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ISBN 13 : 9781408128527
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (285 download)
Download or read book Reeds Skipper's Emergency Handbook written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Malcolm Pearson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472972147
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book Reeds Skipper's Handbook written by Malcolm Pearson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reed's Skipper's Handbook has been a bestseller since first publication. The previous edition sold over 60,000 copies, and it is easy to see why: a handy pocket size, it is an aide-memoire of everything a boater needs to know at sea. 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. This 7th edition has been thoroughly revised, with updated text and illustrations throughout. '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 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.
Author : Campbell Mackenzie
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147296019X
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book Skipper's Medical Emergency Handbook written by Campbell Mackenzie and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-26 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Skipper's Medical Emergency Handbook is designed to assist all who go to sea - whether on a day excursion, a holiday cruise or an even longer trip. It will provide practical advice, boost confidence, solve problems and minimise danger for all on board. Step-by-step instructions, explanatory illustrations and flow charts provide an at-a-glance reference on how to prevent, treat and care for the sick and injured at sea. And there is advice on pre-voyage preparations, establishing emergency procedures, first response and assessment of illnesses and injury, right through to offshore aftercare and recovery. The Skipper's Medical Emergency Handbook is a comprehensive and practical resource for novices or experienced sailors and motorboaters.
Author : Malcolm Pearson
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408156296
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Reeds Skipper's Handbook written by Malcolm Pearson and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-07-20 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reed's Skipper's Handbook, now in its 6th edition, has been a bestseller since first publication. A handy pocket size, it is an aide-memoire of everything a boater would need to know at sea. 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 and Yachtmaster certificates. The 6th edition has been expanded with helpful new material on boat handling, tides, ropework and general seamanship. '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 Reeds Skipper's Handbook is a must for anyone going to sea in any size of boat - be they novice or old hand. Many thousands of skippers and crew have found it invaluable as a memory jogger and fresher whether at sea or on land.
Author : Bill Johnson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472921429
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book Reeds Ocean Handbook written by Bill Johnson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the bestselling style of the Reeds Handbook series, Reeds Ocean Handbook follows on from Reeds Skipper's Handbook for skippers or crew planning to venture further afield. Complimenting the RYA Ocean Yachtmaster course, this handy pocketbook provides an aide-memoire for all the essential navigation, weather and route planning theory as well as practical guidance and advice on long-distance radio communications, ocean passage-making and risk/emergency preparations. Colour coded sections, for user-friendly accessibility, cover: - World climate and route planning (including world wind systems, ocean currents, tropical revolving storms) - Navigation (charts, great circle vs Mercator routes, time zones, satellite navigation systems, advice on on-passage navigation routines) - Astro navigation (basic theory refresher, practical astro navigation, unique step-by-step instructions for Astro sight reduction plus using and adjusting the sextant) - Passage making (route planning, preparing the yacht, power needs, supplies of water, food, gas and diesel, watch-keeping routines, crew care) - Communications (features and advantages of VHF, MF, SSB and satellite phones, weather fax, email and access to the internet) - Risks and emergencies (preparing for them, equipment checklist, grab bags, emergency scenario procedures) Internationally relevant and with colour diagrams throughout, this handy pocket-sized handbook is an ideal revision aid on shore and the perfect quick reference guide on the boat.
Author : Bill Johnson
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408159139
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Reeds Crew Handbook written by Bill Johnson and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-03-29 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reeds Skipper's Handbook, now in its 6th edition, has been a bestseller since first publication 20 years ago. Now for the first time, here is the Reeds Crew Handbook for skippers to hand to new and aspiring crew. It will give them all the essential knowledge they need to undertake the tasks traditionally handled by crew aboard any size of yacht, including: - Steering (both with a tiller and a wheel) - Raising, dropping and reefing a sail - Boat handling (using tide, wind, etc) - Handling lines (throwing, coiling, lassoing, etc) - Tying up a boat on a pontoon and against a quay wall - Attaching bow and stern lines and springs - Handling an anchor - Using the radio - Basic first aid - Essential knots Presented in bite-sized topics in a very accessible and undaunting fashion, and packed with colour illustrations to guide crew through each task, the Reeds Crew Handbook will be a useful primer for new crew before going to sea, and a handy pocket-sized aide-memoire for experienced crew when under sail.
Author : Tony Meisel
Publisher : Adlard Coles Nautical Press
ISBN 13 : 9780713674781
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (747 download)
Download or read book Skipper's Emergency Handbook written by Tony Meisel and published by Adlard Coles Nautical Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Skipper's Emergency Handbook is a handy waterproof guide that provides solutions to a range of nautical emergencies for coastal and offshore sailors so that they can head off problems before they become dire. Arranged in topics, it takes the reader through the particularproblem by means of flow charts, so they are guided to take the mostappropriate action first. Having identified the action needed, expandedtext then explains how to carry out the procedure. Topics includeabandon ship, broken boom, collision, dismasting, engine failure, fire,fog, holing, heavy weather, junk rigs, leaks, lightening strikes, manoverboard, medical emergencies, propeller problems, sail damage,steering gear, towing. With a clear head and this vital reference, the reader will possess the information needed to bring vessel and crew safely back to shore.
Author : Malcolm Pearson
Publisher : International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
ISBN 13 : 9780071456272
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (562 download)
Download or read book Reed's Skipper's Handbook written by Malcolm Pearson and published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press. This book was released on 2005-08-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ultimate Memory Aid for Onboard Use Reed's Skipper's Handbook, the worldwide bestselling piloting and seamanship pocket guide, is now adapted for North American waters and buoyage systems. Concise Color-coded page margins for quick reference Ideal for quick reference at the helm and for browsing at home to refresh and extend your seamanship knowledge Packed with a huge amount of useful information Answers all the navigation quandaries mariners are likely to encounter underway. "A brilliant guide for beginners and an excellent refresher for more advanced skippers. . . . A top-rate book."—Waterstones "A terrific little volume."—Motorboat & Yachting
Author : Andy Du Port
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1399414275
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (994 download)
Download or read book Reeds Skipper's Handbook 8th edition written by Andy Du Port and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-14 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reeds Skipper's Handbook is the essential pocket-sized reference to everything you need to know at sea, packed with a wide range of information in a concise and quick to read form. A useful aide-memoire for all sailors and powerboaters, it is also frequently recommended by instructors as a revision aid for anyone taking their Day Skipper and Yachtmaster certificates. Now in its revised and updated 8th edition, it covers: - Essential navigation skills, manual and electronic - Tides, tidal streams and curves - The rules of the road, and buoyage - Safety and distress - Communications - Weather - Anchoring and mooring - Sails and wind - Knots, bends and hitches - Inland waterways/CEVNI It also includes handy facts, figures, formulae and tables for instant reference, including an at-a-glance guide to International Port Traffic Signals. Over 100,000 boaters worldwide have a copy of the invaluable Reeds Skipper's Handbook in their pocket, on the chart table or on their shelf at home. It is a must for anyone going to sea, whether skipper or crew.
Author : Dr Spike; Mackenzie Briggs (Dr Campbell)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780857621412
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (214 download)
Download or read book Skipper's Medical Emergency Handbook written by Dr Spike; Mackenzie Briggs (Dr Campbell) and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Malcolm Pearson
Publisher : Thomas Reed Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780901281593
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (815 download)
Download or read book Reed's Skipper's Handbook written by Malcolm Pearson and published by Thomas Reed Publications. This book was released on 1995 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andy Du Port
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1399414283
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (994 download)
Download or read book Reeds Skipper's Handbook 8th edition written by Andy Du Port and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-14 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reeds Skipper's Handbook is the essential pocket-sized reference to everything you need to know at sea, packed with a wide range of information in a concise and quick to read form. A useful aide-memoire for all sailors and powerboaters, it is also frequently recommended by instructors as a revision aid for anyone taking their Day Skipper and Yachtmaster certificates. Now in its revised and updated 8th edition, it covers: - Essential navigation skills, manual and electronic - Tides, tidal streams and curves - The rules of the road, and buoyage - Safety and distress - Communications - Weather - Anchoring and mooring - Sails and wind - Knots, bends and hitches - Inland waterways/CEVNI It also includes handy facts, figures, formulae and tables for instant reference, including an at-a-glance guide to International Port Traffic Signals. Over 100,000 boaters worldwide have a copy of the invaluable Reeds Skipper's Handbook in their pocket, on the chart table or on their shelf at home. It is a must for anyone going to sea, whether skipper or crew.
Author : Sue Fletcher
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 147290267X
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book Reeds VHF/DSC Handbook written by Sue Fletcher and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-07-20 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reed's VHF DSC Handbook is a user-friendly guide that gets marine VHF radio users quickly up to speed with both the analogue and digital functions on the radio. Sue Fletcher's straightforward explanations and tips describe the leisure craft VHF DSC radio system in detail and its place within GMDSS. Since it was first published it has become the standard work on the subject. Updated to take into account new developments and procedures it provides: all the information required to pass the Short Range Certificate (SRC) - which is compulsory for anyone using a VHF DSC radio;radio procedure, channel allocation, VHF radio theory and more; a full explanation of GMDSS, including details on EPIRBs, SARTs and Navtex; an invaluable onboard reference. The rescue authorities and commercial maritime world now rely almost entirely on DSC for initial contact, so if you need help and want to be heard, a marine VHF DSC radio is essential. 'If you are looking for just one book to explain all marine VHF operating code and procedure, you need look no further... Packed with hints, tips and sound advice, it explains, in the clearest possible way, all one could wish to know about VHF, present and future.' Yachting Monthly
Author : Dr Dr Spike Briggs
Publisher : Adlard Coles
ISBN 13 : 1399413090
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (994 download)
Download or read book Skipper's Medical Emergency Handbook written by Dr Dr Spike Briggs and published by Adlard Coles. This book was released on 2023-12-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Skipper's Medical Emergency Handbook is designed to assist all who go to sea - whether on a day excursion, a holiday cruise or an even longer trip. It provides practical advice, boosts confidence, solves problems and minimises danger for all on board. The authors are both medical professionals and hugely experienced sailors. This third edition has been thoroughly updated throughout in line with new practices, procedures and treatments, reflecting the ever-evolving practice of medicine in the 21st century. It includes the latest developments in the treatment of medical conditions, and also the latest improvements in the emergency treatment of trauma. Step-by-step instructions, explanatory illustrations and flow charts provide an essential at-a-glance reference on how to prevent, treat and care for the sick and injured at sea. There is clear advice on pre-voyage preparations, establishing emergency procedures, first response and assessment of illnesses and injury, right through to offshore aftercare and recovery. The Skipper's Medical Emergency Handbook is a comprehensive and practical resource for novices or experienced sailors and motorboaters. The book's durable waterproof binding protects against the marine environment making it ideal to use at sea. 'If you take only one medical handbook on board, make it this one. It has been carefully thought through and is presented logically in an at-a-glance format that would be quick and easy to use in a crisis, with plenty of diagrams and flow charts to help' Yachting World
Author : Andy Du Port
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147298143X
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book Reeds VHF Handbook written by Andy Du Port and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reeds VHF Handbook is an accessible, user friendly but comprehensive guide to marine VHF radio that helps users quickly get up to speed with all the functions on their equipment. Straightforward explanations and tips describe the leisure VHF DSC radio system in detail and its place within GMDSS. This brand new book incorporates all the information required to pass the Short Range Certificate, which is compulsory for anyone using a VHF DSC radio, and forms part of the process of obtaining the Day Skipper qualification. The book covers radio procedure, channel allocation, VHF radio theory and more, along with a full explanation of GMDSS, including details on EPIRBs, SARTs and Navtex. The Reeds VHF Handbook is an essential onboard reference, and set to become the standard work on the subject.
Author : Tony Meisel
Publisher : International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
ISBN 13 : 9780071474672
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (746 download)
Download or read book On-Board Emergency Handbook written by Tony Meisel and published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press. This book was released on 2006-04-21 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life raft? Flare gun? Our illustrated handbook gives you your most important piece of emergency equipment--the knowledge to face any crisis You must be self-reliant on the water, and On-Board Emergency Handbook should be on your boat--as a trusted advisor if things should ever go wrong, and for reassurance at all times. Its 42 emergency topics are alphabetically arranged for quick reference, and each one provides instant access to the best action in a given crisis. Topics covered include collisions, abandoning ship, dismasting, holing, icing, heavy weather, lightning, man overboard, medical emergencies, and much more.
Author : Neil Hollander
Publisher : Hearst Books
ISBN 13 : 9780688066109
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (661 download)
Download or read book The Yachtsman's Emergency Handbook written by Neil Hollander and published by Hearst Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
