PBO Boating Podcasts: Recent Episodes
Practical Boat Owner
Practical Boat Owner is Britain’s biggest-selling boating magazine, giving its readers the practical know-how to get the very best from their boats
Dave Selby ponders the question: What is behind the East Coast red trouser invasion? Without funding, we’ll never know
Dave shares hard-won observations, with appropriate terminology, from a ‘modern apprenticeship’ on a Thames charter barge, in the September 2017 issue of Practical Boat Owner magazine
Dave Selby hatches a plan to tackle the America’s Cup in ‘state-of-the-ark’ SailfisHes (with random capitals), in the August 2017 issue of Practical Boat Owner magazine.
Conventional thinking strongly favours the fitting of intakes and outlets in boat hulls – but some think that theory is full of holes, muses Dave Selby, in the Summer 2017 issue of Practical Boat Owner magazine.
If you can navigate when you can’t see where you’re going, you’re a genius, says columnist Dave Selby, from the July 2017 issue of Practical Boat Owner magazine.
Technological advances in onboard systems can inspire awe – or something else entirely, says columnist Dave Selby, from the June 2017 issue of Practical Boat Owner magazine.
Without doubt the most productive way to tackle the winter months is to forget you’ve got a boat, says Practical Boat Owner magazine columnist Dave Selby, from the May 2017 issue: www.pbo.co.uk/dave-selby
Membership of AAA Acme Select Sea Stuff – a snip at two grand. Sorry, make that three grand. Practical Boat Owner magazine columnist Dave Selby's latest podcast, from the April 2017 issue: www.pbo.co.uk/dave-selby
This just in: all the nice girls might not love a sailor after all. Practical Boat Owner magazine columnist Dave Selby's latest podcast, from the March 2017 issue: www.pbo.co.uk/dave-selby
A salute to the Sailfish, ‘a pert piece of politburo polyester for the masses’. Practical Boat Owner magazine columnist Dave Selby's latest podcast, from the February 2017 issue: www.pbo.co.uk/dave-selby
For a sailor in distress, golf is the thin end of the wedge, says Practical Boat Owner magazine columnist Dave Selby: www.pbo.co.uk/dave-selby
‘Where’s Bart?’ That’s the question I was asked more than any other after my epic 338-mile, two-month voyage to Southampton, says Practical Boat Owner magazine columnist Dave Selby: www.pbo.co.uk/dave-selby
Why the art of anchoring is something to be shared, like it or not. Dave Selby's musings from the November 2016 issue of Practical Boat Owner magazine: www.pbo.co.uk/dave-selby
‘I think, Mr Selby, it would be wise to remove your stern gland too...’ Emboldened by the lack of response to his first PBO practical article, Dave pledges to reveal how to remove your own appendix at sea. From the October 2016 issue of Practical Boat Owner magazine: www.pbo.co.uk/dave-selby
If you’re simultaneously a bit shallow yet out of your depth when it comes to echo-sounders, a cup of tea can confer great dividends. From the September 2016 issue of Practical Boat Owner magazine: www.pbo.co.uk/dave-selby
Formerly ohmless and happy, ‘analogue Dave’ is now going digital. From the August 2016 issue of Practical Boat Owner magazine: www.pbo.co.uk/dave-selby
The real cost of engineering solutions to a problem that didn’t exist in the first place, muses Dave Selby. From the Summer 2016 issue of Practical Boat Owner magazine: www.pbo.co.uk/dave-selby
Not entirely sure if he has what it takes to become a competitive sailor, Dave issues a treatise on the distinctive apparel, native cunning and persuasiveness of the racing breed. From the July 2016 issue of Practical Boat Owner magazine: www.pbo.co.uk/dave-selby
At boat jumbles, it would appear to be customary for buyers and sellers alike to feel hard done by, says columnist Dave Selby in the June 2016 issue of Practical Boat Owner magazine: www.pbo.co.uk/dave-selby
Dave provocatively contends that an ensign can make a serviceable tea towel – and vice versa. Find Dave's latest musings from the May 2016 issue of Practical Boat Owner magazine online at po.st/DaveSelbyPodcast
When the movie circus rolls into town, Darcy-fanciers vainly search for Colin Firth – although PBO columnist Dave Selby and his dog Bart are the real stars-in-waiting... Find Dave's latest musings from the March 2016 issue of Practical Boat Owner magazine online at po.st/DaveSelbyPodcast
To the penurious nautical tradesperson, the notion of opening a boatel becomes increasingly attractive. Dave Selby's column from the March 2016 issue of Practical Boat Owner magazine is online at po.st/DaveSelbyPodcast
A Lock and Bull story: a pub wasn’t a pub in olden times unless it offered a grandstand view of gladiatorial combat with lock gates. Dave Selby's column from the February 2016 issue of Practical Boat Owner magazine is online at po.st/DaveSelbyPodcast
To the seasoned observer, the sight of boutique branded sailor wear in the pub at this time of year signifies a successful Christmas haul as opposed to an intrepid bout of winter sailing. Dave Selby column from the PBO January 2016 issue is online at http://po.st/DaveSelbyPodcast