Practical Boat Owner
{{Short description|British magazine about boats}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox magazine
| image_file = Practical Boat Owner November 2024 cover.webp
| image_caption = Cover of the November 2024 issue
| publisher = Future plc
| category = Boats
| circulation = 29,078 (ABC Jan - Dec 2013){{cite web|title=ABC Certificates and Reports: Practical Boat Owner|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/Products-Services/Product-Page/?tid=534|work=Audit Bureau of Circulations|accessdate=24 February 2014}}
Print and digital editions.
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| frequency = Monthly
| language = English
| editor = Katy Stickland
| editor_title = Editor
| founded = 1967
| firstdate =
| country = United Kingdom
| website = {{url|http://www.pbo.co.uk/}}
| issn = 0032-6348
}}
Practical Boat Owner is a British magazine about boats.{{cite web|title=Denny Desoutter|url= http://www.bloomsbury.com/author/denny-desoutter/|work=Bloomsbury Publishing|accessdate=14 March 2014}} It is published by Future plc. It covers boat maintenance and repairs, sailing activities and news about sailing and motor boats.[https://perfectfitboatcovers.com/t-top/ T Top Boat Covers]
History
Practical Boat Owner was started in 1967.{{cite web|title=About Practical Boat Owner|url=http://www.pbo.co.uk/publication/pbo|work=Practical Boat Owner|accessdate=24 October 2016}} The founding editor was Denny Desoutter. In 2002, it was announced that Sarah Norbury would become editor.{{cite web|title=Norbury appointed to Practical Boat Owner|url=http://www.ibinews.com/ibinews/newsdesk/20020810123454ibinews.html|work=International Boat Industry|accessdate=14 March 2014|date=10 September 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407081024/http://www.ibinews.com/ibinews/newsdesk/20020810123454ibinews.html|archive-date=7 April 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Gelder promoted to editor|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/22010|accessdate=14 March 2014|newspaper=Press Gazette|date=22 January 2003|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140314193606/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/22010|archive-date=14 March 2014|url-status=dead}} She was later replaced by David Pugh.{{cite web|title=Final countdown to Scotland's largest boat show|url=http://anchorline.ca/index.php/yachting-boating-world-new/1449-final-countdown-to-scotland-s-largest-boat-show.html|work=Anchorline|accessdate=14 March 2014|date=9 October 2003|quote=...meet PBO Editor David Pugh...|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140314193604/http://anchorline.ca/index.php/yachting-boating-world-new/1449-final-countdown-to-scotland-s-largest-boat-show.html|archive-date=14 March 2014|url-status=dead}}
From 2018, the magazine was edited by Robert Melotti, and then Alison Wood. The current editor is Katy Stickland,{{cite web | url=https://www.pbo.co.uk/about | title=About Practical Boat Owner: Editorial team, contact details and history }} who prior to the appointment was the deputy editor of Yachting Monthly magazine.
Publications
The magazine also produced a small crafts almanac{{cite book|last1= Buttress |first1=Rob |last2= Towler |first2= Perrin |title= Reeds PBO small craft almanac 2014|publisher=Thomas Reed Bloomsbury|location=London|year=2013|isbn=9781408193303}} as well as a glossary of nautical terms,{{cite book|last=Desoutter|first=Denny|title=The Adlard Coles book of boatwords|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|location=London|year=2013|isbn= 9781472901521|page=Preface}} both published by Bloomsbury.
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.pbo.co.uk/}}
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Category:English-language magazines
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Category:1967 establishments in the United Kingdom
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