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Day Skipper RYA Training pack

RYA Training Pack

This pack contains RYA Training Almanac – Northen and RYA Training Charts 3 and 4. Perfect for training! Also available to buy seperately.

Please note: This product is for training purposes and only is not to be used for navigation.

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RYA VHF Handbook

From the author of the best-selling RYA Navigation Handbook, Tim Bartlett, this brand new title details everything that sailors need to know about using VHF radios to contact coast guards and other boats.

It explains how VHF works, the rules and regulations which govern it and the procedures that must be followed.

Essential background reading for anyone taking a VHF course. Compliments existing RYA VHF titles, Supports RYA VHF courses, Expert advice from Tim Bartlett

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RYA Weather Handbook

If you are doing an RYA course or are simply seeking to gain a greater understanding of the weather, this edition of the RYA Weather Handbook (which covers the Northern and Southern Hemispheres) is full of practical and useful information, on aspects such as theory, weather charts, clouds, predicting the wind, and the technology used in sourcing meteorological information.

This edition provides more information than ever before about where to obtain forecasts, the growing use of technology in forecasting weather and obtaining up-to-date information and in particular monitoring the tell-tale signs around you for any indication that the weather may not be doing what was forecast.

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RYA Yachtmaster Scheme

This new Syllabus and Logbook (G158) provides detailed information about the structure and content of the practical and shorebased courses for both sail and motor cruising with the RYA Yachtmaster Scheme.

This book effectively combines, updates and replaces RYA Sail Cruising & Yachtmaster Scheme Syllabus and Logbook (G15) and RYA Motor Cruising & Yachtmaster Scheme Syllabus and Logbook (G18). It also allows students to record their passages and provides a repository for each of their RYA certificates.

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Navigation Exercises book for Day Skipper

The RYA Navigation Exercises

The RYA Navigation Exercises – 2nd Edition is the only book to accompany all RYA training courses.

As co-author of the Yachtmaster® and Dayskipper test papers, Chris Slade has revised and updated RYA Navigation Exercises to provide this 2nd edition of invaluable practise exercises and answers.

All vital aspects of seamanship are included, from estimated positions and tide tables to meteorology and maydays. Through full colour illustrations, this book follows the newly revised Yachtmaster® syllabus and includes recent developments in electronic chart plotting and GPS.

Questions progress from beginner to advanced within each chapter, making this title ideal for boaters on all levels.

  • The ONLY book to accompany all RYA courses
  • Invaluable questions and answers for boating students on all levels
  • Two new training charts included (RYA Training Charts 3 & 4)
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Yachtmaster handbook

The RYA Yachtmaster Handbook

The RYA Yachtmaster Handbook is the first official and definitive guide for anyone preparing for the world-renowned RYA Yachtmaster Offshore and Coastal examinations. It will not only appeal to both leisure sailors and motor cruisers; there is a section covering commercial endorsement requirements for those who wish to use their qualification professionally.

It describes what you can expect on the day of the examination, the thinking behind the test and what the examiner is looking for.

With the aid of some stunning illustrations, it is designed to make you focus on areas where skills can sometimes be lacking, with the aim of setting you up for life beyond the Yachtmaster exam as a competent and confident skipper

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