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 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.