Coastal and Offshore Navigation - Softcover

Cunliffe, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0906754925 ISBN 13: 9780906754924

Publisher: Wiley, 2006

Synopsis

Whether you go to sea under sail or power, your first passage overnights or out of sight of land should be one of life's most satisfying experiences. In this book Tom Cunliffe, who is an instructor of enormous personal experience, guides you through all the techniques you need to master - and shows you how to draw them together in practice to ensure a smooth trip and safe landfall.

Includes:

• A review of the basic arts of navigation
• How to predict the tide - and make it work for you
• How to keep a realistic check on your navigational accuracy and modify your tactics accordingly
• An analysis of the vital relationship between the fix and the estimated position
• Safe and constructive use of electronic aids to navigation
• Passage planning for an enjoyable, satisfying voyage
• Passage making: a systematic, no-nonsense approach

Recommended for RYA / DTp Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster Offshore courses.

About this title

About the Author:

Tom Cunliffe spent 16 years working in all branches of the professional yachting scene. He has taught offshore sailing at the National Sailing Centre, is an RYA Yachtmaster Examiner and is involved with the Instructor Training Programme. As well as being the author of several books, he is Editor of The Yachtsman magazine and writes for a number of USA magazines. In his private capacity he has cruised world-wide with his family.

Review:

"Providing you will [with] a solid foundation in the art of coastal and offshore navigation." (Boat Mart, March 2009) "...provides a solid foundation in the practicalities of plotting your route to a destination...worth its weight in gold." (All at Sea, March 2010).

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0906754925
• ISBN 13: 9780906754924
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 96