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I first produced this book in 1994. It’s amazing to look back at the first edition. Although the seamanship hasn’t changed, the navigation has leaped forward. This latest edition brings you up-to-date with all you need. Easy to read and down to earth, it has updated and expanded sections on boat handling, knots, paper and electronic charts, chart plotters, laser flares, universal VHF, mobile phones and important developments in electronic navigation.
Required reading for all skippers and budding skippers, both on board or in the classroom.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. The skipper
2. The theory of sailing
3. Efficient sailing
4. Basic seamanship under sail
5. Boat handling under sail
6. Boat handling under power
7. Ropes and ropework
8. Anchoring
9. Yacht engines
10. Sailing in heavy weather
11. Navigation – an introduction
12. Charts, publications and chart table tools
13. Aids to navigation
14. Tidal heights
15. Tidal streams
16. Traditional navigational inputs
17. The estimated position
18. Classical position fixing
19. Satellites and radar
20. Course shaping
21. Navigational strategy
22. Passage planning
23. Pilotage
24. Passage navigation
25. Domestics of a passage
26. Fog
27. Collision avoidance in poor visibility
28. Tactics and navigation in heavy weather
29. Damage control
30. Emergencies
31. Man overboard
32. Weather
Reviews of previous editions
‘A gem, distilled from decades of experience’ Yachting Monthly
‘Cunliffe’s competence and authority radiate from the pages… thoroughly recommended’ Little Ship Club
‘There are all too few authors who not only know their subject but can write well about it, Tom Cunliffe is one’ Cruising
‘It is the practical, hands-on guidance which raises the book out of the run-of-the-mill…of value to experienced yachtsmen as well as course students’ Lloyds List
‘No would-be yachtmaster or skipper of moderate experience should be without this comprehensive, practical yet affordable book’ Sunday Independent
‘An extremely clear and concise companion to the course.’ Yachting World
‘Required reading for skippers whether on board or in the classroom.’ Yachting Life
‘No other book explains every facet of sailing as comprehensively…any boat would be better equipped with this book aboard.’ Yachting Monthly
‘All sailors will benefit from the sound advice of someone who really is an authority on his subject.’ Sailing
‘An ideal gift to give to the aspiring sailor to ensure the challenges ahead are properly understood.’ Nautical Magazine
