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The 13th edition of this bestselling book is proof of the success of Mary Blewitt's concise and clear style in explaining a particularly difficult skill, and it has been the bible for many generations of ocean navigators. Since this book was first...

The A-Z Adventure series features the accuracy and quality of Ordnance Survey's 1:25000 mapping in a convenient book, therefore eliminating the need to fold and re-fold a large sheet map to the desired area. The 1:25000 is Ordnance Survey's...

Peter Jefferson presented The Shipping Forecast for over 40 years, and his familiar voice continued to be heard reading quotations on BBC Radio 4's Quote... Unquote. This book is both an affectionate memoir and a history of the science and BBC...

A handy, splash-proof, on-the-water summary of the key things you need to know about navigation at sea: the perfect quick reference guide to keep onboard. The book covers all the navigation essentials: charts, compass, tides, standard and secondary...

A pocket database containing everything a busy skipper needs to know but might find hard to remember. It is easy to take for granted how much a skipper needs to know : Navigation, how to pilot the boat into a new harbour, using the radio, checking the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399014304Author Anthony BurtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Pen and Sword TransportPublisher Pen and Sword TransportWeight(grams) 165g

Navigate your way around Liverpool with detailed street maps from A-Z This up-to-date, folded A-Z street map includes all of the 2,000 streets in and around Liverpool. As well as the city centre other areas covered are Baltic Triangle,...

This A-Z map of South East England is a full colour regional road atlas featuring 46 pages of continuous road mapping extending from Banbury and Felixstowe to the south coast, and from Oxford and Southampton to Margate and Clacton-on-Sea in the east. ...

Navigate your way around Oxford with detailed street maps from A-Z This up-to-date, folded A-Z street map includes 1,600 streets in and around Oxford. As well as the University of Oxford colleges, the other areas covered are Jericho, Cowley,...

Navigate your way around Norwich with this detailed and easy-to-use A-Z Street Atlas. Printed in full-colour, paperback format, this atlas contains 42 pages of continuous street mapping. More than 4,500 streets indexed. Large scale 4 inches to...

The Reeds Looseleaf Almanac provides all the information required to navigate Atlantic coastal waters around the UK, Ireland, Channel Islands, and the entire European coastline from the tip of Denmark right down to Gibraltar, including the Azores and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906435097Author Melanie BartlettFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Royal Yachting AssociationPublisher Royal Yachting AssociationDimensions(mm) 245mm *...

The ninth edition of Inland Waterways of France is the ideal guide for planning cruises in and through the most fascinating and diverse waterway network in Europe. This edition takes a new paperback format, split into three volumes. David Edwards-May...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorImray Laurie Norie & Wilson Ltd was formed in 1904 when three private chart publishing firms amalgamated. Each of these London companies had a long history going...

To sail the oceans needed skill as well as courage and experience, and the sea chart with, where appropriate, the coastal view, was the tool by which ships of trade, transport or conquest navigated their course. This book looks at the history and...

Navigate your way around Swansea with detailed street maps from A-Z This up-to-date, folded A-Z street map includes all of the 1,500 streets in and around Swansea.As well as the city centre and Swansea Maritime Quarter, the other areas covered...

Plans included: Crinan Approaches (1:10 000) Ardrishaig (1:15 000) East Loch Tarbert (1:12 000) Campbeltown Loch (1:35 000) Campbeltown Harbour (1:7500) Caladh Harbour (1:10 000) Burnt Islands (1:10 000) Rothesay Harbour (1:5000) Lamlash Harbour (1:75...

There are few more beautiful cities in the world that it is possible to sail into the heart of, but that is what the authors were able to do in Istanbul while researching this, the tenth edition. Their research also took them south as far as Goecek and...

Navigate your way around Portsmouth with this detailed and easy-to-use A-Z Street Atlas. Printed in full-colour, paperback format, this atlas contains 54 pages of continuous street mapping. The main mapping extends beyond central...

Navigate your way around Nottingham with this detailed and easy-to-use A-Z Street Atlas. Printed in full-colour, paperback format, this atlas contains 74 pages of continuous street mapping. The main mapping extends beyond central...

Chart 100 shows the main trend of depth contours, limits of ice, magnetic variations and keys routes as identified by Donald M. Street Jr. In the enclosed booklet are pilot charts showing winds, currents and wave height frequencies with accompanying...

'There have always been lighthouses in my life. There has been a closeness and steadiness to our relationship, as if they have kept pace and in close contact with me.' Lighthouses punctuate Scotland's coastline - a stoic presence on the edge of the...

Navigate your way around Torquay with detailed street maps from A-Z This up-to-date, folded A-Z street map includes all of the 1,000 streets in and around Torquay.As well as Babbacombe and Oddicombe Beach, the other areas covered include...

A large A3-size, full colour, paperback road atlas, now fully revised and updated. Clear detailed road mapping at a mainland map scale of 3.5 miles to 1 inch, 2.22 km to 1 cm. This essential road atlas includes the following;* 11 pages of main...

A practical, hands-on manual covering the entire Day Skipper syllabus in a step-by-step learning system designed to get you straight on the water. As one of Britain's best-known instructors and writers on seamanship, Tom Cunliffe understands the...

Atlantic Spain and Portugal is the classic guide to this varied coast which includes the rias of of Galicia, the estuaries of the Douro and Tejo with Lisbon, the Algarve and then the coast of Andalucia down to Gibraltar. It's the essential companion for...

Plans included: Loch Sween (Tayvallich) (1:25 000) Continuation of West Loch Tarbert (1:65 000) Port Ellen (1:25 000) Lough Foyle (1:90 000) Portrush (1:20 000) Larne (1:18 500) Belfast Lough (1:110 000) Carrickfergus (1:15 000) Bangor Bay (1:17 500)...

Plans included: Continuation of North Ionian Islands to Nisis Othoni (1:185 000) Vorion Steno Kerkiras (1:70 000) Ormos Gouvion (Nisos Kerkira) (1:25 000) Kerkira (Corfu Town) (Nisos Kerkira) (1:25 000) Ormos Parga (1:10 000) Continuation of...

This revision of the RCC Pilotage Foundation''s pilot updates the combined volume for this area which encompasses the Channel Islands and extends from St Vaast La Hougue on the east of the Cherbourg peninsula, and works westwards along the Normandy and...

Explore the whole county of Devon extending from Taunton to Plymouth. With detailed road mapping and illustrated town plans of major cities, this feature-rich, helpful tourist guide is ideal for visitors to Devon. Published at a clear 3.33...

The Complete Day Skipper is a totally practical hands-on manual that covers the RYA Day Skipper syllabus in a way that reflects a skipper's growing experience at sea, beginning with yacht handling under power, moving on to boat husbandry and sailing...

Dip into any of the 200 tips in this handy book to make yourself a better yachtsman. They are the very best of the Skipper's Tips from the pages of Yachting Monthly magazine. Each tip is a pearl of wisdom from Britain's foremost yachting writer, Tom...

But its waters are also fascinating, interesting and have a wide selection of destinations to enjoy. This book describes 60 safe, viable and feasible routes between the Kent, Essex and Suffolk rivers for safe passage and wholly new time-planning tables...

Yachtmaster for Sail and Power is a major reference book that has proved invaluable for the many sailors following the RYA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore course. This highly respected and refreshingly practical study guide covers the whole syllabus...

Navigate your way around Nottingham with detailed street maps from A-Z This up-to-date, folded A-Z street map includes all of the 1,500 streets in and around Nottingham.As well as Nottingham Castle and Lace Market, the other areas covered...

The Solent is the spiritual home of sailing and one of Britain's most popular sailing spots, offering a varied and interesting cruising ground. In this fully updated third edition, Derek Aslett provides an authoritative companion that helps you make the...

With support from the Inland Waterways Association, Friends of the River Nene and others, and drawing on his longstanding connection with the river, Roger Green has thoroughly revised and updated this popular guide. A new design includes thorough...

Today, yachts are often equipped with electrical windlasses, autopilot, bow thrusters, etc. This equipment has also become much more reliable, making it possible to make long offshore passages without much knowledge of seamanship. However, as the...

This is a comprehensive companion to the long coastline which ranges from Spain and the edge of the Pyrenees to the Alpes Maritimes and Italy. It covers the flat country of Languedoc-Roussillon, the coast of the Golfe du Lion, the Rhone delta and the...

This 8th edition has been fully revised to include new information on marinas, visitor moorings and anchorages, with all the attendant facilities available to cruising sailors. There is also plenty to give historical context and to whet the appetite for...