Day Skipper For Sail & Power by Alison Noice
by Naomi Webb, Bloomsbury Publishing 5 Jul 2013 17:19 BST
5 July 2013
Day Skipper for Sail and Power is the major reference book for anyone following the RYA Day Skipper course. Brought thoroughly up to date for this second edition, it incorporates the complete syllabus of the theory certificate and a lot more besides, and is also a clear and comprehensive manual for anyone intending to make coastal passages in a small boat, covering:
- seamanship
- safety equipment
- preventing collisions at sea (with new material on AIS and radar reflectors)
- navigation and chart work
- tides and tidal streams
- pilotage
- passage planning
- weather
- engine operation and maintenance
- the most up-to-date VHF radio procedures
With its refreshingly practical approach and by the same author as the highly successful Yachtmaster for Sail and Power, no one intending to follow an RYA Day Skipper course whether for sail or power can afford to be without this lively, helpful guide to complement the course and assist with exam preparation. An accompanying Day Skipper Exercises for Sail and Power is available.
Find out more at www.bloomsbury.com/uk/day-skipper-for-sail-and-power-9781408193105
Alison Noice is a Yachtmaster Instructor and Examiner and is qualified to examine Yachtmaster Instructors. Having held a senior post in the RYA's Training Department for a number of years, Alison was responsible for writing the shorebased navigation exam papers. She now trains and examines Radio Instructors, runs short courses in radar, VHF radio and first aid, teaches Day Skipper and Yachtmaster theory courses and examines Yachtmaster Offshore candidates. Amazingly, she still finds time to sail for pleasure in her much-loved Sigma 33.