Sailing Books

Get to grips with navigation at sea. This best-selling book gives you all the information you need to know to do just that! It starts from scratch, uses no jargon and features diagrams and pictures, instead of words, wherever possible. It has been...

Thousands of hours are required to build up experience afloat and there will always be more things to learn. In the meantime, this book will help start the ball rolling, building expertise by providing a basic overview of yacht sailing techniques which...

RYA Weather Handbook (G133). 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 and Southern Hemisphere) is full of practical and useful...

RYA Training Almanac TAN, updated RYA Training Almanac, containing practice navigation tables. Please note that this product is for training purposes only, and is not to be used for navigation.

RYA Start Sailing - Beginners Handbook (G3) This is an ideal learning and reference tool packed with the essential knowledge that you need to get afloat, regardless of your age.  Each chapter guides you through essential information on areas key to...

RYA Stability and Buoyancy (G23)  All vessels need to be buoyant in order to float, and need to be stable in order to stay upright. This revised edition of RYA Stability and Buoyancy (which includes a glossary of terms, explaining all the...

RYA Race Coaching Handbook - 2nd edition (G101). Coaching is all about helping people to develop and change. This book has been designed to help the coach provide the ideal learning environment which will help support and challenge the sailor...

RYA Power Schemes Instructor Handbook (G19). The RYA Power Schemes Instructor Handbook comprehensively covers the entire process of training as an RYA Power Instructor. It includes information on the whole RYA Power Scheme, the instructing qualifications...

RYA An Introduction to Navigation (G77) - the latest in the RYA’s popular Navigation series. The book guides the reader through the basic steps of navigation so that they can learn to navigate successfully. It is therefore an absolute must for...

RYA Yacht master Scheme Instructor Handbook (G27) This book is aimed at those running shore based, sail and motor cruising courses within the RYA Yacht master Scheme. Principals and instructors alike will benefit from the guidance and information on...

RYA Day Skipper Handbook Sail (G71) This is the official handbook supporting the RYA Day Skipper Sail Course and is ideal for anyone looking to brush up on their knowledge to this level. It gives great practical and detailed advice on key skills,...

RYA Competent Crew Skills - 2nd Edition (CCPCN) RYA Competent Crew Skills is the official companion for the RYA’s popular Competent Crew Course. Over 12,000 people, with no sailing experience, successfully complete the course every year. This...

RYA Advanced Sailing (G12).  This third edition of the RYA Advanced Dinghy Sailing Handbook is designed to accompany the Advanced sailing modules in the RYA National Sailing Scheme: Day Sailing Seamanship skills Sailing with Spinnakers Start...

Featuring seven experts sailing six popular modern single-handed and twin-crewed dinghies this is for sailors who want to develop their knowledge, understanding, and sailing expertise.From the novice wanting to get to grips with the basics to the...

The RYA Yacht master Books' examination is the gold-standard qualification for sail and power boaters the world over. This book is the RYA’s official and definitive guide to the exam. It offers a unique insight into what you need to know, how the...

The syllabus and a logbook combined for the new RYA National Sailing Scheme. This provides modern compact training modules for dinghy, multihull and keelboat sailors that can be bolted together to suit individual lifestyles in the latest boat designs...

A modern sailor's logbook, fun to use and designed to last for a whole season. Allows space for electronic navigation information and for narrative. Also doubles as a visitor's book.

The first cruising logbook for navigators of powerboats. This book is suitable for both planning and displacement craft. It also doubles as a Visitors’ Book.

RYA Personal Logbook - G73. 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 and the capacity in which the voyage was sailed. Also...

The RYA Sail and Power Logbook combines the previous RYA Sail and Power logbooks into one incredibly useful volume that is ideal for all cruising boaters. This new logbook contains 90 logging pages and the bonus sections include: IALA buoyage;...

The RYA Powerboat Schemes - Syllabus & Logbook (G20) meets the training needs of recreational and professional powerboat operators alike. Whether you are an amateur with a keen sense of adventure or use powerboats as part of your job, the RYA...

This book is an out-and-out crammer, whose aim is to help students through their Yachtmaster exam. Both concise and comprehensive, it covers all the essentials of the RYA syllabus, arranged and highlighted to make revising easier. PB 112pp.

This companion volume to Yacht master for Sail and Power provides further navigation practice for anyone studying for the RYA Yacht master syllabus and for Day Skipper. It is packed with exercises and answers, including over 50 model plots and comes with...

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

Day Skipper for Sail and Power is a major reference book for anyone following the RYA Day Skipper course. Right up to date with new developments and covering all the theory and practical aspects of the RYA Day Skipper Certificate with full colour...

Highly illustrated in 2-colour, and with a minimum of words, this little book teaches the basics of the Day Skipper practical syllabus, and is a useful reminder of skills. Concentrates on safety matters, boat handling and manoeuvring, passage planning ...

Both concise and comprehensive, this 'crammer' covers all the essentials of the RYA syllabus, arranged and highlighted to make revising easier and now updated and improved for the second edition. Throughout, the theory is set in a practical seagoing...

RYA VHF Handbook (G31) A fully comprehensive guide to using a marine VHF radio perfect for anyone doing a VHF course or for beginners looking to increase their knowledge. From the author of the best-selling RYA Navigation Handbook, this is the...

RYA Navigation Handbook 2nd Edition (G6) This second edition of the best-selling RYA Navigation Handbook is essential reading for anyone taking to the water and looking for the complete guide to navigation.Navigation techniques and practices have changed...

RYA Navigation Exercises - 2nd Edition (G7) The RYA Navigation Exercises - 2nd Edition is the only book to accompany all RYA training courses. As co-author of the Yacht master® and Day skipper test papers, Chris Slade has revised and updated RYA...

RYA Knots, Splices and Ropework Handbook (G63). The complete guide to knots for all knot enthusiasts and a must have for all boaters.This book is ideal for everybody, whether beginner or advanced, as it deals with knots and rope work from beginning...