Improve a wide range of sailing skills with this highly illustrated guide Popular sailing author Tom Cunliffe teaches sailors how to improve a vast range of sailing skills, from dropping anchor to fixing an engine or using onboard electronics. Each chapter deals with a specific skill & is highly illustrated with step-by-step photos. This selection of the best practical articles from the pages of Yachting Monthly magazine will help sailors at every level. Perfect your spinnaker technique, learn how to dry out your yacht & pick up some tips for successful single-handed sailing. There`s advice on everything from passage planning to boat handling & all delivered with easy to follow photographs & diagrams. Tom cuts through the theory to explain what really works -- often setting sail with normal yachtsmen & women to solve their cruising conundrums. Improve your sailing skills with a pick of the most useful tips & advice. Easy to use language with step-by-step guides. Expert advice from one of the U.K.`s most popular yachting journalists. ...

What makes yachting so very special? Sailing journalist Olivier Le Carrer takes us on a journey to the iconic places of the yachting world, from Cowes to Antigua, the Mediterranean & Auckl&, in order to find out. Looking at what drives sailors in this sport, the rise of fashion in yachting clothing & accessories, the important personalities & even the sport`s portrayal in art & film, the author explores the essence of yachting, its values, its exhilaration & its atmosphere. Racing also plays an important role & stunning photography follows the history of the America`s Cup, imposing J Class yachts as well as the single-handed Transat. Although yachts are simply pleasure boats, regardless of size, they are important in the lives of many people. This book pays homage to the beauty of these craft & to the seamanship required to sail them well. Featuring:- the great racing regattas (from Cowes Week to the America`s Cup, the Fastnet Race & Sydney-Hobart Race)- cult sailing venues (St Tropez, Porto Cervo, Newport Rhode Isl&, the Solent)- iconic characters & celebrities who characterise yachting as a sweeping global leisure pursuit (Aristotle Onassis, Errol Flynn, Sir Peter Blake, Sir Thomas Lipton)- yachting`s influence on glamour & design (the timeless fashions yachting has inspired
- the blazer, Dockside shoes, stripey Breton jumpers)
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Yachting: Start to Finish is a complete reference for every level of sailor whether you are a beginner & need a straightforward, easy-to-understand guide or are taking your sailing to the next level & looking for the professional tips & tricks that will get you sailing faster, better, safer & having more fun. Packed with 150 illustrations & 150 photographs, this is the way to learn, develop & refresh your skills. With its handy size & rugged covers it is the ideal book to keep on board or in your kit bag. Packed with expert advice from the professionals at UKSA, the book covers: Basic Principles Parts of the boat
- exploded illustrations of a keelboat & components How a boat sails
- Sailing theory explained Points of sailing
- Sailing a keelboat at different angles to the wind Choosing a keelboat
- Types of boat & their suitability including catamarans Preparing to sail
- Safety afloat, practical clothing, launching small keelboats, rigging Reefing & roller furling Knots & Ropes
- Practical illustrations for basic knots & splices Transporting
- Towing & launching, to crane-in & -out Sailing for the first time
- Balance, sail trim, Mooring & anchoring Beaching Rules of the road
- Avoiding other boats, Rights of way, Basic racing rules. Understanding tides & currents. Weather forecasting
- How to spot telltale signs of change in wind & weather. Reading a weather map, types of cloud, Sea breezes, Beaufort scale, sourcing weather information on the web. Basic Techniques Tacking Gybing Beating to windward Reaching Running Spinnaker handling Setting out & returning to mooring or marina Folding & stowing sails Maintenance
- Rig, winches & windlass, engine, shaft & propeller, drains & stopcocks Sailing Offshore Buoyage & lights Navigation
- Charts & plotting, compass, tidal streams & leeway, passage making, estimating position, Course to steer, electronic navigation, passage planning & pilotage Radio Sailing at night & in restricted visibility Asymmetric spinnakers
- Setting, handling & gybing Singlehanded sailing
- keelboats & catamarans Towing Heavy weather sailing
- keelboats & catamarans Safety at sea
- Skipper's responsibilities, radar reflectors, lifelines, lifejackets, life rafts, Summoning assistance, life-saving signals. Man-overboard routines Collision regulations The Basics of Racing The start
- Practical lessons & rules explained First leg tactics
- Practical lessons & rules explained Reaching
- Practical lessons & rules explained Running
- Practical lessons & rules explained Glossary of Terms



















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This companion volume to Yachtmaster for Sail & Power, by the same author, provides further navigation practice for anyone studying the RYA Yachtmaster syllabus, as well as Day Skipper candidates. It is packed with practice questions & test papers, & comes with a free practice chart which, together with extracts from tide tables, almanacs & pilotage notes, enables students to work on real sailing scenarios & plot their own courses without the need for any other material. Completely updated & redesigned for this third edition, this is an invaluable textbook & exam revision guide for anyone studying for the RYA exams or simply brushing up on their navigation skills. ...

This companion volume to Yachtmaster for Sail & Power provides further navigational practice for anyone studying the RYA Yachtmaster syllabus. It is packed with practice questions & test papers, & comes with a free practice chart which, together with extracts from tide tables, almanacs & pilotage notes, enables students to work on real sailing scenarios & plot their own courses without the need for any other material. This new edition has been revised throughout with new practice questions & examples as well as new photography & diagrams. This is the invaluable textbook & exam revision guide for anyone studying for the RYA exams or simply brushing up on their navigation skills. ...

Yachtmaster for Sail & Power is a major reference book that has proved invaluable for the many sailors following the RYA Coastal Skipper/ Yachtmaster Offshore course. This highly respected & refreshingly practical study guide covers the whole syllabus in detail, all illustrated with colour photographs, charts & worked examples throughout. It covers: * Chartwork
- with useful worked examples * Electronic navigation
- how to use the latest technology for safe navigation: radar, electronic chart plotting & GPS * Pilotage
- buoyage fully explained & illustrated * Communications
- information on current maritime communications including GMDSS * Weather
- the elements of meteorology, weather sources & forecasts * Safety & survival
- all the new SOLAS regulations detailed * Stability & buoyancy
- the principles simply explained. Including the latest updates, new artwork & a modern design, this fourth edition compliments the syllabus & assists with exam preparation
- an essential companion for anyone enrolling on the RYA Yachtmaster course, whether for sail or power.







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The RYA Yachtmaster qualification is the pinnacle of yacht training. Anyone seeking to gain an RYA Yachtmaster Certificate of Competence requires a broad theoretical knowledge base & a high level of practical skill. This new edition of the RYA Yachtmaster Shorebased Notes

Includes:: enhanced sections on weather, navigation, pilotage, voyage planning, & special situations when afloat. These sit alongside informative & highly illustrated notes on all aspects of the syllabus, ensuring that this title provides valuable information for anyone looking to become an RYA Yachtmaster, & those who have already passed the exam.

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The Yachtsman's Tidal Atlas, covering the English Channel, Southern North Sea & Bristol Channel, is a comprehensive aid to accurate navigation. In 2 colour for the first time, & compiled from a number of different sources including tide tables, tidal stream atlases, pilot books & charts, The Yachtsman's Manual of Tides provides clear tidal stream information in an easy to read format. All boaters will appreciate the large format, well laid out tidal stream charts with their detailed coverage & easy to read strength arrows. 'A superb navigational aid...this handy paperback is a well-proven aid to passage-planning.' Yachting Monthly ' Whether for cross-Channel planning or coastal cruising, many yachtsmen would not be without their Reeve-Fowkes.' Practical Boat Owner ...

The third edition of this multilingual dictionary, specifically geared to yachtsmen, covers cruising terms in English, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish & Greek. It has been thoroughly revised & updated to cover all the subjects the boater might need, including words for several thousand onboard items as well as the latest developments in electronic & mechanical equipment & the patterns of charter & flotilla sailing. Arranged in helpful subject categories for easy use, it is a unique, comprehensive reference for any boatowner venturing abroad. ` This is the kind of book no-one going to sea should be without` Lloyds List ` An invaluable aid for anyone cruising abroad` Kelvin Hughes ` All the yachtie has to do is point & grunt` Water Craft ” No boat heading north, east or south should be without it` Yachting Monthly ...

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