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Short description: British magazine about boats


Practical Boat Owner
EditorKaty Stickland
CategoriesBoats
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation29,078 (ABC Jan - Dec 2013)[1]
Print and digital editions.
PublisherFuture plc
Year founded1967
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.pbo.co.uk
ISSN0032-6348

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.

History

Practical Boat Owner was started in 1967.[3] The founding editor was Denny Desoutter.[2] In 2002, it was announced that Sarah Norbury would become editor.[4][5] She was later replaced by David Pugh.[6]

From 2018, the magazine was edited by Robert Melotti, and then Alison Wood. The current editor is Katy Stickland,[7] who prior to the appointment was the deputy editor of Yachting Monthly magazine.

Publications

The magazine also produced a small crafts almanac[8] as well as a glossary of nautical terms,[9] both published by Bloomsbury.

References

  1. "ABC Certificates and Reports: Practical Boat Owner". Audit Bureau of Circulations. http://www.abc.org.uk/Products-Services/Product-Page/?tid=534. Retrieved 24 February 2014. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Denny Desoutter". Bloomsbury Publishing. http://www.bloomsbury.com/author/denny-desoutter/. Retrieved 14 March 2014. 
  3. "About Practical Boat Owner". Practical Boat Owner. http://www.pbo.co.uk/publication/pbo. Retrieved 24 October 2016. 
  4. "Norbury appointed to Practical Boat Owner". International Boat Industry. 10 September 2002. http://www.ibinews.com/ibinews/newsdesk/20020810123454ibinews.html. Retrieved 14 March 2014. 
  5. "Gelder promoted to editor". Press Gazette. 22 January 2003. http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/22010. Retrieved 14 March 2014. 
  6. "Final countdown to Scotland's largest boat show". Anchorline. 9 October 2003. http://anchorline.ca/index.php/yachting-boating-world-new/1449-final-countdown-to-scotland-s-largest-boat-show.html. Retrieved 14 March 2014. "...meet PBO Editor David Pugh..." 
  7. "About Practical Boat Owner: Editorial team, contact details and history". https://www.pbo.co.uk/about. 
  8. Buttress, Rob; Towler, Perrin (2013). Reeds PBO small craft almanac 2014. London: Thomas Reed Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781408193303. 
  9. Desoutter, Denny (2013). The Adlard Coles book of boatwords. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. Preface. ISBN 9781472901521. 

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