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 third 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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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 ...

Topographic coverage of the Canary Islands at 1:25, 000 published by the Instituto Geográfico Nacional – Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic mapping at this scale: detailed presentation of the road network with rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. The majority of the titles have been published since late 1990s. Map legend is in Spanish only.COVERAGE: each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter, & IV = SE quarter. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Yaiza area of Lanzarote, map No. 1081 in the topographic coverage of the Canary Islands at 1:50, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico Nacional
- Centro Nacional de Información Geograficá, Spain’s civilian survey organization. Maps in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series begun in late 1990s have contours at 20m intervals enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic maps at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only. PLEASE NOTE: not all the maps may as yet reflect the changes in road numbering on the islands. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.
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The Yakutia (also know as Sakha Republic) Modern Guidebook by Press Pass is intended to provide information of this particular region, ranging from the peoples, culture, climate, flora & fauna, economy as well as sights, museums & activities to do. Accompanied by inspirational photographs, insets that explore history, cultures & safety in more depth & map extracts this guidebook enables you to underst&, love & explore this region. After a general introduction to Yakutia including its history, climate, geography, culture etc., the guide explores in more details each regional area, starting with the centre & the suburban area, then moving on to the north, east, south & west. In each chapter an introduction to the particular area presents the region’s culture, climate, economy & history, as well as what activities are on offer at different times of the year; all accompanied by photographs, illustrations, infographics & map extracts. The guide then explores which places to visit & activities to do, providing brief description, & information on location & contact details. Insets boxes explore themes like history, sports, safety etc. in more depth. There are also concise suggestions on places to stay. This guide will appeal to people who want to know more than just where to go & what to see, & the wealth of information provided is suitable for armchair travellers & those looking for inspiration to travel to this region.IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE: supplies of all publications from Russia are very irregular & we cannot guarantee a definite delivery time for titles not in stock. If a title is currently out of stock, it may be advisable to choose an alternative title.
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Yakuza Moon is the shocking, yet intensely moving memoir of 37-year-old Shoko Tendo, who grew up the daughter of a yakuza boss. Tendo lived her life in luxury until the age of six, when her father was sent to prison & her family fell into terrible debt. Bullied by classmates & terrorized at home by a father who became a drunken, violent monster after his release from prison, Tendo rebelled. A regular visitor to nightclubs at the age of 12, she soon became a drug addict & a member of a girl gang. At 15 she was sentenced to eight months in a juvenile detention center.
Adulthood brought big bucks & glamour when Tendo started working as a bar hostess during Japan's booming bubble economy of the nineteen-eighties. But among her many rich & loyal patrons there were also abusive clients, one of whom beat her so badly that her face was left permanently scarred. When her mother died, Tendo plunged into such a deep depression that she tried to commit suicide twice.
Tendo takes us through the bad times with warmth & candor, & gives a moving & inspiring account of how she overcame a lifetime of discrimination & hardship. Getting tattooed, from the base of her neck to the tips of her toes, with a design centered on a geisha with a dagger in her mouth, was an act that empowered her to start making changes in her life. She quit her job as a hostess. On her last day at the bar she looked up at the full moon, a sight she never forgot. The moon became a symbol of her struggle to become whole, & the title of the book she wrote as an epitaph for herself & her family.

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Yalo was a soldier on one of the many sides in Lebanon`s sectarian civil war, before becoming a deserter & a thief, a nightwatchman in Paris, an arms smuggler, & then a rapist. & then he falls in love with his victim
- who turns him in to the police. This novel is a modern Thousand & One Nights, a series of confessions extracted under torture, a recitation of all of his memories, all his sorrows, all his guilt
- & of the other crimes his interrogators have him confess to. Beirut & the legacy of the wars of the Middle East are the texture of Elias Khoury`s extraordinary literary achievement.

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