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Practical Boat Owner: Drink-boating poll
Should drink-boating be illegal you vote
Fairey Swordsman
Fairey Marine stopped building boats in 1973; their final classic was the Swordsman 33, in its day the marine equivalent of the E-type.
Practical Boat Owner magazine
Practical Boat Owner magazine has written to 646 MPs in its campaign to keep road tax off boat fuel.
National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) – contacts
There are 30 National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) lookouts around the British coast.
Practical Boat Owner: Almanac updates
Practical Boat Owner: Almanac updates
Practical Boat Owner: Editorial staff
Practical Boat Owner, Editorial staff
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Luxury motoryachts plus loads of marine exhibitors