Practical Boat Owner - 1 Okt 2025
TRAILABLE WEEKENDER
HEAVY WEATHER SAILING
PETROL VS ELECTRIC WHICH IS BEST?
Introducing family to sailing
SOLO SKIPPERS SHARE TIPS ON...
New antifouling technology
Budget engine overhaul
Kit boat project
Fuel polishing
Install aircon
Welcome to the October 2025 issue
Heavy weather sailing
Petrol vs electric outboard engine test
Tested: BayCruiser 21 trailable weekender
The very latest in new gear
Jazz Turner – making history in an Albin Vega
Introducing family to sailing
Fouled pnrodp, busy harbour
Essential charter kit
New antifouling tech
Tideway 10 lug sail
A sailing education rite of passage
Keep your boat in Europe
Same boat – more performance
Oyster 406 and the best alternatives
Tips to avoid back injury
DIY instrument repeater
Main cover image: BayCruiser 21 by David Harding/sailingscenes.com
Budget engine overhaul
Install air conditioning
Tested: Starlink Mini
Kit boat project
Regional news
Fuel polishing
News
Always improving
Orcas sighted in Cornish waters are ‘not from yacht-damaging pod’
News and current affairs from the world of boating
Ian Wyllie completes round-Britain and Ireland circumnavigation in project boat
Regulations tighten in Italian waters
Proactive festivities
Quality rating
Next stop: the world – Jazz Turner’s new circumnavigation plans
Can all small boats go green by 2050?
Changes for the Greek transit log
Bold new chapter for Drascombe Boats
Know a talented young media creative?
DIARY DATES
Sailing’s equity and inclusion review
News from your cruising area
Homecoming after global conservation mission
Sharing your boating thoughts and opinions
At ease with the sea
Not oldest
SEADOG OF THE MONTH
Win an OLAS tag MOB rescue device
Weird AIS track
Channel hopping
Where angels fear to tread
Emergencies
The engine fixed at last
Tideway 10 lug sail
Tideway 10 lug sail
Preparing a small boat for heavy weather
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THE JESTER CHALLENGE 2026 – THE BIG ONE FROM THE UK TO RHODE ISLAND
First-time charter
Essential kit list for a Med yacht charter
Oyster 406
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Oyster 406
How to keep your boat in Europe
BayCruiser 21
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BayCruiser 21
Dometic Unrestricted coolbags
Garmin Quatix 8 smartwatches
Economic water pump overhauls
NEWS IN BRIEF
Scanstrut Aura iPhone charger
Retronics RWTM wiper switch
Starlink Mini
PETROL VS ELECTRIC
FAIR OR FOUL?
Antifouling group test
Slippery hulls
Tackling a fouled prop in a busy harbour
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Fuel system revamp
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Improve your boat’s performance
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DIY instrument repeater for NMEA
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REFERENCES
EXPERT COMMENT
Building a SCAMP kit boat for a seadog
SCAMP specifications
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Building a SCAMP kit boat
Engine overhaul on a budget
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COSTS (INCLUDING LABOUR, VAT & DELIVERY)
DIY aircon installation
Keeping diesel bug-free
Making history in an Albin Vega 27
Making history in an Albin Vega 27
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LESSONS LEARNED
Expert comment
Fitting a new curved rubbing strake
Liferaft service and obsolescence
The size of paint tins
A sailing education rite of passage
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Navigation notes
Dick Everitt’s simple tips for avoiding back injury
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