Complete Yachtmaster, The: Sailing, Seamanship and Navigation for the Modern Yacht Skipper 10th edition

Cover
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
1. The Skipper
2. The Theory of Sailing
	Sails
3. Efficient Sailing
	Shaping the headsail
	Shaping the mainsail
	Sail combinations
	Hull balance
	Shortening sail
	‘Code zero’ sails
	Cruising chutes
4. Basic Seamanship Under Sail
	Tacking
	Gybing
	Poling out a genoa
	Painless sail reduction
	Heaving to
	Reefing
	Single-line reefing
	In-mast mainsails
	In-boom mainsails
	Headsail changes
5. Boat Handling Under Sail
	No brakes
	Wind awareness
	Tide awareness
	Sailing slowly
	Mooring under sail
	Anchoring
	Berthing
6. Boat Handling Under Power
	Pivoting
	Blowing off
	Rudder effect
	Propeller effects
	Moving ahead
	The set piece short turn
	Motoring astern
	Berthing
	Coming alongside
	Leaving an alongside berth
	Bow thrusters
7. Ropes And Ropework
	Types of rope
	Wire halyards
	Knots, splices and whippings
	Eyes and ends
	Rope handling
	Securing the yacht
	Coming alongside
	Towing
	Towing with the dinghy
8. Anchoring
	Holding ground
	Types of anchor
	Types of cable
	Weighting the cable
	Selecting an anchorage
	Laying an anchor
	Weighing anchor
	Fouled anchors
	Anchoring stern- or bow-to
	Kedging off
	Storm anchoring
9. Yacht Engines
	Basic maintenance
	Trouble shooting
	Fuel problems
10. Sailing In Heavy Weather
	Preparing the boat
	Sails
	Steering in waves
	Survival tactics
11. Navigation – An Introduction
12. Charts, Publications And Chart Table Tools
	Latitude, longitude and the globe
	Chart projections
	Direction
	Scale and passage requirements
	Chart symbols
	Other information on the chart
	Chart datums
	Yachting charts
	Electronic charts
	Chart corrections
	The Nautical Almanac
	Pilot books and sailing directions
	Chart table tools
13. Aids To Navigation
	Lighthouses
	Offshore marks
	Inshore marks
14. Tidal Heights
	Tide tables
	Times
	Secondary ports
	Tidal definitions
	Intermediate tidal heights
	Tidal curves
	Non-astronomical factors in tide movements
	The essence of a tidal height question
	Using tidal height calculations safely
15. Tidal Streams
	Tidal gates
	Tide-induced sea states
	Information on tidal streams
16. Traditional Navigational Inputs
	The compass
	Variation
	Deviation
	Heeling error
	Local magnetic anomalies
	Compass dip
	The log
	Depth
17. The Estimated Position
	Leeway
	Plotted vectors
	The tide vector
	The echo sounder
	Plotting
	The log book
18. Classical Position Fixing
	The eyeball fix and the position line
	Sources of position line
	Preplotting and use of ship’s heading
	The running fix
	Evaluation of fixes
19. Satellites And Radar
	Global Positioning System (GPS)
	Chart datums
	Beyond the fix
	Electronic chart plotters
	Marine computers
	Radar
20. Course Shaping
	Course to steer at the turn of the tide
	The longer passage
	Leeway
	Cross-tide sailing with GPS
21. Navigational Strategy
	Wind, tide, light and darkness
	Wind shifts
	Beating in water free of currents
	The favoured tack
	Unpredicted wind shifts
	Anticipated wind shifts
	Beating in a cross-current
	Beating in a cross-tide
	Tacking downwind
22. Passage Planning
	Charts and overall distances
	Alternative destinations
	Waypoints
	Waypoint lists
	Passage planning with chart plotters
	Weather
	Tidal streams
	Traffic Separation Schemes (TSS)
	Tidal heights
	Daylight
	Fuel
	Courses to steer
	Tactics and strategy
	Pilotage plan
23. Pilotage
	Safe track
	Piloting with a plotter
	Forward planning
	Cockpit-mounted plotters
24. Passage Navigation
	The passage plan
	The passage without electronics
	The passage using GPS and a paper chart
	The passage with a plotter
25. Domestics Of A Passage
	Food
	Sleep
	Warmth
	Space
	Seasickness
26. Fog
	Maintain your plot
	Fog seamanship
	Fog tactics
27. Collision Avoidance In Poor Visibility
	Responsibility for lookout
	AIS
	Digital radar
	Display options
	Simple collision avoidance
	MARPA
	Top tips for radar collision avoidance
28. Tactics And Navigation In Heavy Weather
	Navigation in poor conditions
29. Damage Control
	Tool kits and spare parts
	Fire prevention and fighting
	Jury rigs
	Ropes around the propeller
	Steering failure
	Dismasting
30. Emergencies
	Lifeboat rescue
	Helicopter rescue
	First on the scene
	Taking to the liferaft
	Pyrotechnics
31. Man Overboard
	The reach-turn-reach
	Crash stop
	Bringing the casualty aboard
	Search and rescue
32. Weather
	The frontal depression
	Mutually exclusive air masses
	Air circulation
	Depression formation
	Depression tracks
	Frontal anatomy
	Occlusions
	Secondary depressions
	Locating a low-pressure centre
	Wind strengths in depressions
	Cyclonic winds
	Depressions in the southern hemisphere
	High pressure
	Fog
	Sea breezes
	Significant local winds
Appendix 1: Stability in Sailing Yachts
	The GZ curve
Appendix 2: Commercial Endorsement of the RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Certificate
	Professional practices and responsibilities (PPR)
Index