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Motor Cruising Handbook 2nd ed

RYA Motor Cruising HandbookNew 2nd edition out soon. Essential reference book for all leisure motor cruisers, complements the new RYA motor Cruising Scheme.

Chapters include parts of the boat, safety kit, engine and control checks, propulsion and steering, effect of wind and sea. turning, berthing, anchoring, collision avoidance, cruising at speed, trim under power, instrumentation, navigation and tides, passage planning, weather, lights and shapes, rules of the road, buoyage, basic rope work, towing, using a tender, distress situations and stability.

Simon Jinks has been teaching on boats for twenty years, starting in dinghies and small powerboats and graduating up to yachts and motorboats.

Product details

Title: RYA Motor Cruising Handbook 2nd edition
By: ???
Publisher: RYA
Publication Date: Summer 2009
Pages: ???
RYA Product Code: G24
ISBN-10: 0954730119
ISBN-13: 9780954730116

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  3. Cruising Instructor's Handbook
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Product Category: Books, Sail & Power Cruising

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