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 Practical Boat Owner
Description: Launched in 1967, this magazine offers advice for the boat owner, sail or powered. Newest Review: ... to Sea in a sieve", "10 reasons to shoot Albatrosses", etc.. still, I digress). Written in a fairly down to ... more  ... earth manner, the magazine manages to combine both yachting and motorboating articles in such a manner that even a dyed in the wool motorboater like me finds the yachting articles of use also - this is some feat, and one I cannot say I've found in other magazines. Each month there is a "basics" section on items such as mooring, man overboard drills (this month), anchoring etc. There are also equipment reviews using a panel of boaters of varying experience and type - which gives a more reassuring review...more |
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Practical Boat Owner: Does what it says on the tin.... (376 words)
by numenius - written on 17.12.00 (Very useful, 114 readings)
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Practical Boat Owner magazine (or PBO to it's friends) is aimed, unsurprisingly, at the practical owner with a limited budget as opposed to the big glossy boating magazines, which seem to be aimed at dreamers and millionaires, although the price tag, at £3.00 a go does not really reflect this (you can only presume that since we have a "Practical Boat Owner" magazine, then in an alternate universe somewhere, there is an "Impractical Boat Owner" magazine featuring articles such as "Going to Sea in a sieve", "10 reasons to shoot Albatrosses", etc.. still, I digress). Written in a fairly down to earth manner, the ...
