Reed's Skippers Handbook - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0947637435 ISBN 13: 9780947637439

Publisher: Thomas Reed Publications, 1993

Synopsis

An aide memoire for all who go to sea for pleasure, and suitable for Day Skipper and Yachtmaster courses. This pocket-sized book will provide the answer to most of the navigational questions likely to arise during a coastal passage - from buoys, lights and sound signals to position fixing, tidal heights, collison rules, flags, man overboard and the phonetic alphabet.

About this title

Review:

'The pocket-sized handbook is a well organised guide to boatin. The information is concise and well supported with colour pictures. The handbook works well as a quick reference point for novice and experienced sailors alike.' --Cruising Association, December, 2010

From the Back Cover:

The Ultimate Memory Aid for Onboard Use

Reed's Skipper's Handbook, the worldwide bestselling piloting and seamanship pocket guide, is now adapted for North American waters and buoyage systems.

• Concise
• Color-coded page margins for quick reference
• Ideal for quick reference at the helm and for browsing at home to refresh and extend your seamanship knowledge
• Packed with a huge amount of useful information
• Answers all the navigation quandaries mariners are likely to encounter underway.

"A brilliant guide for beginners and an excellent refresher for more advanced skippers. . . . A top-rate book."--Waterstones

"A terrific little volume."--Motorboat & Yachting

Malcolm Pearson has been a Royal Yachting Association Yachtmaster instructor for more than 20 years, and the author of Reed's Skipper's Handbook since its first edition in 1993.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thomas Reed Publications
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0947637435
• ISBN 13: 9780947637439
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144
• Editor: Pearson Malcolm