Reeds Skipper's Handbook: For Sail and Power

Malcolm Pearson

$14.00

Publication Date: June 16th, 2020

Publisher:

Reeds

ISBN:

9781472972163

Pages:

208

Description

The bestselling guide to everything a boater needs to know at sea.

The Reed's Skipper's Handbook has been a bestseller since first publication. Now thoroughly revised, this handy pocket sized guide covers everything a boater needs to know at sea with updated text and illustrations throughout. Packed with a wide range of information in a concise form, it is frequently recommended by Yachtmaster Instructors as a quick reference guide and as a revision aid for anyone taking their Day Skipper or Yachtmaster certificates.

Reeds Skipper's Handbook is a must for anyone going to sea in any size of boat--be they novice or old hand. Tens of thousands of skippers and crew have found it invaluable as a memory jogger and refresher whether at sea or on land.

About the Author

Malcolm Pearson was a Yachtmaster Instructor for over 20 years, and skippered sail and power boats around the coast of the UK, Northern Europe and America. Andy Du Port is a former editor of Reeds Nautical Almanac, and an experienced yachtsman, having sailed with family and crew for many years all along the south coast of England, the Channel Islands and the North Coast of France.

Praise for Reeds Skipper's Handbook: For Sail and Power

“A terrific little volume” —Motorboat & Yachting

“A brilliant guide for beginners and an excellent refresher for more advanced skippers... a top rate book” —Waterstones

“Everything you would need to know when going to sea in a yacht or small boat...a humdinger of a little book” —Nautical Magazine

“A handy pocketsize, it is an aide-memoire of everything a boater would need to know at sea” —Nautical Magazine (July 2010)

“A "must" in all chart tables and for those with "maturing memories" or lack of!” —The Little Ship Club (Summer 2010)

“From the beginning, it contained everything a boater would need to know when going to sea, and it imparted this stream of information in a concise, easy-to-navigate way, in a handy pocket-sized book.” —Sailing