Practical Boat Owner – June 2019

Contents

The Westerly Konsort Kalessin sailing off Mingulay in

Scotland’s Western Isles – see page 32.

Photo by Genevieve Leaper

Welcome to the June 2019 issue

PRACTICAL

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REGULARS

5 Waiting for the tide

6 News

10 Regional news

12 Readers’ letters

14 Dave Selby

16 Sam Llewellyn

18 Andrew Simpson

48 New Gear

86 Marsali Taylor

88 Ask the experts

98 Sketchbook

50 Paint like a pro

The DIY way to getting a

superyacht paint fi nish on

your yacht

58 Build your own skiff

Sheathing then turning the

hull during a Western Skiff

home build

70 How to spearfish

Fishing from your boat doesn’t

just mean sitting around

74 Beginners needlework

Create a canvas ditty bag

78 Veneering a cabin sole

The cost effective way of

replacing expensive teak and

holly stripe soleboards

80 Westerly Centaur refit

Replacing a leaking water

tank, hoses and pump

82 Practical projects

Reviving a seized outboard

and sucking debris from a tank

20 Best boats of the 1990s

Yacht design by decade – Rupert

Holmes on the boats that survived

the great recession and the growth

of production engineering

26 Used boat test: 25-footer

Peter Poland relives his youth by

getting behind the tiller of a classic

wooden Wind Elf Mk

32 Hebridean summer

The beautiful islands and sun-kissed

beaches of Scotland’s Western Isles

38 How to live aboard for less

Ever fancied being a sea gypsy?

Here’s how to manage it on a

limited budget

44 Inland waterways advice

Twenty top tips for cruising the

canals and waterways of Britain

and Europe

56 Rescued by the French Navy

Prop wrap sees a PBO reader facing

the prospect of either being swept

ashore or into busy shipping lanes

62 Marina spotlight

Where will you sail to this summer?

A guide to popular marinas and

facilities in the British Isles

84 Norfolk Broads with two

dogs and a cat as crew

The trials and tribulations – and the

fun – of sailing with your pets

Cruising the Hebrides

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BOATS, CRUISING

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Sailing the Norfolk

Broads with pets –

page 84

Hallberg-Rassy 34, one

of the great yachts of

the 1990s – page