Reeds Skipper's Handbook

he 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.