Yachtsmans Handbook

Yachtsmans Handbook

If you only ever buy one yachting reference book, this is the one.

It is the most thorough and comprehensive work available.
This edition of The Yachtsman's Handbook has been much expanded and updated. It contains a mass of vital information in a clear and concise layout.
The content deals with the business of acquiring a boat, training at sea and ashore, passage-making, the legislation that governs us afloat, food and clothing. The Collision Regulations are thoroughly examined in the explanatory notes as are the disciplines of navigation, both traditional and electronic.
Astro-navigation has been retained due to the renewed interest in the subject and the section on safety is reassuringly large.
Other topics such as communications, seamanship, racing and the boat herself are all covered in great depth, as are the fundamental principles and practicalities of designing, building and equipping a yacht.

Sections on:
- Getting afloat
- Food & clothing
- Boat handling
- Collision regulations
- General Information .
- Legal advice
- Coastal navigation
- Radio navigational aids
- Astro-navigation
- Communications
- Weather
- The sea & tides .
- Safety
- Starting to race
- Hulls
- Multihulls
- Spars, rigging, ropes & sails
- Deck gear
- Below decks
- Engines
- Electrics