Practical Boat Owner - 1 Aug 2025
Time to get tough on ABANDONED BOATS?
STEP-BY-STEP HOW TO GUIDES
THE TRAILER OF SAILING
Practical Seamanship
HUNTER RANGER265
Shaft seal replacement Tackling engine vibration
TESTED SpearFish 520
Boat focus: Hunter Ranger 265
Water resistant monitor + more new gear
Install an Aquadrive for smoother running
Main image: Winkle Brig by David Harding
Tested: SpearFish 520 inflatable
The ins and outs of trailer sailing
Practical seamanship: avoiding collisions
Continuous splice improved
Heading for safety
Using box berths
Big boat vs small boat
Invicta 12
Pub appeal for crew
Trailer-sailer cruises
Tried & tested
Avoiding collisions
Spraying gel coat
Shaft seal replacement
Water for a galley sink
Retrofitting a £1mast
Drying out alongside
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Plywood fridge
Regional news
Book reviews
Waiting for the tide
Readers’ letters
Ask the experts
Sam Llewellyn
Marsali Taylor
Sketchbook
Dave Selby
News
Who should pay?
Is it time for a national framework for disposal of end-of-life boats?
Langstone Harbour’s timeline for vessel removal
University research under way for what to do with slowly rotting hulks
Recycling vs cheap Chinese imports
‘I have a lot of sympathy for people who abandon boats’
Eight bells for Japanese sailing legend
Wider ban on seabed trawling?
What makes the ‘race for all’ so special
Biggest-ever Dunkirk Little Ships fleet
Heritage award for life-saving design
MBE honour
Southampton Boat Show shake-up
Talent appeal for regional hub recruits
DIARY DATES
Solo sailor Craig Wood has land in sight
Sailing back to the future
Bursary allows teen’s tall ship dream
Hurst consultation
Hardy Cobnor sailors
Liver Blue Flags
WOW Festival
Big shoes to fill
Tributes to a sailing stalwart
Silver anniversary
Lost sailor
Proposed action
Understanding electrics better
Wood oil risk
Oliver Ballam responds:
Nigel Calder comments:
…better than a good day in the hospice
SEADOG OF THE MONTH
Win an OLAS tag MOB rescue device
Tree of the fruit of good and evil
Small but mighty Aith
Hunter Ranger 265
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Hunter Ranger 265
Invicta 12: gunter or peak sprit rig
Getting started with trailer-sailers
Essential kit outlined by Duncan Kent
David Harding describes four great 21-footers
VIN plate check
Boats on Wheels
Readers’ cruises...
SpearFish 520 on test
ABOUT THE AUTHOR David Harding
New big boat vs old small boat
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West Country Cruising Companion
The Baltic Sea and Approaches
The Last Voyage of Asteria
The Knot Bible
Barton bulkhead pipe glands
Henri-Lloyd Dynamic shorts & tees
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Digital Yacht
18.5in water resistant monitor
Zhik Hooded Change Towel
NEWS IN BRIEF
Musto BR3 Pertex Offshore Jacket
Black Mamba disposable workshop gloves
Arthur Beale Maritime Submariner pullover and Maritime balaclava
Helly Hansen Crew Low sailing shoes
HOW TO SAIL BETTER
Box berthing guide for solo sailors
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Entering a box going ahead
Entering a box with restricted turning room
Entering a box going astern
ADDITIONAL READING
Leaving a box astern
Leaving a box ahead with favourable wind
Leaving a box ahead with cross wind and tide
Leaving ahead with contrary wind and tide
How to install a Halyard Aquadrive in a Contessa 32
EXPERT RESPONSE
Improving the splice in a continuous line
How to create the smooth, strong splice
Spraying gel coat
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COLOUR MATCHING
HOW WELL DID THE SPRAY GUN WORK?
LEARN FROM ANDY’S MISTAKES
How to spray gel coat
The plywood fridge
NOTES ON DESIGN
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Fitting a ‘new’ used mast to a Sabre 27
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Using standard 1x19 stainless steel wire rope
APPROXIMATE COST
Replacing a shaft seal
Expert view
PBO’s engine expert, Stu Davies comments:
Fresh water for a galley sink
Re-reeving a broken in-mast halyard
‘Sécurité, sécurité, sécurité! All ships! All ships!’
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LESSONS LEARNED
Expert response
Send us your boating experience story
Insurance cover for sailing high latitudes
Protection from future osmosis
David Johnson replies:
Ben Sutcliffe-Davies adds:
David Johnson
Ben Sutcliffe Davies
Avoiding collisions
East Coast passage
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East Coast reflections
Dick Everitt’s tips for safely drying out alongside a wall
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