The Reeds Skipperâs Handbook is the essential pocket-sized reference to everything you need to know at sea, packed with a wide range of information in a concise and quick to read form. A useful aide-memoire for all sailors and powerboaters, it is also frequently recommended by instructors as a revision aid for anyone taking their Day Skipper and Yachtmaster certificates.
Now in its revised and updated 8th edition, it covers:
- Essential navigation skills, manual and electronic
- Tides, tidal streams and curves
- The rules of the road, and buoyage
- Safety and distress
- Communications
- Weather
- Anchoring and mooring
- Sails and wind
- Knots, bends and hitches
- Inland waterways/CEVNI
It also includes handy facts, figures, formulae and tables for instant reference, including an at-a-glance guide to International Port Traffic Signals.
Over 100,000 boaters worldwide have a copy of the invaluable
Product details
Publisher : Reeds; 8th edition (14 Mar. 2024)
Language : English
Paperback : 224 pages
ISBN-10 : 1399414291
ISBN-13 : 978-1399414296
Dimensions : 10.03 x 1.78 x 16 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 14,015 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
1 in Motor Boating & Cruising
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14 in Sailing (Books)
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