Reeds Skipper's Handbook (Reeds Professional) - Softcover

Malcolm Pearson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408124777 ISBN 13: 9781408124772

Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical, 2010

Synopsis

The Reed's Skipper's Handbook, now in its 6th edition, has been a bestseller since first publication. A handy pocket size, it is an aide-memoire of everything a boater would need to know at sea. Packed with a wide range of information in a concise form it is frequently recommended by Yachtmaster Instructors as a quick reference guide and as a revision aid for anyone taking their Day Skipper and Yachtmaster certificates. The 6th edition has been expanded with helpful new material on boat handling, tides, ropework and general seamanship. 'A terrific little volume' Motorboat & Yachting 'A brilliant guide for beginners and an excellent refresher for more advanced skippers...a top rate book' Waterstones 'Everything you would need to know when going to sea in a yacht or small boat...a humdinger of a little book' Nautical Magazine Reeds Skipper's Handbook is a must for anyone going to sea in any size of boat - be they novice or old hand. Many thousands of skippers and crew have found it invaluable as a memory jogger and fresher whether at sea or on land.

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Review:

A terrific little volume Motorboat & Yachting A brilliant guide for beginners and an excellent refresher for more advanced skippers... a top rate book Nautical Magazine --Waterstones

Everything you would need to know when going to sea in a yacht or small boat...a humdinger of a little book --Nautical Magazine

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: Adlard Coles Nautical
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1408124777
• ISBN 13: 9781408124772
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 208