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Planning a Foreign Cruise Volume 1

Joe — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:20:39 +0000

This new edition of RYA Foreign Cruising provides all the information needed to cruise or charter a boat on the Atlantic Coast or Baltic Sea.

It gives details of marinas, regulations, taxes and documentation, in a simple and easy-to-follow format, for the following countries: Iceland, Faroes, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russian Federation, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands, North and West France, Atlantic Spain and Canary Islands, Portugal and Azores and Switzerland.

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Title: Planning a Foreign Cruise Volume 1
By: RYA
Publication Date: May 1st 2006
Pages: 106 pages
RYA Product Code: C1
ISBN-10: 1905104391
ISBN-13: 9781905104390

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RYA Stability and Buoyancy

Joe — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:20:38 +0000

If you intend going afloat, in whatever type of boat or water, this book will give you basic knowledge of the principles of buoyancy and stability, the related hazards that you may encounter and lists the Do’s and Don’ts of the subject.
Although too small to be exhaustive, this book nevertheless gives sufficient information to enable skippers to gain a good understanding of why boats float or sink, stay upright or capsize.

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Title: RYA Stability and Buoyancy
By: RYA
Publication Date: 2000-12-31
Pages: 30 pages
RYA Product Code: G23
ISBN-10: 0901501743
ISBN-13: 9780901501745

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Planning A Foreign Cruise Vol.2

Joe — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:20:36 +0000

A companion book to “RYA Foreign Cruising Volume 1″. This book details the rules and regulations for those cruising the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

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Title: Planning A Foreign Cruise Volume 2 – Mediterranean to the Black Sea
By: RYA
Publication Date: May 31st 2005
Pages: 96 pages
RYA Product Code: C2
ISBN-10: 1905104154
ISBN-13: 9781905104154

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RYA Working with Water

Joe — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:20:34 +0000

RYA Working with Water

All you need to know about working with water, from holiday and gap year jobs to a lifestyle change or full time career.

This title provides key advice for people wanting to get into this industry, whether they are looking for a gap year past time or hoping to start a new career.

Chapters include:

what the work is like
what the responsibilities are
how to get a job
personal experiences
case histories.

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Title: RYA Working with Water
By: Jeremy Evans
Publication Date: Summer 2009
Pages: pages
RYA Product Code: G65
ISBN-10: 1905104812
ISBN-13: 9781905104819

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RYA Sea Survival Handbook

Joe — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:20:30 +0000

This brand new title is designed to complement both the RYA Sea Survival Course and the ISAF Offshore Course.

This book is ideal and essential for anyone taking to the seas, whether on a motor or sailing vessel, and gives in-depth advice and information on safety at sea.

RYA Sea Survival Handbook will teach you all you need to know about preparing to go to sea, emergency procedures, safety equipment, life-saving signals, handling heavy weather and choosing the most suitable life jacket or buoyancy aid.

Providing the most up to date information on all the above items, this book is written by Keith Colwell, RNLI Sea Safety Co-Ordinator and is impeccably illustrated by Steve Lucas.

Colwell is in a strong position to write about these matters; following lengthy stints on a range of boating magazines, he is currently employed by the RNLI as a divisional sea safety officer, providing training to a team of RNLI volunteer safety advisors.

This comprehensive and well illustrated guide takes you step by step through all aspects of sea safety, from kitting your boat out, right through to correct procedures for abandoning ship.

The text is enlivened by a number of fascinating real life examples of boaters dealing with emergency situations.

The introduction stresses that boating is one of the safest leisure sporting activities, however we all know that at sea there is always the potential for danger. This can almost always be offset by careful preparation, which is the message at the heart of this book.

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Title: RYA Sea Survival Handbook
By: Keith Colwell, Steve Lucas
Publisher: RYA
Publication Date: 27/03/2008
Pages: 96
RYA Product Code: G43
ISBN-10: 1905104316
ISBN-13: 9781905104314

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RYA Pocket Guide to Boating Knots

Joe — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:20:27 +0000

This simple little book contains all the really useful knots any boating person needs to know. The selection of these knots involved a long process of contacting lots of people and finding out what knots they actually used on their boats. The book is compact enough to fit into your pocket and because of its design stays open, allowing you to use both hands to practice tying the eight knots that are regularly used by most sailors.

Contains all the really useful knots that any boater needs to know. This book is compact enough to fit in your pocket and, because of its design, stays open, allowing you to use both hands to practice tying your knots.

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Title: RYA Pocket Guide to Boating Knots
By: Royal Yachting Association
Publication Date: 28 February 2007
Pages: 17 pages
RYA Product Code: g60
ISBN-10: 1905104723
ISBN-13: 9781905104727

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Day Skipper: Practical Course Notes

Joe — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:20:25 +0000

This book complements the Day Skipper practical course and draws on the cumulative experience of hundreds of experienced sailing instructors. The techniques are tried and tested and are suitable for most types of cruising yachts.

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Title: Day Skipper: Practical Course Notes
By: Kelvin Hughes
Publication Date: 01/2005
Pages: 76
RYA Product Code: dspcn
ISBN-10: 1905104138
ISBN-13: 978-1905104130

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Knots, Splices and Ropework

Joe — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:20:23 +0000

The complete guide to knots for all knot enthusiasts and a must have for all boaters.

This book is ideal for everybody, whether beginner or advanced, as it deals with knots and rope work from beginning to end.

The first section deals with rope construction and maintenance, moving on to the basic knots which are essential to all boating activities. The authors then delve into blocks and tackles, lashings and bindings, splicing, and finally they move on to the more advanced, decorative knots, which are ideal for adding a unique touch to your boat, and they also make for lovely gifts.

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Title: RYA Knots, Splices and Ropework Handbook
By: Gordon Perry, Steve Judkins, Steve Lucas
Publisher: RYA
Publication Date: 24/04/2008
Pages: 240
RYA Product Code: G63
ISBN-10: 1905104758
ISBN-13: 9781905104758

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RYA Wet Notes

Joe — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:20:18 +0000

Handy, pocket-sized, waterproof notebook. Size 105mm x 148mm. Lined on every other page. Extremely useful afloat or ashore.

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Title: RYA Wet Notes
By: Author
Publication Date: 30/04/2005
Pages: 48 pages
RYA Product Code: ZW13
ISBN-10: 1905104278
ISBN-13: 9781905104277

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RYA Sail Logbook

Joe — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:20:17 +0000

Another new edition to the RYA logbook series, this RYA sailing logbook is ideal for the cruising boater.

Sections include the usual logging pages, as well as IALA buoyage information; international code flags; plotting essentials (which incorporates dead reckoning and estimated position); and common abbreviations for nautical terms.

Unique to the RYA, these logging pages also include space to enter the weather forecast at the time of voyage.

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Title: RYA Sail Logbook
By: RYA
Publication Date: 26/06/2008
Pages: pages
RYA Product Code: G57
ISBN-10: 1905104634
ISBN-13: 9781905104635