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December 2020

The type of tender you own says a lot about the boat you have and the boating you do. A boat for rowing out to a mid-river mooring and back is very different to one designed to be stowed on davits and taking day-trips. Plus restoring a Contessa 26 (and then having second thoughts), dinghy cruising in the Severn and how to make a ship's wheel in wood.

Practical Boat Owner

Practical Boat Owner

Achilles 24

How to cut rounded corners with a hole saw

8 quick tips for varnishing

How important is ornithology at sea?

Get those lazyjacks forward!

The most useful tool on board?

Get more from a gallon: Tip No 9

The long-distance spares kit

Sharpening tools

December 2020

How to repair instrument gauges

Ocean Film Festival in your living room

How to: moor a yacht alongside