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Since the first edition was published, Pass Your Day Skipper has helped thousands of students through their shore-based Day Skipper course. Concise and comprehensive, this crammer covers all the essentials of the RYA syllabus, arranged in bite-size chunks to make revision easier and brought fully up to date in this seventh edition. Throughout, the theory is set in a practical seagoing perspective, and helpful hints on exam tactics are provided too. And to relieve the tension of all that studying, each section is enlivened with Mike Peyton’s best-loved cartoons. The new edition has been updated throughout to reflect changes to the syllabus and the latest developments around electronic navigation, including updated sections on chart plotters, satellite positions, weather information and safety equipment. The revision guide covers:-Electronic navigation and chartwork-Tides and tidal streams-Pilotage-Weather - the weather system, local weather and coping with bad weather-Anchoring, mooring and ropework-Passage planning -Safety - SOLAS, radio distress, man overboard and first aid

Both concise and comprehensive, this out-and-out ''crammer'' covers all the essentials of the RYA Day Skipper syllabus, arranged by topic and highlighted to make revising easier and now updated and expanded for the sixth edition. Since the first edition was published, Pass Your Day Skipper has helped thousands of students through their shorebased Day Skipper course.Throughout, the theory is set in a practical seagoing perspective, and helpful tips on exam tactics are also provided. And to relieve the tension of all that swotting, each section is enlivened with some of Mike Peyton''s best loved cartoons.''Well worth investing in to help you pass your Day Skipper with flying colours!'' Boat Mart ''All the essentials are covered with lucidity... after you pass, you won''t throw it away'' Cowes Yachting

Both concise and comprehensive, this out-and-out ''crammer'' covers all the essentials of the RYA Day Skipper syllabus, arranged by topic and highlighted to make revising easier and now updated and expanded for the sixth edition. Since the first edition was published, Pass Your Day Skipper has helped thousands of students through their shorebased Day Skipper course.Throughout, the theory is set in a practical seagoing perspective, and helpful tips on exam tactics are also provided. And to relieve the tension of all that swotting, each section is enlivened with some of Mike Peyton''s best loved cartoons.''Well worth investing in to help you pass your Day Skipper with flying colours!'' Boat Mart ''All the essentials are covered with lucidity... after you pass, you won''t throw it away'' Cowes Yachting

Mike Peyton is the nautical world''s best known and much lovedcartoonist. For years he has made his mark, contributing witty, wellexecuted and poignantly funny cartoons to the yachting and boatingpress, poking fun at seafarers of all types and capturing in hisdistinctive cartoon style their often eccentric and idiosyncratic ways.Nowhere, at last, is a wonderful collection of Mike Peyton''s light heartedand amusing recollections of time spent messing about in boats, allillustrated in his unique cartoon style.A perfect bunkside read for seafarers and landlubbers alike.

This is a wonderful cherry-picked collection of humiliating misadventures from the enduringly popular Confessional column of Yachting Monthly magazine. For over 25 years, yachtsmen have clamoured to tell the world about their most embarrassing exploits and their most shameful blunders, and the cream of the crop are collected together here in the hope that the rest of us can learn from their mistakes instead of our own - or at least have a good laugh at their expense! Shipwrecks, strandings, mutiny, getting locked in the lavatory...you couldn't make them up. Counted among the contributors are no less than four former editors of Yachting Monthly, which goes to prove that worse things really do happen at sea! Accompanied by cartoons from the inimitable Mike Peyton, this collection deserves a place at every bunkside.

There were too many degrading disasters, mortifying mishaps and groan-worthy gaffes for one collection, so following on from Yachting Monthly's Confessions, here is another wonderful collection of humiliating misadventures from the enduringly popular Confessional column of Yachting Monthly magazine. For over 25 years, yachtsmen have clamoured to tell the world about their most embarrassing exploits and their most shameful blunders, so here is another crop of entertaining examples, so that the rest of us can learn from other people's mistakes instead of our own - or at least have a good laugh at their expense! Accompanied once more by cartoons from the inimitable Mike Peyton, this collection helps to prove that worse things really do happen at sea!

There were too many degrading disasters, mortifying mishaps and groan-worthy gaffes for one collection, so following on from Yachting Monthly''s Confessions, here is another wonderful collection of humiliating misadventures from the enduringly popular Confessional column of Yachting Monthly magazine.For over 25 years, yachtsmen have clamoured to tell the world about their most embarrassing exploits and their most shameful blunders, so here is another crop of entertaining examples, so that the rest of us can learn from other people''s mistakes instead of our own - or at least have a good laugh at their expense!Accompanied once more by cartoons from the inimitable Mike Peyton, this collection helps to prove that worse things really do happen at sea!

Mike Peyton is the nautical world''s best known and much lovedcartoonist. For years he has made his mark, contributing witty, wellexecuted and poignantly funny cartoons to the yachting and boatingpress, poking fun at seafarers of all types and capturing in hisdistinctive cartoon style their often eccentric and idiosyncratic ways.Nowhere, at last, is a wonderful collection of Mike Peyton''s light heartedand amusing recollections of time spent messing about in boats, allillustrated in his unique cartoon style.A perfect bunkside read for seafarers and landlubbers alike.

Mike Peyton is the nautical world''s best known and much loved cartoonist. For years he has made his mark, contributing witty, well executed and poignantly funny cartoons to the yachting and boating press, poking fun at seafarers of all types and capturing in his distinctive cartoon style their often eccentric and idiosyncratic ways.Following on from his successful Ever Wonder Why We Do It? this is another wonderful and unique collection of Mike Peyton''s light hearted and amusing recollections of time spent messing about in boats, many of them his own, all illustrated in his unique cartoon style.A perfect bunkside read for seafarers and landlubbers alike.''Here is a man who can literally draw on his experiences. Mike''s mischievous sense of satire is informed by his own inimitable exploits on the water in a succession of odd craft... there is no other sailing cartoonist in the world who can match his elegant, economical wit and wisdom.''Paul Gelder, editor of Yachting Monthly

Mike Peyton is the nautical world''s best known and much loved cartoonist. For years he has made his mark, contributing witty, well executed and poignantly funny cartoons to the yachting and boating press, poking fun at seafarers of all types and capturing in his distinctive cartoon style their often eccentric and idiosyncratic ways.Following on from his successful Ever Wonder Why We Do It? this is another wonderful and unique collection of Mike Peyton''s light hearted and amusing recollections of time spent messing about in boats, many of them his own, all illustrated in his unique cartoon style.A perfect bunkside read for seafarers and landlubbers alike.''Here is a man who can literally draw on his experiences. Mike''s mischievous sense of satire is informed by his own inimitable exploits on the water in a succession of odd craft... there is no other sailing cartoonist in the world who can match his elegant, economical wit and wisdom.''Paul Gelder, editor of Yachting Monthly

This is a wonderful cherry-picked collection of humiliating misadventures from the enduringly popular Confessional column of Yachting Monthly magazine. For over 25 years, yachtsmen have clamoured to tell the worldabout their most embarrassing exploits and their most shamefulblunders, and the cream of the crop are collected together here in thehope that the rest of us can learn from their mistakes instead of ourown - or at least have a good laugh at their expense! Shipwrecks, strandings, mutiny, getting locked in the lavatory...you couldn''t make them up. Counted among the contributors are no lessthan four former editors of Yachting Monthly, which goes to prove that worse things really do happen at sea! Accompanied by cartoons from the inimitable Mike Peyton, this collection deserves a place at every bunkside.

This is a wonderful cherry-picked collection of humiliating misadventures from the enduringly popular Confessional column of Yachting Monthly magazine. For over 25 years, yachtsmen have clamoured to tell the worldabout their most embarrassing exploits and their most shamefulblunders, and the cream of the crop are collected together here in thehope that the rest of us can learn from their mistakes instead of ourown - or at least have a good laugh at their expense! Shipwrecks, strandings, mutiny, getting locked in the lavatory...you couldn''t make them up. Counted among the contributors are no lessthan four former editors of Yachting Monthly, which goes to prove that worse things really do happen at sea! Accompanied by cartoons from the inimitable Mike Peyton, this collection deserves a place at every bunkside.