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

A fundamental truth

Astro-section: the ‘most requested piece’ of e-nav guide

GNSS-enabled electronic devices have ‘cyber-security vulnerability’

What is S-100 and how will it affect the future of electronic charts?

Chance to win £6,000 for your boat club

Seafarer holidays celebrates 30th year

MCA approval for FB Imray paper charts

100% plant-based epoxy resin unveiled

Water Reform plan falls short, says RYA

Supporters fund ill dad’s dream sail

DIARY DATES

Fire destroys restored 1913 trawler

News from your cruising area

Sharing your boating thoughts and opinions

A tie of mutual dependence • Exacting skipper or testing crew? Onboard harmony is helped by trying a new viewpoint

Avoiding that sinking feeling • How to stay afloat, or not, maybe, perhaps

Water, water everywhere • Spring cleaning and bother with windows

Aircat 285 • Jake Frith test drives a racy-looking inflatable catamaran tender

Start of season ailments • Beware the insidious boom droop and your crew will thank you for it – and don’t forget to dig out suitable attire before setting sail

How to reduce weather helm • Ben Lowings delves into the common causes of weather helm – and looks at what can be done to control it

Boats for cruising East Coast rivers • Phil Clandillon looks at the most suitable sub-45ft second-hand yachts for exploring the rivers of England’s East Coast

Seeing in the dark • Gilbert Park explains how and why he fitted a thermal camera to his motorboat to help him navigate and manoeuvre when the sun sets

Storm Survival • Pete Hill faced damaged steering and lost two drogues while battling extreme conditions in the Tasman Sea. Graham Cox tells his story

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Start of season checklist • Marcel Herrera from CompareYachtInsurance.com shares his tips to ensure your insurance and your boat are in tip-top shape ahead of the season

BOAT IMPROVEMENTS [that won’t cost the earth] • Ali Wood compiles a list of easy ideas to make life better on board

Rupert Holmes looks at the latest marine products

Tried & tested • The PBO team test a technical jacket and a cordless air pump

Book reviews • Katy Stickland shares our recommended maritime reads

How I designed my own trailer-sailer • Herb McLeod explains how he designed and built his flat-bottomed 3.6m Omakayas

How I replaced my failed chainplates • After a chainplate snapped on his Albin Cumulus 85, Joe Magee explains how he fitted new ones

Access all areas • Paul Diamond explains how he upgraded his primary fuel filter to make it easier to get at and change

When your engine doesn’t start! • John Payne explains how to diagnose and troubleshoot engine problems to get it running

How to make a companionway cover • Libby Earle shows how to improve privacy and shelter on board

Building a new doghouse • Jake Kavanagh used an old bath to help get the perfect shape for a new doghouse on his Corribee 21

Fridge power and dinghy stowage • One project makes two improvements to Steve Gerry’s yacht

Mid-channel medical airlift • Andy Turner suffers a debilitating heart condition while sailing his Bowman 46 offshore with his son and a friend

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