Product Description

This practical guide is designed to help anyone attending the Royal Yachting Association Day Skipper Practical Motor Cruising course. The aim is to provide the student with the knowledge to skipper a motor cruiser safely by day, in waters in which he or she is familiar. Topics covered include: basics of hull and propulsion design; preparation of the boat for sea; boat handling; emergency procedures; advanced motoring techniques; procedures for leaving a berth and arrival; revision of navigational terms; use of charts and tidal calculations; passage planning; and knots, ropework and seamanship. Each section concludes with questions and answers to aid revision.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #111721 in Books
• Published on: 1997-05-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Customer Reviews

Excellent book for twin engined motor boaters
Overall this is an excellent book for people about to embark on the Day Skipper practical course. It gives clear and consise guidance and tips and allows the new skipper to think about his priorities. It has to be said that the book is of less use (but certainly not useless) to those with single engined boats.

An excellent preparation for the RYA Day Skipper course
This book is well written and logically ordered. The authors have clearly given a lot of thought to the demands of handling a motor cruiser, particularly if you are new to the area.

I have gained a lot of practical knowledge from it and often use it for reference, especially when I have friends who are new to motor cruising on board.

It is designed for inboard engines, as is the RYA course it is clearly designed to accompany.

Suitable if you have a boat with 2 propellers
The book is well written and gives relevant information about seamanship. However sections like advanced motoring techniques or procedures for leaving a berth and arrival are valid for boats with 2 propellers and if you have a boat with one propeller (i.e. an outboard engine), it doesn't help at all. Therefore I'm disappointed with what I get out of it.