David Fairhall, Peter Rodgers

Pass Your Day Skipper (eBook, ePUB)

7th edition
Illustrator: Peyton, Mike

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Both concise and comprehensive, this out-and-out 'crammer' covers all the essentials of the RYA Day Skipper syllabus, arranged by topic and highlighted to make revising easier and now updated and expanded for the sixth edition. Since the first edition was published, Pass Your Day Skipper has helped thousands of students through their shorebased Day Skipper course.

Throughout, the theory is set in a practical seagoing perspective, and helpful tips on exam tactics are also provided. And to relieve the tension of all that swotting, each section is enlivened with some of Mike Peyton's best loved cartoons.

'Well worth investing in to help you pass your Day Skipper with flying colours!' Boat Mart
'All the essentials are covered with lucidity... after you pass, you won't throw it away' Cowes Yachting

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781399406956
• Artikelnr.: 67698591

Autorenporträt

David Fairhall has enjoyed sailing for over 50 years in everything from Dragons to Thames barges. He has raced offshore and made several ocean deliveries, and now sails from Maldon on the East Coast where he lives.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Nautical terms and sailing theory
Navigation
Charts
Compasses
Measuring direction and distance
Tides
Pilotage
The IALA buoyage system
Chartwork
Electronic navigation
Weather
The weather system
Local weather
The Beaufort wind scale
Weather information
Coping with bad weather
Anchoring
Mooring
Passage planning
The rule of the road
Ropework
Safety
SOLAS
Safety equipment
Radio distress calls
Man overboard
Abandoning ship
Distress flares
Fire and explosions on board
First aid
Communications
Environmental awareness
Calling for help - life saving signals
Index