Latest issue

January 2021

This month we get aboard three new outboard-powered day boats – inland and coastal – plus we deconstruct the calculations that define the limits of your sailing boat's performance. And there's more for owners of sail or power: Engine mounts, bilge alarms, navigation lights and interpreting weather forecasts. Readers and experts throughout every issue of PBO.

Practical Boat Owner

Practical Boat Owner

Keel and rudder repairs on the PBO Project Boat

Back in the water tip # 2 – lockers

Never start a journey on the first Monday in April

How to break out a stuck anchor

Painting a hull – tips

Applying two-pack paint

Don’t trust your EPIRB’s ‘test’ button

January 2021

How to: replace a halyard

How to repair instrument gauges

Ocean Film Festival in your living room