Yachtmaster

by Pat Langley-Price (Author), Philip Ouvry (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1991

  $4.48

  This textbook covers the whole of the RYA Yachtmaster shore-based syllabus as well as important practical aspects. Test papers and exercises at the end of each chapter enable students missing any evening lectures to use the book for self-instruction. Both Pat Langley-Price and Philip Ouvry hold Ocean Yachtmaster Certificates and are qualified RYA instructors. Pat has the practical experience gained during thousands of miles sailed during yacht deliveries and also as an instructor. Philip served in the Royal Navy for 20 years and was an Examining Officer of Naval Yacht skippers. Together they run an RYA Approved sailing school based at Hamble with a shore-based establishment in London.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2000

  $3.25

  This popular book covers the whole of the revised RYA/DTp Yachtmaster shorebased syllabus together with the more important practical aspects. Test papers and exercises throughout the book help to consolidate learning and enable the student who has missed lessons to use it for self instruction and revision. The book includes information on electronic navigation systems, with updated information on Decca, GPS and radar; meteorology, with examples and analyses of Navtext, Weatherfax and Metfax; RYA/DTp information, with revised syllabuses for Day Skipper and Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore plus requirements for Certificates of Competency. The authors are qualified RYA Instructors and run an RYA approved sailing school based at Hamble.