No other sport requires the combination of so many elements as sail racing; preparation, strategy, speed, tuning & most importantly tactics. RYA tactics is written by Mark Rushall, one of the sports top tacticians & coaches, & can really help you to sail better & win races. With easy to follow diagrams & colour photographs it takes you holistically through each section. If you take your racing seriously you cannot be without this book. ...

Ask any group of students attending an SRC course why they want to learn to use a marine VHF radio, & the overwhelming majority are likely to reply ’safety’. Probe a little deeper, & most of them will probably say that they want it mainly to be able to call for help. An addition to the best-selling RYA Handbook series, RYA VHF Handbook is essential background reading for anyone taking the VHF Operator’s Short Range Certificate examination. The combination of easy to follow text, expert tips & beautiful colour illustrations ensure that this often daunting subject is made simple & enjoyable. ...

Whatever type of boating you enjoy there is nothing more important than the weather, knowing what to expect & how to plan for it. RYA Weather Forecasts gives basic guidance on the content & terminology of weather forecasts, making them easier to understand & use. It also contains the details of marine weather services & broadcasts for British home waters & most of the coastal waters around Europe. The RYA is the governing body representing sailing, windsurfing, motor boating, power boat racing & personal watercraft, at sea & on inland waters. It works for the good of all who enjoy these activities, campaigning for their interests at local, regional, national, European & world level. ...

The RYA Weather Handbook has been written to complement the RYA Dayskipper & Coastal Skipper/ Yachtmaster syllabi & is recommended reading for anyone taking one of these courses. But whether you are following an RYA course or just want to understand the weather a little better, this book is full of practical & useful advice on how to understand weather maps & improve your forecasting skills. Written by a sailor for sailors, the RYA Weather Handbook explains the complexities of the weather using full colour diagrams & illustrations
- & without lots of jargon. Your time afloat should be fun & understanding the weather can only enhance your enjoyment.
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If you are doing an RYA course or are simply seeking to gain a greater understanding of the weather, this edition of the RYA Weather Handbook (which covers the Northern & Southern Hemispheres) is full of practical & useful information, on aspects such as theory, weather charts, clouds, predicting the wind, & the technology used in sourcing meteorological information. This edition provides more information than ever before about where to obtain forecasts, the growing use of technology in forecasting weather & obtaining up-to-date information & in particular monitoring the tell-tale signs around you for any indication that the weather may not be doing what was forecast. The areas that have been substantially updated & enhanced with additional content are: Tropical weather (hurricanes, cyclones & sailing in the tropics) Climate change New technology The illustrations have also been completely modernised & the look & feel of the layout has benefitted from an overall redesign, making even the most complicated subject easily understandable. ...

The trade paperback of Ryanair, published in June 2004, has already sold nearly 20, 000 copies & is in its sixth printing
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In this hilarious, no-holds-barred account, journalist Philip Nolan packs his bag (maximum 10kg, please) & takes us on an adventure that is not for the faint-hearted as he flies with Europe `s biggest low-cost airline. Using Ryanair destinations as a route planner, we grab our boarding passes & fight for the first available seat as we travel with him to towns we`ve never heard of (Tampere & Wroclaw, anyone?) & to cities we`ve always wanted to visit. From watching the pilgrims completing the Camino in Santiago de Compostela to cheering with the fans in Frankfurt during the World Cup, from having his alpha waves channelled at a spa in Austria to a little soul cleansing at the baths at Lourdes, from the all-night party that is Riga to the eerie hush of Beauvais on a slow Monday night, we are treated to a kaleidoscopic snapshot of the quirks & foibles of a continent. Ryanair has opened up Europe `s treasures, & a few complete dumps too, in a way never before possible. From Biarritz to Blackpool to Bratislava, Pau to Pisa to Porto, Vienna to Valencia to Venice, Philip Nolan completes a whirlwind tour of the continent he calls Ryanl&. The journey is whimsical, wistful & laugh-out-loud funny, as we travel on a spellbinding no-frills odyssey. ...

Indexed street plan of the city. Detail

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Map No. 117, Rychlebske hory, in a series of GPS compatible topographic maps of the Czech Republic at 1:75.000 from Shocart highlighting both signposted cycling routes & other local cycling paths, with route profiles & additional tourist information. Relief is shown by contour lines, spot heights, & subtle hill-shading. The maps show roads, tracks, railways, cable cars, chairlifts, & a range of natural landscape features & landmarks. Coloured symbols depict plenty of additional tourist features e.g. information centres, places of interest, antiquities, shelters, campsites, accommodation, bicycle services etc. An overprint highlights both signposted routes & other recommended routes which have no terrain markers. For all bike routes intermediate distances are shown. Hiking paths are also highlighted. Latitude & longitude margin ticks are at 5' intervals. Each map is accompanied by a booklet containing general information on the Czech cycle route network, elevation profile diagram for selected routes, plus an index for locations of historical & geographical interest, bicycle service workshops, information centres, & tourist attractions. Map legend & text are in English, German & Czech. ...

Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:50, 000, the Terrängkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 244 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:50, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 37.5 x 40km. The maps have contours at 5 metre intervals, plus relief shading & graphics for rocky outcrops & boulders. Further graphics and/or colouring show different types of land use or vegetation (forests, arable l&, orchards, marshes, peat bogs, etc). An unusual feature of this survey is the colouring indicating buildings below or above two storeys high & “leisure/holiday homes”. The maps indicate privately maintained roads & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 5’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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