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Practical Boat Owner
December 2025 issue – out on 23 October
From steering to rigging (and all the things we forget!) – the essential checks for the prepared skipper; Displacement theory and how it affects the…
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Practical Boat Owner magazine has written to 646 MPs in its campaign to keep road tax off boat fuel.
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