January 2010 issue
On sale: Thu, 3 Dec 2009
NEW BOATS
Find the right boat for you
Planning on buying a new boat? Use our 8-point guide to ensure it matches your expectations
Bavaria Cruiser 32
Bavaria?s new Cruiser 32 has the BMW and Bruce Farr factor
The amazing canting rig
We sail the Fan Class 32 to find out what benefits its radical canting rig offers the cruising sailor
Transporting your boat
To reach new cruising grounds without sailing your boat yourself, what are the options?
PRACTICAL
Practical tip
Expert advice for overwintering trailer-sailers. PLUS: win fuel containers worth over £200
Practical projects
Fitting an LED tricolour, a quick tiller lashing, and making wooden trailer bearings
Improve your danbuoy
Tips from the PBO sketchbook
Deck repair
Techniques and practical tips for repairing rotting glassfibre-sheathed plywood decks
Blown head gasket
Save cash by replacing a blown cylinder head gasket yourself. We show you how and explain some tricks of the trade
Build a canoe
How to build a cedar strip Canadian canoe, step-by-step
BOAT SHOW SPECIAL
ExCeL preview
Where, when and how much ? your preview to the London Boat Show
New boats
A first chance to preview some of the
latest power and sail boats making their show debut
Standfinder guide
Home in on the stands you want to visit with PBO?s exhibitor and standfinder list
Exhibition floor plan
Find your way around the show with our easy-to-follow exhibition halls floor plan
New gear
Our pick of the latest gear from ExCeL
ON THE WATER
Polly?s first cruise
Making the most of the end of the summer, Ben Meakins heads west on a late-season shakedown cruise on Polly, his Impala 28
Le Mans by motorboat
A leisurely canal cruise through Brittany aboard a restored East Coast gentleman?s estuary launch
Christmas Seagull racing
The festive spirit and fun of the annual Lerryn British Seagull outboard motor race
British Virgin Islands charter
Fancy a charter in the BVIs? We have all the info you need, plus some places not to miss
Learning from experience
A Mediterranean storm appears from nowhere to blast the night with lightning, wind and rain
Cruising notes
Recollections of a two-day Brittany boating festival attended by thousands of yachtsmen
GEAR
18 AIS units tested
With AIS technology now well-established, which units are the best? We test 18 blackbox receivers and transponders
7 storm jibs tested
Storm jibs are like insurance: you should have one, but hope never to need it. Which one should you buy?
Winch revolution
We visit the Harken factory in Italy to report exclusively on the latest in winch technology
REGULARS
Waiting for the tide
News and views from the editor
News and regional news
Piracy spreads out into the Indian Ocean
Readers? letters
Debate on eBorders, rusty outboard motors, and the tale of the lonesome sheep
PBO products
PBO publications for better boating
Bargains of the month
Special offers from our chandlery pages
Dave Selby
Ever get the feeling your trailer is possessed? They seem to have a mind of their own!
Sam Llewellyn
Bright lights, pagan dances and the sensible Minimum way to spend Christmas
Andrew Simpson
Tideless seas aren?t all they?re cracked up to be ? a strong argument in favour of British tides
Ask the experts
Transatlantic insurance, bleeding filters, antifouling legally and obsolete radars
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Maritime mischief observed by readers
