Coastal Skipper Sailing is a practical training guide compiled as a companion text to the RYA's skippering course for yachtsmen and women of an advanced level. The sequel to Day Skipper Sailing, this guide revisits some of the original tuition before pushing the standards to an even higher level. Topics covered include detailed analysis and instruction of Global Maritime Distress and Safety System; history and origins of sailing; physics of the sail; advanced position and course plotting, use of charts and compass; analysis of lunar and solar tides and tidal height tables. 120 black & white photographs.
Author: Karle Stephenson Format: PB 128 pages Publisher: Crowood Press Pub date: Aug 1998 ISBN 10: 1861260350 ISBN 13: 9781861260352
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