Practical Boat Owner - August 2023

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Frank & Margaret Dye
Legacy of the small-boat sailors.

Safe mast climbing
Techniques to get you to the top.

Cruising Wales
Touring the Pembrokeshire coast..

It's the voices

When you can’t do right for doing wrong, doing wrong Is the right thing to do

3 mins

Dreamboats

Travels among the Great Unlaunched

3 mins

Hull design HOW IT IMPACTS PERFORMANCE

Peter Poland explains how hull design has evolved over the years and how this affects boat handling and accommodation

10+ mins

A modern take on the traditional proa

Ali Wood finds out more about visionary designer Rob Denney

4 mins

Lost at sea

Cruising pioneer Peter Tangvald's son, Thomas, disappeared after sailing from South America in 2014. Kathy Catton recalls her memories of him

5 mins

Frank and Margaret Dye

Roger Barnes reflects on the legacy of small-boat sailors Frank and Margaret Dye

7 mins

e-Cat conversion

Michael Sanatani’s electrification of a British fishing catamaran into a Canadian family cruiser

6 mins

Safe mast climbing

Most of us prefer to climb the mast when safely alongside, but what if you have to climb it at sea? Pip Hare shares tips and techniques

3 mins

How NOT to start the sailing season

It's like the boat-launching Olympics for Greg Manning as he leaps hurdles and avoids cutting corners to cover 1,920 miles back and forth in 15 days to get his yacht safely afloat

7 mins

Cruising through mountainous Wales

Charles Beddingfield takes a nostalgic tour of Milford Haven and the Pembrokeshire coast

8 mins

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Practical Boat Owner Magazine Description:

Published by Time Inc (UK).Practical Boat Owner is Britain's biggest-selling boating magazine, trusted and respected by all its readers. A source of useful and helpful information for both power and sail boat owners, PBO helps you get the most from your boat acting as a forum for interacting with like-minded individuals.