Reeds ocean handbook

Ouvrage en langue anglaise.

In the bestselling style of the Reeds Handbook series, Reeds Ocean Handbook follows on from Reeds Skipper's Handbook for skippers or crew planning to venture further afield. Complimenting the RYA Ocean Yachtmaster course, this handy pocketbook provides an aide-memoire for all the essential navigation, weather and route planning theory as well'as practical guidance and'advice on long-distance radio communications, ocean passage-making and risk/emergency preparations.

Colour coded sections, for user-friendly accessibility, cover:
- World climate and route planning (including world wind systems, ocean currents, tropical revolving storms)
- Navigation (charts, great circle vs Mercator routes, time zones, satellite navigation systems, advice on on-passage navigation routines)
- Astro navigation (basic theory refresher, practical'astro navigation, unique s'ep-by-step instructions for Astro sight reduction plus using and'adjusting the sextant)
- passage making (route planning, preparing the yacht, power needs, supplies of water, food, gas and d'esel, watch-keeping routines, crew care)
- Communications (features and'ad'antages of VHF, MF, SSB and satellite phones, weather fax, email and'access to the internet)
- Risks and emergencies (preparing for them, equ'pment checklist, grab bags, emergency s'enario procedures)

Internationally relevant and with colour d'agrams throughout, this handy pocket-sized handbook is an idéal revision aid on shore and the perfect qu'ck reference guide on the boat.

Part Number : SLG0502
Edition : 2015
ISBN : 9781472913067
Publisher : Bloomsbury
Author : Bill Johnson
Format : paperback