Practical Boat Owner - Summer 2022

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Trailer tow to Lake Garda :
Driving a 10m-long car and J24
keelboat combo across Europe

Hot water for a T23 : Creating reliable, safe hot
water for a motorboat shower

Orcas chewed our rudder!:
How an orca encounter off southern Portugal left a yacht rudderless...

Taking the lead: best 30ft French yachts

Few would dispute that the French production yacht builders have left British builders floundering in their wake, writes Peter Poland

10+ mins

Freeman 22 Mk2

A comfortable little motor cruiser with an interesting engine

6 mins

RS Pulse 63 Electric RIB

Jake Frith ponders whether a 23 knot RIB could change the world

7 mins

Italy to England trailer-sailer tow

Alice Driscoll recalls driving and towing a 10m-long car and trailer combo carrying a J24 keelboat, 1,000 miles home from Lake Garda

10 mins

Post-Brexit Channel Hop

The sailing was fantastic, the admin a little onerous and the French Border Patrol visit a surprise - Steve Hodges and Sam McClements share their first post-Brexit Channel hop experience

10+ mins

Orca encounter left our yacht rudderless

Zoe Barlow shares her experience of losing a rudder when targeted by orcas while on passage from Spain to Morocco

5 mins

ResQLink V FastFind PLBS

Fox Morgan takes a closer look at the PLBs with Return Link Service

2 mins

Propulsion options

Inboard diesel engines are common for sailing cruisers, but there are other ways to power a boat, as Stu Davies explains

10 mins

Why do we change our engine oil?

PBO's engine whisperer Stu Davies ponders the not-so-silly question

2 mins

Dinghy disasters

A former inspector with the Marine Accident Investigation Branch, Owen Brown reflects on sailing adventures that taught him safety lessons

10+ mins

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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.