The Complete Yachtmaster - Tom Cunliffe
Our Ref: KHSLG0082
The complete Yachtmaster has been a best seller since first publication and has established itself as the standard reference for Yachmaster students as well as skippers of all levels of experience. In this fully revised eighth edition, Tom Cunliffe brings together all the essentials of modern cruising in one volume. Subjects include an analysis of what makes a good skipper , the theory and practice of sailing, samanship, navigation including chart plotters and PCs, meterorology, heavy weather, Yacht stability and ocping with emergencies. Substantial updates for this edition include new material on navigation using tablets. Also includes new photography throughout. The complete Yachtmaster promotes each subject as an integral part of the whole. It guides examination candidates as authoritatively and reassuringly throughthe RYA sullabus as a sea pilot bringing a ship to harbour. Required reading for all skippers whether on board or in the classroom.
Contents
Introduction, The skipper, Basic seamanship under sail, Boat handling under sail, Boat handling under power Ropes and ropework, Anchoring, Yacht engines, Sailing in heavy weather, Navigation - an introduction, Charts. publications and chart table tools, Aids to navigation, Tidal heights, Tidal streams, Traditional navigational inputs, The estimated position, Classical position fixing, Satellites and radar, Course shaping, Navigational strategy, Passage planning, Pilotage, Passage navigation, Domstics of a passage, Fog, Collision avoidance in poor visibility, Tactics and navigation in heavy weather, Damage control, Emergencies, Man overboard, Weather
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- ISBN / Part No: 9781472907950
- Author: Tom Cunliffe
- Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 320pp
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Our Ref: KHSLG0082
The complete Yachtmaster has been a best seller since first publication and has established itself as the standard reference for Yachmaster students as well as skippers of all levels of experience. In this fully revised eighth edition, Tom Cunliffe brings together all the essentials of modern cruising in one volume. Subjects include an analysis of what makes a good skipper , the theory and practice of sailing, samanship, navigation including chart plotters and PCs, meterorology, heavy weather, Yacht stability and ocping with emergencies. Substantial updates for this edition include new material on navigation using tablets. Also includes new photography throughout. The complete Yachtmaster promotes each subject as an integral part of the whole. It guides examination candidates as authoritatively and reassuringly throughthe RYA sullabus as a sea pilot bringing a ship to harbour. Required reading for all skippers whether on board or in the classroom.
Contents
Introduction, The skipper, Basic seamanship under sail, Boat handling under sail, Boat handling under power Ropes and ropework, Anchoring, Yacht engines, Sailing in heavy weather, Navigation - an introduction, Charts. publications and chart table tools, Aids to navigation, Tidal heights, Tidal streams, Traditional navigational inputs, The estimated position, Classical position fixing, Satellites and radar, Course shaping, Navigational strategy, Passage planning, Pilotage, Passage navigation, Domstics of a passage, Fog, Collision avoidance in poor visibility, Tactics and navigation in heavy weather, Damage control, Emergencies, Man overboard, Weather
Ā
- ISBN / Part No: 9781472907950
- Author: Tom Cunliffe
- Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 320pp
