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Yachtmaster: For Sail and Power

Yachtmaster: For Sail and Power

by Alison Noice (Author)

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    Hardcover 2004

    $3.29
Synopsis

Yachtmaster for Sail and Power is a major reference book which will prove invaluable for anyone following the RYA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore course. Right up to date with new developments, it includes all the elements of the revised Yachtmaster course: * Chartwork - including useful worked examples * Electronic navigation - how to use the latest technology for safe navigation: radar, electronic chart plotting and GPS * Pilotage - buoyage fully explained and illustrated * Communications - information on current maritime communications including GMDSS * Weather - the elements of meteorology, weather sources and forecasts * Safety and survival - all the new SOLAS regulations detailed * Stability and buoyancy - the principles simply explained. With its refreshingly practical approach, no one enrolling for the RYA Yachtmaster course whether for sail or power can afford to be without this lively, helpful study guide to compliment the course and assist with exam preparation.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 240
 Edition: 4Rev Ed
 Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical
Published: 29 Nov 2004
ISBN 10: 0713669888
ISBN 13: 9780713669886
Book Overview: Refreshingly lively and practical textbook for the RYA Yachtmaster course By a former member of the RYA's Training Department and a Yachtmaster Instructor and Instructor Examiner Full colour explanatory diagrams, chart extracts and instructional photos throughout Covers all the aspects of the revised Yachtmaster course Text exercises throughout to consolidate students' learning Essential reading for the thousands of people enrolling for the Yachtmaster course each year

Author Bio
Alison Noice is a Yachtmaster Instructor and Examiner and an Examiner of Yachtmaster Instructors. She now trains and examines Radio Instructors, runs short courses in radar, VHF radio and first aid, teaches Day Skipper and Yachtmaster theory courses and examines Yachtmaster Offshore candidates. Amazingly she still finds time to sail for pleasure in her much-loved Sigma 33.