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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

South Wales Boat Show 2009

Masking up teak decks

Before you reach for the WD40

Stop Snapshackles unsnapping

It’s bad luck to take a woman to sea

When installing transducers

Epoxy tip

January 2021

How to: replace a halyard

How to repair instrument gauges

Ocean Film Festival in your living room