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

Ideas great and small

PPE fit failure for women in marine to be tackled with new standard

19ft plywood boat global race success

Lords Committee criticises MCA delay

‘Buzzing start’ to new season

Product recall

Celebrating 70 years of Tall Ship races

Jazz Turner is Yachtsman of the Year

Canals’ £6.5 million investment boost

DIARY DATES

Regional news

Letters • Sharing your boating thoughts and opinions

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

Seeking clarity of purpose • A shakedown sail and quest for sandpaper get the season off to a rough start

Escape from North Africa • Tunisia to Sicily with some additional peril

Too good a day to waste • Not enough wind to rustle a twig but a run would do Karima’s Beta 14 engine good

NEW SEASON CHECKLIST • As excitement builds for the new sailing season, minimise the risk of shakedown cruise glitches and common mistakes with this handy guide

Grey boats–modifications and inventions • Sometimes the most inspiring craft can come in modest forms

Guide to UK coastal sailing charters • Polly Robinson looks at the options for those wanting to book a holiday afloat in home waters

Mooring security • Greg Manning explains how he made a bridle to ensure his Fairey Atalanta remains safe in a storm while on a swinging mooring

Going boating short-handed • Gilbert Park on how he safely gets on the water with limited crew

Chat 18 • Designed for simple homebuilding in plywood, the Chat 18 is a versatile and economical daysailer-cum-camper cruising cat. David Harding gets on board

New gear • Rupert Holmes looks at the latest marine products

Homemade sails for a Laser • Colin Clayton explains how he experimented with dinghy junk rigs

30-year-old Oyster refit • Ali Wood meets skipper Will Collins and learns just how far a family will go to turn their bluewater cruiser into a home

Rebuilding a vintage International 14 • Ned Coackley needed a retirement project and a 14ft Honduras mahogany dinghy from the 1920s needed complete renovation

Where to fit VHF/AIS antennas • Jake Kavanagh gets expert advice about the best place to fit antennas, the pros and cons of splitters, plus emergency options

Separate VHF marine antennas • + EMERGENCY ANTENNAS AND SPLITTER OPTION

Best whipping for making a chafe guard • Nic Compton shares techniques for whipping to protect your lines

How to look after marine electronics • John Payne shares tips for keeping electronics working efficiently

Vinegar is the mystery cure • Stu Davies explains how he used a condiment to free up his prop

A jubilee clip could save your boat • It’s easy to ignore the fittings that clamp a hose onto an engine or seacock, but jubilee clips are all that stand between you and sinking

SAVE 32%!* WHEN YOU SUBSCRIBE • Expert advice and step-by-step guides to every hands-on boating job, impartial in-depth gear and boat reviews, practical cruising tips… and more!

A new way to raise the flag • Don Fitzroy Smith makes his own ensign flagstaff

Inexpensive collision mat • Gilbert Park takes steps to prevent a sinking

Stuck on a rock • Arthur Manning recalls his Starlight 35 being left high and dry...