monohulls, covering handling, sailing performance and accommodation

Hungarian charter with kids • Exploring the Kisköre region of River Tizna with three children on a 13.5m motor cruiser – the largest boat on the inland waterways

Captain Jack’s tips for small-boat handling

A guide to boating on the Hungarian inland waterways

GRP Torch dinghy • Bill Jones reflects on his 40-year affair with his £100 bargain

Hallberg-Rassy 352 • Rupert Holmes celebrates the attributes of this iconic, but expensive, Scandinavian design and highlights other options

Other alternatives

New gear • Rupert Holmes picks new gear from Southampton Boat Show

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

Tried & tested • The PBO team tests rope cleaner, clothing and shoes

Your perfect downwind sail • How do you set up your boat for smooth, safe and stress-free downwind sailing? Rachael Sprot examines the options

Snug as a bug • Staying afloat this winter? Ali Wood has some top tips for keeping warm

Prepping our boat for the dream voyage • Kerry and Fraser Buchanan dust off a 30-year-old ambition and ready their Barbican 33 to sail to Greece via the French waterways

All you need to know • boatcare has these helpful tips for laying up your boat out of season

How to varnish & paint your boat • Simon Jollands explains how best to prepare your boat for varnishing and painting out of season, and how to get an excellent finish

Bleeding the boat’s fuel system • Basic engine maintenance is essential for boat owners. Stu Davies shows you how to bleed the fuel system

Replacing Jeanneau SO 42 DS windows • Phil Symonds tackles the problem of aged bonding on the front windows of his 2008-model yacht to maintain value and usage

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Where should you stow your liferaft? • In case of emergency, where’s the best place...