The RYA Catamaran Handbook expertly guides you through all you need to know, from choosing a Catamaran, how to build a platform, rigging, wind & water, spinnaker sailing & catamaran racing. Catamarans are fast & offer the perfect combination of a light-weight craft, the minimum amount of hull beneath the water & a large sail. They are performance machines & one of the most exciting craft on the water. ...

This is the RYA’s official title to support the CEVNI test to assist with the level of understanding needed to pass the test, which is a legal requirement (as well as carrying a CEVNI book on board) when using the European inland waterways. The CEVNI code which was devised by the United Nations in 1985 & governs navigation on all interconnected European inland waterways was established to enable boatmen of all nationalities to communicate, & to understand what is going on without the need to speak each other’s language. This new edition of RYA European Waterways Regulations has been fully updated & is essential reading for anyone taking the CEVNI qualification. The exciting new colourful format, with user-friendly text & illustrations, enables the reader to find information quickly – a perfect learning tool & reference. Key chapters include:-Visual Signs-Rules of the Road (particularly blue boarding)-Sample CEVNI test questions Our author Tam Murrell has been boating for business & pleasure since the late 1950s ranging from working narrow boats & barges on UK inland waters to small coasters trading in & around the Thames estuary & into northern Europe. Since 1995 he & his wife Di have spent much of their time on continental waterways on their 24m Dutch barge, & run a barge-handling school in France for RYA & French qualifications. ...

This handy book for the leisure user is a quick-reference guide to radio procedures (including Urgency, Safety, & Distress messaging); installing & maintaining a VHF radio; the licensing requirements, & GMDSS including Navtex. It also features useful extras, including prowords, the phonetic alphabet & numerals, & two sample Distress Procedure Cards for vessels with & without DSC. Chapters include:GMDSSRadio Procedures Installation & Maintenance, and Licensing The look & feel of the layout has benefitted from an overall redesign, making even the most complicated subject easily understandable. This makes the RYA Handy Guide to Marine Radio an even more user friendly aid to marine radio usage than ever before. ...

The International Certificate of Competence, or the ICC, is required for the inland waterways of Europe & for the inland & costal waters of the Mediterranean countries. This RYA ICC Handbook is written as the official RYA course book to help both sail & power boaters pass the ICC test. It is written by an RYA yachtmaster instructor & examiner & explains the syllabus & standard required in detail along with giving a wealth of helpful hints on everything from the CEVNI rules to boat handling & collision avoidance. ...

Although written & illustrated specifically with the boating fraternity in mind, the content of RYA Knots Splices & Ropework is applicable to a much wider readership. Structured to guide everyone from a complete beginner to a seasoned sailor step-by-step through simple knots onto the advances knotting skills required to make a Turk’s Head & Star Knot. ...

Whether you are studying navigation as part of an RYA course or just want to know more about the art of navigation, the RYA Navigation Handbook is highly recommended. Navigation techniques & practices have changed dramatically over the past ten years or so; GPS & electronic chart plotters, in particular, now offer unprecedented levels of accuracy & reliability. The RYA has adapted its Dayskipper, Coastal Skipper & Yachtmaster courses to reflect the fact that many sailors & motor boaters now regard electronic instruments as their principle means of navigation. However, tradition methods still have an important part to play & this book covers them both, giving equal weight to electronic & traditional methods, & to the needs of power & sail. ...

The Navigation Handbook from the Royal Yachting Association is the recommended text for anyone doing the RYA Day Skipper Shorebased course & a core text for the RYA Coastal Skipper & Yachtmaster Offshore Shorebased course sail or power. It is also ideal for anyone who wants to learn more about navigation. With the aid of coloured imagery, this handbook covers the traditional & latest electronic navigation methods. With chapters on position, direction, distance, depth & height, charts, position fixing, tides & tidal streams, course to steer & EP, lights, buoys & beacons, pilotage, passage making. In the appendix you will find information on interfacing, loran, radar, tide levels & datums & Admiralty chart symbols. This handbook is written by the Tim Bartlett, a leading expert on navigation. ...

RYA Passage Planning will provide you with the essential facts & methods that you need for your own journeys. Beginning with a systematic, step-by-step procedure on how to start your passage planning & what factors you should be considering, the book takes you ny way of scenarios through how you might plan a variety of voyages, & provides useful checklists & forms to help with the process. ...

This personal logbook is perfect for all boaters who voyage on a number of boats. Within it, there is space to record the distance of journeys, the maximum wind strength & the capacity in which the voyage was sailed. Also included are `season summaries` to allow at-a-glance mileage recording & vessel names. Ideal for the progressing boater, & unique to the RYA, this logbook

Includes:: some information & pre-exam requirements for RYA Coastal Skipper, Yachtmaster & Ocean certificates of competence.

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There are 80 logging pages & the bonus sections include IALA buoyage; international code flags; plotting essentials (which incorporates dead reckoning & estimated position); & common abbreviations for nautical terms. Unique to the RYA, these logging pages also include space to enter the weather forecast at the time of voyage. ...