Practical Boat Owner - February 2016

BRITAIN’S BEST-SELLING BOATING MAGAZINE No. 596 FEBRUARY 2016 • £4. ED DUBOIS DESIGNS From Westerlys to superyachts MAINTENANCE ...


                 
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Contents BRITAIN’S BEST-SELLING BOATING MAGAZINE No. 596 FEBRUARY 2016 • £4. <Multiple intersecting links> ED DUBOIS DESIG ...

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Editorial CONTACT PBO EDITORIAL By email: [email protected] Via our website: http://www.pbo.co.uk By post: PBO, Time Inc. (UK) Ltd ...

News and current affairs from the world of boating News SEND US YOUR STORIES Email news editor Laura Hodgetts at newspbo@timeinc ...

T he Clipper round the world race yacht Derry-Londonderry- Doire diverted to Hobart in Tasmania for a medevac of an injured crew ...

F ollowing medical tests, it has been confirmed that the British Sailing Team’s 470 Olympic campaigner Elliot Willis has been di ...

A n offi cial ceremony marking the handing back by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency of a bronze cannon to the city where it wa ...

Send us your local news stories. Email PBO news editor Laura Hodgetts at News from your cruising area [email protected], tel: ...

Bargains of the month... More great bargains in the Chandlery section starting on page 56 ISSUE ON SALE MARCH THURSDAY, JANUARY ...

Readers share their thoughts and opinions Letters Email [email protected] or write to us at the address on page 5. Photos are appr ...

Letters SEADOG OF THE MONTH Seadogs galore! Visit our seadog gallery at http://www.pbo.co.uk/seadogs or scan this QR code with y ...

Dave Selby is the proud owner of a 5.48m (18ft) Sailfish, which he keeps on a swinging mooring on the picturesque Blackwater est ...


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Sam Llewellyn is editor of The Marine Quarterly, http://www.marinequarterly.com, and author of nautical thrillers. Three years a ...

 
 


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Yacht surveyor and designer Andrew Simpson cruises with his wife Chele in his own-design 11.9m (39ft) yacht Shindig. Read his bl ...

 

 


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Designs of Ed Dubois From Westerlys to superyachts with plenty in between, the career of designer Ed Dubois has been spectacular ...