Alison Noice - Yachtmaster for Sail and Power: A Manual for the RYA Yachtmaster® Certificates of Competence

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Yachtmaster Exercises for Sail & Power

3rd edition

by Alison Noice

ISBN 9781408178102

This companion volume to Yachtmaster for Sail & Power provides further navigation practice for anyone studying for the RYA Yachtmaster and Day Skipper qualifications. It is packed with exercises and answers and comes with a free practice chart for plotting practice. Completely updated, rewritten and redesigned to modernise and revitalise this essential course book for a new generation, this is an invaluable textbook and exam revision guide for anyone studying for the RYA exams or simply brushing up on their navigation skills.

The Adlard Coles Book of the International Certificate of Competence

3rd edition

by Bill Anderson

ISBN 9781408122754

Anyone hoping to take their boat to the inland waterways of Europe needs to pass the International Certificate of Competence test and this book will show you how. It explains the syllabus in detail, outlines what skills you will need to demonstrate, and includes collision regulations and CEVNI, as well as boat handling skills. Revision notes are provided on all the subjects in the test, as well as a set of self-test questions and answers at each stage to help you take the ICC test with confidence.

The Adlard Coles Book of EuroRegs for Inland Waterways

3rd edition

by Marian Martin

ISBN 9781408101414

In order to safely navigate Europes major waterway routes, all boaters need to know CEVNI the Waterway Code. This book has been written especially for pleasure craft users, setting out the rules in an easy-to-follow format. It covers waterway signs, signals, flags and lights, markings on vessels, procedures in tunnels, locks and weirs, overtaking rules, berthing, and explains buoyage and landmarks. It forms the basis of the RYA test for the ICC and is accepted by European countries as the obligatory rules book that must be carried on all small craft.

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CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

MY GRATEFUL THANKS to the following people and companies who gave permission for me to use their material:

Adlard Coles Nautical

Avon Inflatables

BBC Weather

Bruce Anchors

C-Map software

Crewsaver

Firdell Radar Reflectors

Firemaster Fire Extinguishers

Hamble School of Yachting

HM Customs & Excise

Imray Charts

International Maritime Organisation

Lewmar

Longbow Sail Training

Maritime & Coastguard Agency

McMurdo

Meteo France

Neptune Software

Premier Marinas

Raymarine

Reeds Nautical Almanac

Sue Fletcher

RFD Beaufort

Rick Tomlinson

Roger Seymour

Royal Yachting Association

Sea Pro Software

Simrad

UK Hydrographic Office

UK Met Office

USAF Sembach, Germany

A very special thank you to Peter Noice for most of the photographs, sound advice, constant technical support and never-ending patience.

INTRODUCTION

BY THE TIME YOU READ Yachtmaster for Sail and Power you will probably already have joined the ever growing number of enthusiasts who find pleasure in cruising Europe in leisure craft, both power and sail. You may be working through the RYA Yachtmaster training scheme or just wishing to learn more about navigation and seamanship, but whatever your aim, I hope you find what you are looking for in this book.

You are obviously wise enough to realise that it is not prudent to place blind faith in all the superb electronic equipment available, without a basic understanding of seamanship, meteorology and navigation. The RYA/DoT Yachtmaster syllabus covers all the subjects that are needed for safe, sensible cruising using a combination of electronic and traditional methods in harmony, and they have all been included in the book.

The subjects are arranged in a logical sequence and to make them as understandable as possible many illustrations have been used to clarify the text. A full copy of the collision regulations has been included so that those studying for the Yachtmaster Offshore exam do not have to buy an additional book.

Happy learning and good cruising.

Alison Noice

RYA SAIL CRUISING SCHEME

Syllabus is the same for sailing and motor cruising

Different courses for tidal and non-tidal waters