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

UK’s largest eco-mooring site’s future at risk because half of skippers don’t pay • News and current affairs from the world of boating

Jazz Turner takes on foiling challenge

Lifejacket rule for New Zealand boaters

Survey and photo appeal

Double check app navigational data

Which marinas were best in 2026?

Lobster pot sighting advice

Rower’s twoocean triumph

UK’s flagship boat show will be shorter

RYA Yachtmaster of the Year honoured

Tom Gruitt Award for photographers

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

Barging, the naked truth • On Thames barges, almost anything goes

Displacement in activity • A mind can wander in the workshop

Fair Isle forestalled • Sometimes unplanned sails are the most fun

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THE ULTIMATE MARINE GEAR FOR SAILORS • YOUR 2026 WINNERS

Sail, oar and tide • Having ditched outboards in favour of fully using the tides, Clive takes his new little lugger safely out to sea without a motor

Designed to perfection • Matthew Kenyon looks at the sailing characteristics of the flat-bottomed boats found on the Netherlands waterways

Hanse 360 • Theo Stocker tests Hanse’s new big little cruiser to see whether she is as easily driven as her predecessors

How does GNSS work? • Onboard electronic chart systems rely on Global Navigation Satellite Systems to locate our position, speed andcourse overtheground

Windlasses • Manual or electric? Horizontal or vertical? Ali Wood seeks some expert advice on the best setup for your boat

Tried & tested • Gilbert Park tests satellite connectivity using his mobile phone

New gear • Rupert Holmes looks at the latest marine products

YANN QUÉNET: Small-boat adventurer • Yann Quénet stands out as much for the philosophies behind his self-built 14ft Baluchon as for his sailing exploits. Rupert Holmes talks to this inspirational sailor

Book reviews • Katy Stickland shares our recommended maritime reads

QUICK FIXES • Rupert Holmes shares some quick improvements to make your boat more reliable, ergonomic and comfortable

Building a wireless NMEA network • Stephen Gerry turns ‘dumb’ old NMEA 0183 hardware into smart networked devices aboard his Beneteau First 325

How to repair your wobbling windlass • Mark Ryan becomes a push-button convert for easy anchoring but then has to take steps against corrosion of his beloved device

Beware of imitations • Mike Corp explains how NOT to problem-solve a diesel air heater after weeks of trying diagnose a fault on his Nauticat 331

Fly an asymmetric spinnaker • John Jameson rigs his asymmetric to his yacht’s anchor hoop

Using your heads • Gilbert Park sets up some onboard education that’s hard to ignore

Racing tips for cruising sailors • Ali Wood gets some top speed tips from a crew of successful sailing women in the BVI Spring Regatta

MOB on a mooring • When Bob Williams flipped out of a tender while alongside a yacht, he found out the hard way how tricky it is to get back aboard

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