This is a practical training guide compiled as a companion text to the RYA's skippering course for yachtsmen and women of an advanced level. The sequel to "Day Skipper Sailing", the guide revisits some of the original tuition before pushing the standards to an even higher level. Topics covered include: detailed analysis and instruction of Global Maritime Distress and Safety System; history and origins of sailing; physics of the sail; advanced position and course plotting; use of charts and compass; analysis of lunar and solar tides; and tidal height tables.
- ISBN10 1861260350
- ISBN13 9781861260352
- Publish Date 24 August 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 April 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint The Crowood Press Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- Language English