A practical guide, tailor-made for those who are taking the RYA Day Skipper Sailing course, giving detailed instruction and advice on the principal topics of the RYA syllabus.Topics covered include: Ropework, deck fittings and terminology; anchoring under sail, in bad weather and tripping lines; position and course plotting, use of charts and compass; lunar and solar tides, tidal height definitions and tables, and finally correct use of yachting terms and life-saving knowledge.
- ISBN10 1861260342
- ISBN13 9781861260345
- Publish Date 25 May 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 May 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint The Crowood Press Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- Language English