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Practical Boat Owner
January 2026 Issue – out on 20 November
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Sail repairs – how to get sticky stuff to stick
Acetone is the key!
Facebook and Twitter with PBO
Diving digitally into the 21st century
Competitions
Win with PBO!
Southampton start for Clipper 11-12
Maritime city launches round-the-world race on 31 July
Dave Selby podcast ‘Mad About the Boat’ July 2011
Sinking? That just takes the cake
RYA – new Active Marina programme
Aiming to get boat owners on the water more
My other boat’s a canoe!
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Polishing gelcoat
Cut back first
Harbours on film
Guides to UK harbours
Heaving To in a light displacement boat
Speed is the key... or rather, the lack of it
Minister backtracks on Coastguard cuts
U-turn revealed on TV
It was the Sun wot done it
Move your MOB kit inside when not in use
Yacht crew saved by British Antarctic Survey ship
Four people and a cat rescued off Cape Verdes
Find your next boat this weekend!
Hundreds of used boats on sale at Hamble Point Used Boat Show
Jeanne’s a record-breaker!
Jeanne Socrates, oldest woman to sail non-stop solo around the world
Practising MOB drills
Practise slowing the boat down
Hamble Point Show this weekend
New & Used Boat Show at yachting's heart
Helming in an emergency
Train your crew early
Massive fire at Poole Quay
£9 million Sunseeker destroyed
Storms forecast – safeguard your vessel!
Insurers warn heavy rains can sink your boat