Other titles of interest

The Complete Day Skipper

Skippering with confidence right from the start

4th edition

Tom Cunliffe

ISBN 978 1 4081 7854 6

A practical hands-on manual that covers the Day Skipper syllabus in a way that reflects a skipper’s growing experience at sea, beginning with yacht handling under power and moving on to boat husbandry and sailing skills. It is a step-by-step learning system, covering real-life navigation.

The Weather Handbook

An essential guide to how weather is formed

and develops

3rd edition

Alan Watts

ISBN 978 1 4729 0549 9

For anyone who finds general weather forecasts frustrating because they don’t give sufficient local detail. It answers such questions as: Is it likely to rain, be sunny or windy? Will it be a good day at the beach? Should I take an umbrella to work?

Reeds Skipper’s Handbook

For sail and power

6th edition

Malcolm Pearson

ISBN 978 1 4081 2477 2

This is an aide-memoire of everything a boater would need to know at sea – buoys, lights, sound signals, position fixing, tides, flags, man overboard and much more. It is the perfect guide for beginners and a refresher for old hands.