The Electronic Yachtmaster explores the safe use of electronics in small vessels under sail and power. I’ve integrated electronics with salty, time-honoured techniques to help you shape up with confidence if your boat’s wiring ever melts down. It was shot at sea from my chart table.

Contents

• Electronics in an integrated navigation plan
• Position, datums and plotting with confidence
• Electronic tidal heights
• Using GPS to offset tidal streams
• Safe use of Waypoints and Routes
• Pleasures and pitfalls of Cross-Track Error
• Different breeds of Electronic Chart
• Maximising the Chart Plotter’s potential
• Electronics in Fog, with basic Radar option
• Contingency plans for electronic melt-down
• Choosing a Plotter

There is a North American version. Please contact me if you’d like to buy in this format. It has also been dubbed for a Russian version.