This is the RYA’s official title to support the CEVNI test to assist with the level of understanding needed to pass the test, which is a legal requirement (as well as carrying a CEVNI book on board) when using the European inland waterways. The CEVNI code which was devised by the United Nations in 1985 & governs navigation on all interconnected European inland waterways was established to enable boatmen of all nationalities to communicate, & to understand what is going on without the need to speak each other’s language. This new edition of RYA European Waterways Regulations has been fully updated & is essential reading for anyone taking the CEVNI qualification. The exciting new colourful format, with user-friendly text & illustrations, enables the reader to find information quickly – a perfect learning tool & reference. Key chapters include:-Visual Signs-Rules of the Road (particularly blue boarding)-Sample CEVNI test questions Our author Tam Murrell has been boating for business & pleasure since the late 1950s ranging from working narrow boats & barges on UK inland waters to small coasters trading in & around the Thames estuary & into northern Europe. Since 1995 he & his wife Di have spent much of their time on continental waterways on their 24m Dutch barge, & run a barge-handling school in France for RYA & French qualifications. ...

This handy book for the leisure user is a quick-reference guide to radio procedures (including Urgency, Safety, & Distress messaging); installing & maintaining a VHF radio; the licensing requirements, & GMDSS including Navtex. It also features useful extras, including prowords, the phonetic alphabet & numerals, & two sample Distress Procedure Cards for vessels with & without DSC. Chapters include:GMDSSRadio Procedures Installation & Maintenance, and Licensing The look & feel of the layout has benefitted from an overall redesign, making even the most complicated subject easily understandable. This makes the RYA Handy Guide to Marine Radio an even more user friendly aid to marine radio usage than ever before. ...

The International Certificate of Competence, or the ICC, is required for the inland waterways of Europe & for the inland & costal waters of the Mediterranean countries. This RYA ICC Handbook is written as the official RYA course book to help both sail & power boaters pass the ICC test. It is written by an RYA yachtmaster instructor & examiner & explains the syllabus & standard required in detail along with giving a wealth of helpful hints on everything from the CEVNI rules to boat handling & collision avoidance. ...

Although written & illustrated specifically with the boating fraternity in mind, the content of RYA Knots Splices & Ropework is applicable to a much wider readership. Structured to guide everyone from a complete beginner to a seasoned sailor step-by-step through simple knots onto the advances knotting skills required to make a Turk’s Head & Star Knot. ...

This new edition of the best selling RYA Navigation Exercises is the official & recommended book for RYA Day Skipper, Yachtmaster & the Basic 2-Day Navigation & Safety Course & contains everything you will need to help answer the questions in this book. It is the only book that uses the new RYA Training Charts used for all RYA Training Courses. Whether you are taking an RYA Course or not, these exercises provide essential practice for anyone who goes to sea. The questions start with those simple enough for anyone new to navigation & progressively become more difficult
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The Navigation Handbook from the Royal Yachting Association is the recommended text for anyone doing the RYA Day Skipper Shorebased course & a core text for the RYA Coastal Skipper & Yachtmaster Offshore Shorebased course sail or power. It is also ideal for anyone who wants to learn more about navigation. With the aid of coloured imagery, this handbook covers the traditional & latest electronic navigation methods. With chapters on position, direction, distance, depth & height, charts, position fixing, tides & tidal streams, course to steer & EP, lights, buoys & beacons, pilotage, passage making. In the appendix you will find information on interfacing, loran, radar, tide levels & datums & Admiralty chart symbols. This handbook is written by the Tim Bartlett, a leading expert on navigation. ...

RYA Passage Planning will provide you with the essential facts & methods that you need for your own journeys. Beginning with a systematic, step-by-step procedure on how to start your passage planning & what factors you should be considering, the book takes you ny way of scenarios through how you might plan a variety of voyages, & provides useful checklists & forms to help with the process. ...

This personal logbook is perfect for all boaters who voyage on a number of boats. Within it, there is space to record the distance of journeys, the maximum wind strength & the capacity in which the voyage was sailed. Also included are `season summaries` to allow at-a-glance mileage recording & vessel names. Ideal for the progressing boater, & unique to the RYA, this logbook

Includes:: some information & pre-exam requirements for RYA Coastal Skipper, Yachtmaster & Ocean certificates of competence.

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There are 80 logging pages & the bonus sections include IALA buoyage; international code flags; plotting essentials (which incorporates dead reckoning & estimated position); & common abbreviations for nautical terms. Unique to the RYA, these logging pages also include space to enter the weather forecast at the time of voyage. ...

The Rigging Handbook from the Royal Yachting Association aims to guide you through the practical side of putting a yacht’s rig together. Chapters include dressing & rigging a new mast, tuning the rig, reefing systems, marlinspike seamanship, care & maintenance. Written by Allan Barwell who is an authority on the subject having run his own rigging business for almost 40 years, & has sailed, raced & rigged boats all around the world. ...