Pass your day skipper
By: David Fairhall ; cartoons by Mike Peyton
Contributors: Peyton, Mike, illustrator
Edition: Sixth edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9781472942968
Subjects: Study guides; Seamanship; Navigation; Examinations
Description: "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."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Nautical terms and sailing theory; title: Navigation; title: Weather; title: Anchoring; title: Mooring; title: Passage planning; title: The rule of the road; title: Ropework; title: Safety.