The Complete Yachtmaster: Sailing, Seamanship and Navigation for the Modern Yacht Skipper

by Tom Cunliffe

The Complete Yachtmaster has been a bestseller since first publication and has established itself as the standard reference for Yachtmaster students
as well as skippers of all levels of experience. In this fully revised
sixth edition, Tom Cunliffe brings together all the essentials of
modern cruising in one volume. Subjects include an analysis of what
makes a good skipper, the theory and practice of sailing, seamanship,
navigation including chart plotters and PCs, meteorology, heavy
weather, yacht stability and coping with emergencies.
The Complete Yachtmaster
promotes each subject as an integral part of the whole. It guides
examination candidates as authoritatively and reassuringly through the
RYA syllabus as a sea pilot bringing a ship to harbour. Required reading for all skippers whether on board or in the classroom.

'A gem, distilled from decades of experience' Yachting Monthly'Cunliffe's competence and authority radiate from the pages? thoroughly recommended' Little Ship Club
'There are all too few authors who not only know their subject but can write well about it. Tom Cunliffe is one' Cruising

Genres: Nonfiction

304 pages, Hardcover

Published March 30, 2008

About the author

Tom Cunliffe (born 1947) is a British yachting journalist, author and broadcaster.

Cunliffe has been a regular contributor to Yachting Monthly, Yachting World, Sail magazine, Classic Boat and 'Sailing Today' for many years.

A professional writer since 1986, Cunliffe has won the Best Book of the Sea award twice, for Topsail and Battleaxe and Hand, Reef and Steer.[4] He is author of the important Shell Channel Pilot for the English Channel.

In 2010 he presented the award-winning six-part BBC documentary series, The Boats that Built Britain. He also presented the popular 'Boat Yard' series for Discovery TV. He now has a big following on his Youtube channel, 'Yachts and Yarns'.

Reviews

[David Uhlar]

The go to work after a long winter of not sailing

[Jude Pickford]

Brilliant comprehensive book, well worth reading properly for any aspiring yachtmaster or even dayskipper

[Jeremy]

clear to read and understand

[Court A Rawson]

Plainspeaking Master Yachtsman Covers Nearly All

Tom Cunliffe's book covers most topics relevant to sailing yachters, drawing on his decades of experience. A great one-stop shop!