Practical Boat Owner - 1 Jul 2025
‘SLEEK& SPORTY WEEKEND SAILER’
TIDAL TACTICS
HOW TO Bolster your anchor chain
PRACTICAL
Navigation at your fingertips
WE TEST
Pointer 30: sleek and sporty weekend sailer
Clean sails and canvas
Mind you don’t trip
Popular classic: Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 32
Tidal tactics: essential skills
Waterproof mobile phone charger and more new gear
Navigation at your fingertips
Tried & tested
Let’s go dinghy cruising
Silhouette vs Corribee
Guide to chartplotters
Tidal tactics
Book reviews
Switch from varnish to oil for brightwork
Sextants and GPS
How to bolster your anchor chain
East Coast to the Baltic
Make a boarding step
10 ways to save fuel
Fit a new dashboard
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Forestay repair
Regional news
Waiting for the tide
Practical Projects
Ask the Experts
Readers’ letters
Sam Llewellyn
Marsali Taylor
Sketchbook
Dave Selby
News
Hurrah for small boats!
Mandatory pyrotechnic use ‘nonsensical’
Collision ships didn’t have lookouts on their bridges, says interim report
Latest check in and out ports in France
Sailing ferry service
Plan to secure future of Imray nautical paper charts
Have you had a collision with marine life?
New joint industry-standard contract template for yacht brokers
Home-built 19ft boats embark on Leg 2
Campaign to address barriers to sailing
DIARY DATES
Inspiration and commitment celebrated
The Wetwheels Foundation hopes to branch out in Wales
Tributes paid
Club revival
News from your cruising area
Moorings boost
Fee discussion
Electric expansion
Lock reopened
Service expansion
Project Seagrass
Expansion plan
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency explains:
Jake Kavanagh replies:
E-Flares
DZR on boats
Reconstituted teak
James Turner responds:
SEADOG OF THE MONTH
Channel hopping
Achieving some sort of serenity
Mad about the boat
The luxury imperative
Flotsam and jetsam
Praising solo sailing women
Living with the sea
Jeanneau Sun Fast 32 & Sun Odyssey
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rupert Holmes
Jeanneau Sun Fast 32 & Sun Odyssey
Silhouette Mk3 vs Corribee Mk2
A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO Chartplotters
MFD questions to ask yourself
Best nav apps
Which chartplotter?
JARGON-BUSTER
Making the switch
Pointer 30
Pointer 30
Global phenomenon
Global phenomenon
Instrumental YM
70th anniversary events
‘The DCA has given us real happiness’
Zhik Performance & Active personal flotation devices
Molabo Aries electric motors
Rupert Holmes previews the latest marine products
FLIR Ocean Scout Pro night vision monocular
Scanstrut Ultra device charger
Typhoon Essential & Performance wetsuits
NEWS IN BRIEF
Momentum M10 electric outboard
sMRT Alert AIS DSC MOB beacon
Sena Expand Mesh Multi-Sport Intercom communication headset
Splicing Modern Ropes: A Practical Handbook
Stars to Steer By
The Untold Voyage
Marine Electrical and Electronics Bible
Navigation: A Newcomer’s Guide
Boat canvas and sail care
Overfalls, headlands and tidal races
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Helming through overfalls
Can you trust your anchor chain?
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An alternative to varnish
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Cons
MATERIALS AND COST Varnish
Wiring in a new dashboard
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PROJECT COST
10 ways to save fuel
Storm-damaged mast forestay repair
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EXPERT VIEW
Easier boarding on the big day
DIY hatch leak repair
Out of the fog and into the future
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Embrace the best of both worlds
Expert comment
What has caused my prop to lose a blade?
How can I tell what my boat is made of?
Checks you can do yourself before a survey
East Coast to West Baltic
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Pilotage notes and helpful guides: UK’s East Coast to the Kiel canal
Take it easy and mind your step, says Dick Everitt
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