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The Complete Yachtmaster 11th edition

Sailing, Seamanship and Navigation for the Modern Yacht Skipper

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The Complete Yachtmaster 11th edition

Sailing, Seamanship and Navigation for the Modern Yacht Skipper

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Description

A comprehensive hands-on manual that covers the Yachtmaster syllabus and brings together all the essentials of modern cruising in one volume.

A bestseller since its first publication, The Complete Yachtmaster has become the standard reference for Yachtmaster students as well as skippers of all levels of experience.

In this fully revised and up-to-date 11th edition, Tom Cunliffe 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. The Complete Yachtmaster builds knowledge as it builds sailing confidence, guiding examination candidates as authoritatively and reassuringly through the RYA syllabus as a sea pilot bringing a ship safely to harbour.

Easy to read and down to earth, this new 11th edition has updated and expanded sections on boat handling, knots, paper and electronic charts, chart plotters, laser flares, universal VHF, mobile phones and important developments in electronic navigation.

Required reading for all skippers and budding skippers, both on board or in the classroom.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. The skipper
2. The theory of sailing
3. Efficient sailing
4. Basic seamanship under sail
5. Boat handling under sail
6. Boat handling under power
7. Ropes and ropework
8. Anchoring
9. Yacht engines
10. Sailing in heavy weather
11. Navigation – an introduction
12. Charts, publications and chart table tools
13. Aids to navigation
14. Tidal heights
15. Tidal streams
16. Traditional navigational inputs
17. The estimated position
18. Classical position fixing
19. Satellites and radar
20. Course shaping
21. Navigational strategy
22. Passage planning
23. Pilotage
24. Passage navigation
25. Domestics of a passage
26. Fog
27. Collision avoidance in poor visibility
28. Tactics and navigation in heavy weather
29. Damage control
30. Emergencies
31. Man overboard
32. Weather

Appendix: stability in sailing yachts
Index

Product details

Published Nov 25 2025
Format Hardback
Edition 11th
Extent 320
ISBN 9781399422154
Imprint Adlard Coles
Illustrations Photographs and illustrations throughout
Dimensions 10 x 7 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Tom Cunliffe

Tom Cunliffe has many years of experience cruising…

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