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Cruising

Boat Handling Under Sail & Power
Bill Anderson & Tom Cunliffe £11.95 pb

Explains in words and photo-sequences how to handle a yacht, with just enough theory to explain the principles. Ideal for RYA Day Skipper and Coastal Skipper practical courses.
96pp 120 b/w photos and 54 diagrams

A Small Boat Guide to the Rules of the Road:
The collision regulations simplified
John Mellor £8.95 pb

Collision avoidance and light & shape recognition made simple for the small boat skipper. Updated to cover recent changes.
64pp 32 pages in full colour

Heavy Weather Cruising (2nd Edition)
Tom Cunliffe £11.95 pb

Tom Cunliffe explains how to cope with everything the weather can throw at you. Plus coverage of the RYA Basic Sea Survival Course: emergencies, launching a liferaft
96 pp 111 b/w photos and 59 diagrams

Competent Crew
Malcolm McKeag £11.95 pb

Everything the first-time crew on a cruising yacht needs to know - from stepping on board to dropping anchor. Recommended reading for the RYA Competent Crew syllabus.
96pp 160 b/w photos and 30 diagrams

Inshore Navigation
Tom Cunliffe £8.95 pb

All the yachtsman requires to make daytime passages. This highly practical guide for the newcomer to pilotage and navigation complements the RYA Day Skipper syllabus.
64 pp 50 b/w photos and 60 diagrams

Coastal and Offshore Navigation (2nd edition)
Tom Cunliffe £11.95 pb

Upgrade your navigation to Yachtmaster standard. Now updated to cover electronic navigation.
96pp 120 b/w photos

Cruising: A skippers guide
John Mellor £11.95 pb

Everything the yacht skipper needs to know: handling under sail and power, passage making and crew dynamics. Covers the practical for the RYA Day Skipper and Yachtmaster exams.
96pp 132 b/w photos and 52 diagrams

Celestial Navigation
Tom Cunliffe £8.95 pb

Covers sextant technique, how to read the tables and apply them, and how to fix a position in mid-ocean. Recommended for the RYA/DTP Yachtmaster Ocean Course.
64pp 50 colour photos and diagrams

The Skipper's Pocketbook (2nd edition)
Basil Mosenthal £9.95 pb

A full-colour reminder of everything that's difficult to remember: First Aid, chartwork, colregs, weather, seamanship etc. Covers the whole Yachtmaster course.
128pp 294 colour diagrams

Ocean Sailing
Tom Cuncliffe £12.95 pb

A full-colour guide to crossing an ocean in a yacht or motorboat. Covers sextant work, ocean weather, navigation, skippering. Ideal for Yachtmaster Ocean.
96pp 22 colour photos + 53 colour diagrams.

Weather at Sea - (Colour Edition)
David Houghton £12.95 pb

A complete revision of this best-selling meteorology guide for sailors. The basic concepts have been clarified and several extra chapters added. Set book for RYA Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster exams.
80 pp 22 colour photos plus 75 colour diagrams.

GPS Afloat
Bill Anderson £12.95 pb

GPS will position a boat to within a few metres and give a course to steer to its destination (the waypoint). This book explains how to use the system and how to navigate safely and efficiently in daylight, darkness or in fog.
96pp 130 colour photos and diagrams

Radar Afloat
Tim Barlett £11.95 pb

How radar works and how to use it for collision avoidance, navigation and pilotage. Fully updated. The recommended reader for the RYA Radar Course.
96pp 60 b/w photos and 35 diagrams

VHF Afloat
Sara Hopkinson £9.95 pb

A full-colour treatment of VHF radio technique. Ideal on board or to get you through the Short Range Certificate. Completely up to date and covers DSC fully.
64pp 4 colour photos + 69 colour diagrams

Simple GPS Navigation
Mik Chinery £10.95 pb

What you really want to know about setting up and using your GPS, explained in simple terms.
96pp 25 b/w photos and 41 diagrams

Marine SSB Operation (GMDSS edition)
J. Michael Gale £12.95 pb

A single Sideband Radio, with its range of over 3000 miles, is an essential item on board any serious ocean cruising boat. The only book available which takes a beginner through to obtaining an Operator's Licence.
96pp 20 b/w photos and 35 diagrams

A Small Boat Guide to Electronics Afloat
Tim Barlett £4.95 pb

How to navigate and improve your boat's performance using the latest electronic gear. For cruising or racing, under sail or power.
96pp 50 b/w photos and 43 diagrams

Cockpit Companion
Basil Mosenthal £7.95 pb

A splash-resistant quick-reference guide to lights, shapes, buoys, rules of the road, tides, flags, knots, breakdowns, etc.
24pp 140 full-colour drawings.

First Aid Companion
Dr Rob Haworth £7.95 pb

How to deal with emergencies afloat: unconsciousness, immersion, hypothermia, seasickness, head injury, etc. Splash resistant cards, spiral bound.
24pp 80 full-colour drawings

Weather Companion
Tim Bartlett £7.95 pb

How to predict the weather, and understand all the terms used in the shipping forecast. Acts as a revision for the RYA courses. Splash-resistant cards, spiral bound.
24pp 35 full-colour drawings

VHF Companion
Sara Hopkinson £7.95 pb

How to make each type of VHF call; Mayday, Pan-Pan, ship to ship etc. Covers DSC and is useful revision for the Short Range Certificate.
24pp 30 full-colour drawings

First Aid Afloat
Dr. Robert Haworth £11.95 pb

A quick-reference manual for medical emergencies at sea - as used by 12 boats in the Whitbread Round the World Race.
96pp 120 b/w photos and 20 diagrams

Diesel Companion
Pat Manley £7.95 pb

The key elements to keep your diesel running, produced in colour on splashproof cards, spiral bound. Suitable for any vessel with a marine diesel engine.
24pp 47 colour photos and 21 colour drawings

Diesel Troubleshooter (2nd Edition)
Don Seddon £9.95 pb

Takes the complete novice through preventative maintenance and troubleshooting. For yachts, motorboats and canal craft with engines up to 100 hp. Inspired by the RYA Diesel Engine.
96pp 104 b/w photos and 26 diagrams

Boat Engines (3rd edition)
Dick Hewitt £11.95 pb

A two-colour guide to the care, maintenance and repair of both diesel and petrol marine engines. The complete guide for the beginner, with a detailed troubleshooting section.
96pp 30 b/w photos & 80 2-col diags.

Outboard Troubleshooter
Peter White £11.95 pb

How to choose, install and maintain an engine. The bulk of the book covers troubleshooting. No prior knowledge is assumed.
96pp 135 b/w photos and 13 diagrams.

Simple Boat Electrics
John Myatt £11.95 pb

A layman's guide to the boat's electrical system. Concentrates on keeping the juice flowing. Also covers how electricity is made, how it is stored and how to get it about the boat.
96pp 100 b/w photos and 18 diagrams

MultiHull Seamanship
Dr Gavin LeSueur £14.95 pb

How to handle catamarans and trimarans - whether cruising or racing. This alphabetical guide is essential for safety at sea.
144pp 163 drawings plus 6 b/w photos

Simple Yacht Design
Ian Nicolson £12.95 pb

How to design your own boat, or understand a designer's plans and predict how she will perform. Written for the complete beginner, but also useful for naval architecture students.
128pp 60plans and diagrams

Sails for Cruising
Trim to Perfection
Mike Chisnell £11.95 pb

How to trim cruising sails, giving speed and a well-balanced boat. Using spinnakers and cruising chutes safely. Plus choice, care and repair of sails.
96pp 100 b/w photos plus 20 diagrams.

Boat Cuisine
The All-Weather Cookbook
June Raper £10.95 pb

A selection of over 150 tried and tested recipes, indexed by wind strength for all conditions.
96pp 17 line drawings

Super Yachts
John Julian £40.00 hb

A sumptuous celebration of the lifestyle of the rich and famous. 20 superyachts are profiled in depth for the rest of us to enjoy. The history of each yacht is detailed together with her specifications.
160 pp 134 colour photos.

Staying Put!
The Art of Anchoring
Brian Fagan £8.95 pb

Everyone who cruises needs to anchor. This little book covers all the angles and turns anchoring into an art form. Essential reading.
112pp 30 diagrams and photos

Racundra's Third Cruise
Arthur Ransome £14.95 hb

A previously unpublished Arthur Ransome story. It describes a cruise in Latvia with his new wife Evgenia (formerly Trotsky's secretary) up the Aa River, from Riga to Mitau and back. A classic Ransome story, it is illustrated with his own photos.
128pp 60 photos

Bottoms Up
The Complete Voyages of the Lady Jane.
Robert Watson £4.95 pb

With the aid of this book you can sail with SJ and "friends" aboard the Lady Jane without risking cirrhosis of the liver, penury or drowning. As serialised in MB&Y magazine.
96pp 16 cartoons.

Sail to Freedom
Bill and June Raper £4.95 pb

How to make an extended cruise; planning, the boat, what to take, living aboard. Draws on the authors' 25,000 miles of cruising
96pp 60 photos

The Charter and Flotilla Handbook
Frank & Claire Wilson £4.95 pb

This is a complete guide to taking a yachting holiday abroad. Explains the skills you need, how to book and what to do if things go wrong.
128pp 120 photos

Knots and Splices
Steve Judkins & Tim Davison £3.95 pb

Step-by-step drawings teach the ten knots everyone should know, plus a selection of other useful knots. How to coil, whip and splice modern and traditional ropes.
64pp 205 drawings

On the Ebb
Mike Peyton £10.95 pb

The 16th collection of Peyton cartoons. Intended as a lighthearted warning about the detrimental effects of sailing on the nation's economy.
96pp 90 cartoons.

The Sailor's Little Book
Basil Mosenthal £4.99

A nautical jumble of quotations and 'sea wisdom'. Excellent bunkside reading, or leave a copy in the loo!
160pp 2 Peyton cartoons

Logbook for Cruising under Sail
John Mellor £14.95 inc. VAT hb, £9.95 inc. VAT pb

A modern sailor's logbook, fun to use and designed to last a full season. Allows space for electronic navigation information and for narrative. Also doubles as a visitors book.
96pp

The Essence of Cruising
Des Sleightholms £8.95 pb

Sixty years of sea wisdom distilled into 240 pithy maxims. "Sea Lore, like Essex mud, has a way of sticking to you" says Des, retired editor of Yachting Monthly.
160pp 34 drawings

The Chronicles of the Royal Thames Yacht Club
Capt. Bob Ward £35 cased

The history of the UK's first yacht club from 1775 to today. Prince Phillip is Patron and The Duke of York is Commodore of this Knightsbridge club, which has been at the forefront of yacht racing for two centuries
256 pages plus 32 pages of colour photos

Logbook for GPS Navigation
£9.95 inc VAT hb

A new logbook with GPS navigation in mind. Plenty of space for waypoint information.
96pp