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

Diversity matters

‘Outrageous’ Clyde fee plan is shelved • News and current affairs from the world of boating

Inspiring guests and club anniversaries

First prosecution under new safety laws

Race revival

New helm

All-female crew make sailing history

Exceptional seamanship and adventure

Award issued just third time in a century

Cruising talks, advice and networking

New Clipper Race RX fleet announced

Compulsory PLB registration

DIARY DATES

A new life for pioneering race yacht

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

Zen and the art of bending wood • Making a brew, frame steaming and setting the world to rights–it’s all in a day’s work

A short history of the pilot book • The books that tell you where to drop the hook

Puzzling over the navigation • Following the passage-making of Sea Bear

Marvellous Mirrors • The ‘car top dinghy’ that can be launched and sailed in most coastal and inshore waters, with more than 70,000 built since 1963

Wayfarer Weekender • Ali Wood is treated to a factory visit and a blustery family sail in this latest iteration of the classic large dinghy from Hartley Boats

Sailing in the Land of Fire • Marina Guedes sails the Beagle Channel with Jérôme Poncet aboard Damien 2

Explore Patagonia & Tierra del Fuego

A single-hander’s checklist • It’s easy to forget vital bits of information when setting off on a single-handed passage. Making checklists helps, but everyone’s will be slightly different

New gear • Rupert Holmes looks at the latest marine products

NEWS IN BRIEF

Collision and allision avoidance • Drawing on his years of owning a motorboat, Gilbert Park shares his tips and the gear he uses to avoid hitting things day and night

Low-cost wireless navigation • Want to navigate using your smartphone or tablet? Duncan Kent and Dagnall Clutterbuck look at a selection of wifi gateways under £250

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Which sails for the job? • Ali Wood gets some top tips from sailmakers on choosing and caring for your yacht’s most valuable assets

Industry insight • Paul Lees and Andy Cross of Crusader Sails talk sail care

Industry insight

HOW TO Install a day tank • After his engine dies while motoring in a swell, Richard Thomson decides to install an auxiliary fuel day tank on his yacht

A broader workforce for a stronger craft • Lola Morgan examines how a more diversified workforce is helping to preserve traditional boatbuilding skills and techniques

Parenting through rigging failure • Professional skipper Vicky Ellis explains how she and her husband, Laurie, managed a transatlantic emergency with two young children

Fortuitous fuel transfer

CRUISING HACKS from bluewater sailors • What makes your life easier on board? Atlantic Rally for Cruisers sailors share 24 tips and game-changing gear with Laura Hodgetts

Alternative energy options for your boat • John Payne examines solar, wind and water for power generation

Non-slip for a cabin sole • With a pinch of salt, Colin King creates a better grip underfoot

Sponging out the damp...