• Passage Planning Companion

    Passage Planning Companion

    This is your guide to writing a clear, easily understood, logical passage plan. Topics covered include routing, pilotage, points of departure, landfalls, weather, tides, currents, safe havens, lights, communications, watch keeping, safety, rations, fuel supplies, stowage for sea, and crew briefing. This little companion serves as a great reminder of crucial information. It is laminated…

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  • Sale! Passage Planning Companion by Alastair Buchan

    Passage Planning Companion by Alastair Buchan

    Original price was: £8.99.Current price is: £8.09.

    This comprehensive guide is an invaluable resource for sailors and boaters, providing expert advice, detailed instructions, and practical tips for effective passage planning. Ensure safe, efficient, and enjoyable voyages with this essential companion.

    This little companion serves as a great reminder of crucial information. It is laminated to stand up to frequent use and serves as a wonderful aide-memoire that will fit into your jacket pocket.

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  • Sale! Secret Anchorages of Brittany by Peter Cumberlidge

    Secret Anchorages of Brittany by Peter Cumberlidge

    Original price was: £29.50.Current price is: £26.55.

    Secret Anchorages of Brittany provides concise pilotage directions for practically all the natural anchorages along the Brittany coast, from the Bay of Mont St Michel round to the great estuary of the Loire. This stylish second edition includes many new anchorages and is lavishly illustrated in colour, while the anchorage charts have been redrawn and verified against the Admiralty or French SHOM charts. The pilotage sections are peppered with short features on the maritime traditions, life and history of this inimitable coast.

    Provides concise pilotage directions for practically all the natural anchorages along the Brittany coast, from the Bay of Mont St Michel round to the great estuary of the Loire.

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  • Sale! Simple Boat Electrics by John Myatt

    Simple Boat Electrics by John Myatt

    Original price was: £12.99.Current price is: £11.69.

    A layman’s guide to the boat’s electrical system. Concentrates on how to keep the juice flowing. Also covers how electricity is made, stored and how to distribute it about the boat.

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  • Sale! SKIPPER'S MAST AND RIGGING GUIDE

    SKIPPER’S MAST AND RIGGING GUIDE by Rene Westerhuis

    Original price was: £12.99.Current price is: £11.60.

    This handy cockpit guide simplifies and explains exactly how to set up your mast, rigging and running rigging for whatever size of yacht and with whatever rig combination.

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  • Sale! Skipper's Practical Handbook by Richard Crooks

    Skipper’s Practical Handbook by Richard Crooks

    Original price was: £9.99.Current price is: £8.99.

    This book is also designed to be kept on board as a coaching guide covering common situations that may trip up even the most experienced skipper. It covers the practical side of yacht cruising: how to be a better skipper, berth the yacht, handle under sail, recover an MOB, navigate and make and carry out safe and efficient passages.

    Covers the practical syllabus a student skipper needs to pass advanced sailing exams

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  • Sale! South Atlantic Circuit by Tom Morgan

    South Atlantic Circuit by Tom Morgan

    Original price was: £29.95.Current price is: £26.96.

    Explore the South Atlantic with confidence using the South Atlantic Circuit by Tom Morgan. This comprehensive cruising guide offers detailed insights, expert advice, and essential information for navigating the stunning waters of the South Atlantic, from the Cape Verde Islands to the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.

    South Atlantic Circuit is the comprehensive reference work for anyone wishing to travel the South Atlantic Ocean and explore the fascinating coastlines of Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, the South Atlantic Islands, South Africa and Namibia. The preparations required for ocean cruising are covered. Strategies included are winds, currents and routes around the South Atlantic and communications etc. There is also pilotage for major destinations.

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  • Sale! South Biscay by Steve Pickard

    South Biscay by Steve Pickard

    Original price was: £39.50.Current price is: £35.55.

    This detailed pilot guide is an essential resource for sailors and boaters cruising northwest Spain from the French border to A Coruña,; providing in-depth information, expert advice, and practical tips for safe and enjoyable voyages along this stunning stretch of coastline.

    Provides coverage of the South Biscay coast, including detailed information on harbors, anchorages, coastal features, and navigational hazards specific to this region.

     

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  • Sale! South East Asia Cruising Guide Vol 2 by Elaine Morgan, Stephen Davies

    South East Asia Cruising Guide Vol 2 by Elaine Morgan, Stephen Davies

    Original price was: £32.50.Current price is: £29.25.

    Set sail with confidence through the breathtaking waters of South East Asia with South East Asia Cruising Guide Vol 2 by Elaine Morgan. This indispensable guide offers detailed information, expert advice, and practical tips for navigating one of the world’s most beautiful and diverse cruising grounds.

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  • Sale! Staying Put by  Brian Eagan

    Staying Put by Brian Eagan

    Original price was: £9.95.Current price is: £8.96.

    This book is a basic treatise on one of seamanship’s key arts – anchoring – the skill that causes skippers of all levels of experience more worry than any other.

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  • Sale! The Baltic Sea and Approaches by Andy Beharrell

    The Baltic Sea and Approaches by Andy Beharrell

    Original price was: £52.50.Current price is: £47.50.

    The nine countries bordering the Baltic Sea offer an immense variety of cruising grounds, people and cultures. The information contained in this book provides edited highlights chosen for their value both at the planning stages and again on arrival.

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  • Sale! THE COMPLETE YACHTMASTER

    THE COMPLETE YACHTMASTER
    by Tom Cunliffe

    Original price was: £25.00.Current price is: £22.50.

    In this fully revised and up-to-date 10th edition, Tom Cunliffe brings together all the essentials of modern cruising in one volume.

    He presents an analysis of a good skipper, the theory and practice of sailing and sail trim, the art of seamanship, accurate navigation including chart plotters and PCs, understanding meteorology, heavy weather preparation, understanding yacht stability and coping with emergencies.

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