Practical Boat Owner

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Practical Boat Owner
Practical Boat Owner November 2024 cover.webp
Cover of the November 2024 issue
EditorKaty Stickland
Categories Boats
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation 29,078 (ABC Jan - Dec 2013) [1]
Print and digital editions.
Publisher Future plc
Founded1967
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English
Website www.pbo.co.uk
ISSN 0032-6348

Practical Boat Owner is a British magazine about boats. [2] It is published by Future plc. It covers boat maintenance and repairs, sailing activities and news about sailing and motor boats. [3]

Contents

History

Practical Boat Owner was started in 1967. [4] The founding editor was Denny Desoutter. [2] In 2002, it was announced that Sarah Norbury would become editor. [5] [6] She was later replaced by David Pugh. [7]

From 2018, the magazine was edited by Robert Melotti, and then Alison Wood. The current editor is Katy Stickland, [8] who prior to the appointment in January 2023 was the deputy editor of Yachting Monthly magazine.

Publications

The magazine also produced a small crafts almanac [9] as well as a glossary of nautical terms, [10] both published by Bloomsbury.

References

  1. ↑ "ABC Certificates and Reports: Practical Boat Owner". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Denny Desoutter". Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  3. ↑ T Top Boat Covers
  4. ↑ "About Practical Boat Owner". Practical Boat Owner. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Norbury appointed to Practical Boat Owner". International Boat Industry. 10 September 2002. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Gelder promoted to editor". Press Gazette. 22 January 2003. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Final countdown to Scotland's largest boat show". Anchorline. 9 October 2003. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014. ...meet PBO Editor David Pugh...
  8. ↑ "About Practical Boat Owner: Editorial team, contact details and history".
  9. ↑ Buttress, Rob; Towler, Perrin (2013). Reeds PBO small craft almanac 2014. London: Thomas Reed Bloomsbury. ISBN   9781408193303.
  10. ↑ Desoutter, Denny (2013). The Adlard Coles book of boatwords. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. Preface. ISBN   9781472901521.


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