The complete Yachtmaster

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The Complete Yachtmaster has been a bestseller since first publication and has established itself as the standard reference for Yachtmaster 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, seamanship, navigation including chart plotters and PCs, meteorology, heavy weather, yacht stability and coping 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 through the RYA syllabus as a sea pilot bringing a ship to harbour. Required reading for all skippers whether on board or in the classroom.

'A gem, distilled from decades of experience' Yachting Monthly

'Cunliffe's competence and authority radiate from the pages... thoroughly recommended' Little Ship Club

'There are all too few authors who not only know their subject but can write well about it. Tom Cunliffe is one' Cruising

Tables of contents

Introduction

1. 1. The skipper
   2. The theory of sailing
   3. Efficient sailing
   4. Basic seamanship under sail
   5. Boat handling under sail
   6. Boat handling under power
   7. Ropes and ropework
   8. Anchoring
   9. Yacht engines
   10. Sailing in heavy weather
   11. Navigation ? an introduction
   12. Charts, publications and chart table tools
   13. Aids to navigation
   14. Tidal heights
   15. Tidal streams
   16. Traditional navigational inputs
   17. The estimated position
   18. Classical position fixing
   19. Satellites and radar
   20. Course shaping
   21. Navigational strategy
   22. Passage planning
   23. Pilotage
   24. Passage navigation
   25. Domestics of a passage
   26. Fog
   27. Collision avoidance in poor visibility
   28. Tactics and navigation in heavy weather
   29. Damage control
   30. Emergencies
   31. Man overboard
   32. Weather

Appendix: stability in sailing yachts
Index

Part Number: SLG0082
Edition: 2017
ISBN: 9781472943439
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Language: English
Author: Tom Cunliffe
Format: Hardback