Impractical Boat Owner?

[JumbleDuck]

My crew has just bought a copy of what is still labelled "PBO" but has a masthead saying just "Boat Owner". Have they dropped the "Practical" and, if so, will they be bidding for "www.bo.co.uk" which is currently up for sale?

Or have I simply missed a change which has been discussed months ago?

 

[Concerto]

Will they be bidding for "www.bo.co.uk" which is currently up for sail?

Come, come JumbleDuck you are misusing a nautical term, it should read "up for sale".

 

[Refueler]

I've wondered for long time what happened Practical anyway ...

Years ago - there were real practical DIY ideas given here and also in the magazine. I even used to buy the annual book that collected together all the hints and tips. All gone now ...

I was accused of being rude when I commented that boat ownership had become Cheque Book related ...

 

[rogerthebodger]

Do yo mean these

Download PBO Boat Owners' Sketchbook (Vol 1 -5) - Practical Boat Owner

Most of the sailors by me I also call Cheque Book sailors, paying someone else to look after their boat.

The lack of Practical article is one of the reasons I stopped subscribing several years ago after subscribing from the start when I lived in the UK.

 

[Refueler]

Hi Roger ... Yep - you got it !

I had them all ... the small books and then later larger. No idea where they are now. Must have a rummage round.

 

[pvb]

Most of the sailors by me I also call Cheque Book sailors, paying someone else to look after their boat.

Not me but the guy employed by the company who cleans my boat once a week.

 

[JumbleDuck]

Come, come JumbleDuck you are misusing a nautical term, it should read "up for sale".

Soddit. Sorted.

 

[ryanroberts]

They really should just make things free if the cost of maintaining the e-commerce is too high.

 

[rogerthebodger]

Rogershaw said:
Not me but the guy employed by the company who cleans my boat once a week

Yes that correct I do pay someone to clean my boat. They also check my lines and fenders.

I live over 800 Km from my boat and Richards Bay is a big ship coal loader so if I left my boat any length of time it would be black not white and would be very difficult to clean the engrained coal dust.

All other maintenance I do myself because I want it done properly.

 

[thinwater]

Owning a recreational sailboat has never been practical....

 

[thinwater]

 

[Refueler]

I live over 800 Km from my boat and Richards Bay is a big ship coal loader so if I left my boat any length of time it would be black not white and would be very difficult to clean the engrained coal dust.

I know Richards Bay well .... we used to pick up about 110,000 tonnes coal for Japan .... then run empty down to Hay Point Australia for a load to take up to either Tarranto Italy or to Hunterston Scotland .....

 

[rogerthebodger]

I know Richards Bay well .... we used to pick up about 110,000 tonnes coal for Japan .... then run empty down to Hay Point Australia for a load to take up to either Tarranto Italy or to Hunterston Scotland .....

So you would understand how dirty my boat will get when your ship was loaded.

BTW those bulk ship loaders and conveyor systems are what I was involved in designing many years ago in the UK

 

[Refueler]

Owning a recreational sailboat has never been practical....

That depends. I used to pay a load out for marina berth and use boat about 2 - 3 weeks a year when I returned to UK. I spent a fortune in repairs / getting gear back working etc. as a consequence.

I spent roughly the same money getting the boat to Latvia and to river at back of my house .... so now my annual boat costs are less than the diesel bill I have on it ... (its a motor sailer so my annual diesel ? About 100ltrs)

But I admit I have boat at bottom of garden ... mooring is free ....

 

[vyv_cox]

It almost looks like a mistake, as if the word has been omitted accidentally. No mention of it inside the mag and the PBO logo is everywhere. But recent content suggests otherwise with a lot more coverage of mobos. So maybe an attempt to broaden readership?

 

[Refueler]

Old conveyor belt is what I scrounge of the port here for RC plane runway !!

 

[rogerthebodger]

I also use then for standing on in my workshop as well as under my riverside condo in Richards Bay to pull my dingy from the water.

 

[JumbleDuck]

It almost looks like a mistake, as if the word has been omitted accidentally. No mention of it inside the mag and the PBO logo is everywhere. But recent content suggests otherwise with a lot more coverage of mobos. So maybe an attempt to broaden readership?

That was what I thought. A missing "Practical" on the cover could just be a mistake, but the word (if not its initial) seems to have been excised everywhere. Maybe a marketing test before making an official change?

 

[Ohlin Karcher]

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The new version has a piece about woodworking tools... but the cover yacht appears to be constructed from frozen snot!

 

[LONG_KEELER]

The new version has a piece about woodworking tools... but the cover yacht appears to be constructed from frozen snot!

You've been aground far too long in that sin city of Ramsgit. Clubbing and drinking - what larks but will the xmas period produce calm fair weather to get moving again round the corner ?