Practical Boat Owner - January 2016

Contents BRITAIN’S BEST-SELLING BOATING MAGAZINE No. 595 JANUARY 2016

IDENTIFY CETACEANSHow to tell your killer whales from your harbour porpoises

How to fit new portlight seals

and fixing a solar panel Fitting an alternator

How lifejackets are made and tested

WINTER ON THE WATERTips to extend your sailing season

THE GREAT UK ANTIFOULING SHOWDOWNThis season we tested 20 paints in 13

locations around Britain: which works best where you keep your boat?

MAINTENANCE · PROJECTS · GEAR REVIEWS · SEAMANSHIP · CRUISING

Argolic and Saronic gulfsPLUS Cruising the

The Bavaria storyPeter Poland looks at key models in the company’s development

5 6 Waiting for the tide NewsThe editor’s welcome to this month’s PBO

(^10) Regional newsPortable generators warning, DIY antifouling survey meeting date... and more
Visitor berth plans for Oban, Yacht Club bicentenary... and moreRoyal Dee
1214 Readers’ letters – your viewsDave Selby
(^16) Sam LlewellynGracing us with their presents
(^18) Andrew SimpsonAssume the recovery positionIs seeing believing?
45 PBO products and servicesBooks and plans from the PBO Shop
60 Ask the expertsDismantling sheet winches, addingballast to a 5.5m (18ft) day boat,plus more reader queries answered
REGULARS BOATS
CRUISING
BOAT SHOWS
LIFEJACKETS
36 46 Fitting an alternator... How to fit port light seals ...and fi xing a solar panel
Replacing the old, perished rubber
52 SEAMANSHIP The jury’s out!Improvising a jury rudder from a headboard
6582 Winter on the water Warp factor nilTips to extend your sailing season
Calamity for the want of a boat hook
20 The Bavaria storyA look at key models in the German fi rm’s boatbuilding history
72 Trailable, sailable, saleableThe Kite and RTC 22
4078 A Saronic and Argolic odyssey Identify cetaceansCruising the Saronic and Argolic gulfs
94 How to tell your killer whales from your harbour porpoisesCanny Canna
A handy stop-off en route to or from Skye
82 London Boat Show 2016Highlights to look out for at this year’s show
88 How lifejackets are made and testedA visit to the SeaSafe factory for the company’s golden anniversary year
Great offers on MONEY AND SUBSCRIBE! SAVE
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27 GEAR^ The great UK antifouling showdown
This season we tested 20 paints in 13 locations around Britain: which works best where you keep your boat?
54 New gearPBO looks at the latest marine products
PRACTICAL
Cover photo: Holman Sterling Sterlet at Itchenor piles. Gary Blake
40 A Saronic andArgolic odyssey
20 The Bavariastory
Welcome to the January 2016 issue 46
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36 Fitting an alternator
49 Living the high life?Trials, traumas and triumphs of living aboard in New Zealand boatyards
(^70 77) Filling a grease gun Replacing hull fastenings......without damaging the plank
(^86) Condenser cooling in the Med...A clean and effi cient method
106 ... and keeping boat bedding aired, PLUS more reader projects and tips Supporting your back on the boat
46 How to fit port light seals Hints and tips from the PBO Sketchbook