The Complete Yachtmaster, 10th Edition

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The Complete Yachtmaster Sailing, Seamanship and Navigation for the Modern Yacht Skipper, 10th edition

The Complete Yachtmaster has been a bestseller since first publication and has established itself as the standard reference for Yachtmaster students as well as skippers of all levels of experience.

In this fully revised and up-to-date 10th edition, Tom Cunliffe brings together all the essentials of modern cruising in one volume. He presents an analysis of a good skipper, the theory and practice of sailing and sail trim, the art of seamanship, accurate navigation including chart plotters and PCs, understanding meteorology, heavy weather preparation, understanding yacht stability and coping with emergencies.

The Complete Yachtmaster
builds knowledge as it builds sailing confidence, guiding examination candidates as authoritatively and reassuringly through the RYA syllabus as a sea pilot bringing a ship safely to harbour. Required reading for all skippers and budding skippers, both on board or in the classroom.

'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


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

Appendix: stability in sailing yachts

Index

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