We have selected some useful books and CD's available to purchase on line (mail order) at very competitive prices. You will find useful preliminary reading in advance of your course including the course handbooks, as well as excellent reference books for future use.

BOOKS

Explains the syllabus for the RYA Competent Crew, Day & Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster sailing courses.

Has space for personal log and course completion certificates.

Essential reading for anyone with limited yachting experience. The official handbook of the RYA Competent Crew course. Foreword by Ellen MacArthur. Full colour illustrations.

Essential reading for anyone taking the Day Skipper Shorebased course - the beginners course in navigation, safety and seamanship. Covers all aspects of the syllabus including new developments in electronic navigation equipment and techniques.

Guidance on how to take charge of a yacht for a short passage.  Includes planning, crew briefing, safety, boat handling, navigation, etc.

Covers new developments in electronic navigation equipment and techniques.  Invaluable on-board aide-memoire for advanced navigation techniques, electronics, IRPCS, meteorology and much much more.

Highly recommended for anybody who needs to navigate safely and confidently, coastal and offshore.  The official reference book for Day Skipper and Yachtmaster students.  Illustrated in colour.  Includes GPS and electronic chart plotting sections.

Covers everything from position plotting, tidal calculations and passage planning.  Two RYA training charts and practice exercises provided.  Useful for anyone who wants to improve their navigation and seamanship.

A totally practical hands-on manual that covers the RYA Day Skipper syllabus in a way that reflects a skipper's growing experience at sea.

Begins with yacht handling under power and moves on to boat husbandry and sailing skills and from there to the realistic use of modern electronic navigation systems.

Eminently readable and very down to earth, this highly practical, challenging book has become required reading for all skippers in their early years as well as more experienced sailors who choose not to venture to far afield.

Covers everything from position plotting, tidal calculations and passage planning.  Two RYA training charts and practice exercises provided.  Useful for anyone who wants to improve their navigation and seamanship.

INTERACTIVE CDs

Covers the whole RYA theory syllabus from Day Skipper to Yachtmaster Offshore. New sections inc. stability, electronic navigation and SOLAS.

The 2006 version has a number of new enhancements:

• No expiry on chart data

• Enhanced Passage Planning Utility

• Tidal Height Predictions for 1 year - can be updated each year for a small charge.

• Improved coverage on all existing chart packs

• Scale in or out at the touch of a button

• Print chart/log functions

• 12 regional areas with an average of 18 ARCS charts per CD