A pocket database containing everything a busy skipper needs to know but might find hard to remember from navigation, seamanship and the weather to engine troubleshooting, safety and emergencies (and loads more in between). It is also an ideal reference for students of navigation and seamanship courses.
This is a compact and handy summary of all the skipper and crew need to know - or find out quickly - when cruising. It covers everything from lights, shapes and sound signals to knots, ropes and engine troubleshooting . With diagrams and illustrations throughout, this quick reference guide will help to keep you safe when out at sea.
The essential guide for new yacht crews in a compact, handy format.
Learn to Navigate has been a bestseller since first publication. It is the ideal introduction for anyone wanting to learn the basics of what navigation is all about. Covering the essentials of reading a chart, understanding tides, using traditional and electronic navigation instruments, plotting a position and planning a passage both on paper and using GPS and chartplotters and key navigation terms and what they mean ... the perfect introduction for anyone wanting to learn the basics of navigation and how to put it into practice. -- Back cover.
Ideal for anyone learning to sail in either dinghies or yachts, thisbook is easy to read with lively colour illustrations. It is ano-nonsense guide for beginners of all ages and is valuable as aback-up to sailing courses or for anyone learning to sail with afriend.
Excavations by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit in 1999 and 2000 on a housing development site off West Fen Road, to the west of Ely city centre, produced abundant evidence for Mid and Late Saxon and medieval settlement.