Pass Your Yachtmaster

Издание на английском языке.
The aim of this book, now revised and expanded for the 6th edition, is to help students through their shore-based Yachtmaster course. This thorough but refreshingly succinct 'crammer* covers all the essentials of the RYA syllabus, arranged and highlighted for easy revision. Throughout, the theory is set in a practical seagoing context. This edition includes an additional chapter on electronic navigation. Tips on exam tactics are provided and each section is enlivened by some of Mike Peyton's bestloved cartoons.

Contents
Introduction
Navigation
Charts
The IALA buoyage system
The compass
The log
Depth sounding
GPS
Radar
Tides
Chartwork
Electronic navigation
Passage planning
Weather
Weather systems
Clouds
Depressions
Anticyclones
Lосаl weather
Fog
The Beaufort wind scale
Sources of weather information
Safety and seagoing practice
The Rule of the Road
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972
Anchoring
Communications
Distress signals
Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)
Safety equipment
Life Saving Signals
Stability and buoyancy of yachts
Coping with bad weather
Environmental awareness
Index