Practical Boat Owner — November 2017

Welcome to the November 2017 issue

Contents

PRACTICAL

Cover photo: Hantu Biru sailing in Scotland

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REGULARS

GEAR

CRUISING

SEAMANSHIP

26 Fitting log and speed

Tony Davies shows how to fi t a

NASA log, speed and compass

34 Practical projects

A winch handle for old hands, a

shower for a small boat and more

40 View from the boatyard

Mike Pickles constructs a new

shower compartment base

49 Descale an engine

Mark Ryan cleans out his Yanmar

61 Filling and fairing

PBO Project Boat gets smoother

66 Choosing and fitting

a boarding ladder

David Parker fi ts a telescopic

ladder to his motorboat

78 Eberspächer silencer

How to quieten your heater’s

exhaust

82 Making the perfect

scarf joint

Get it right every time

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BOATS

20 A French Connection

Our pick of French 34-36ft cruisers

46 Elizabethan 23 restoration

Labour of love to bring Elissa back

73 50 years of Drascombes

The defi nitive dayboat?

30 Sail training on

a Thames barge

Sam Llewellyn takes a trip on

Thames Barge Reminder

56 Fowey

Pilotage guide to Fowey

88 Surprising Serifos

Phil Johnson fi nds an Aegean

gem with a new marina

84 Tight turns in long-keelers

Getting a long keeler going astern

80 Head over heels

Learning from experience: Peter

Stone takes a tumble off a quay

36 Marine stereos on test

We put seven marinised stereo

systems to the test

52 New Gear

A new range of low-cost GPS

and AIS-enabled navigation

systems, plus deck coatings

and stacking saucepans...

5 Waiting for the tide
The editor’s welcome

6 News

10 Regional news

12 Readers’ letters

14 Dave Selby

16 Sam Llewellyn

18 Andrew Simpson

42 Ask the experts
Your questions answered

Credit: Ben Meakins

Restoring an Elizabethan 23 – page 46

A winch handle for old hands – p

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