Ship Handling & Navigation

The navigators have found this book to be an excellent guide for those sailing in the Mediterranean; it was written by the professional expert with over forty years of practical seagoing experience. In his publication, the author provides readers with the valuable insight into the aspects specific for the Mediterranean area, gives all required updates about the anchoring and berthing, dealing with the weather, navigation matters, route planning, formalities involved, and many other critical things.

He has covered every single country located around the Mediterranean. In addition to the above, there is a new section in the book that will be of particular interest to the people intending to have a tight-budgeted cruising. The readers will definitely find all practical advice and tips for the sailors as well as any other information they need to be able to make the informed and correct decisions.

In fact, we can say that the contents of the publication presents the “distilled” experience of its author, and this makes the book of great practical benefit to all those cruising or planning to start cruising in the Mediterranean area and recommended to anyone willing to be better prepared for the subject activities.

Here is some pure classics and another piece of treasure for anyone with the deep interest in navigation. The old schoolers will greatly benefit from this book which is one of the most rarely found publications of all available today. The author has presented the materials trying to avoid any complicated mathematical theory that would make the understanding of the subject more difficult, especially for the newcomers to the world of ship navigation.

The contents of the book cover all information that you would need to improve your knowledge of the celestial navigation. Needless to say that it will make sense for everyone to have a good and sound understanding of the underlying fundamentals, even in today’s world of electronic navigation means. In fact, the book will be suitable even to the students with no superficial theoretical background, they will just have to go through the chapters one by one, reading them carefully and making notes.

Numerous illustrations and data tables are supplementing the text part of the publication and shall be referred to during the study. Even though the book was originally published at the beginning of the twentieth century, we all understand that the theory of the celestial navigation remained unchanged so the book is really actual today.

This book covers the knowledge of shipboard operations required by candidates for professional qualification as Chief Officer and Master Mariner. The main content of the publication developed by the recognized industry expert is dealing with the essentials routines and established procedures to be followed when handling such operations. In addition, the basis regulatory framework governing these operations has been covered in detail since compliance with all applicable rules and regulations shall be ensured for the safe ship operation.

The volume is intended to be used as the fundamental information source when preparing for the relevant official examinations. All recent technical developments have been covered in this second edition of the book with particular attention paid to the international regulations introduced since the original edition had been released. Note that all major types of vessels have been covered so the book will be useful to the people working on board any ship.

The operational safety aspects have been covered in a separate chapter considering the utmost importance of this particular aspect, and same relates to the associated legislation. Talking of the ship maintenance, the author has decided to deal with the corrosion prevention and planned maintenance. Then, the oil tankers have been dealt with in detail, especially the cargo and routing operations. In short, you will have everything you need to know in the pages of this book.

This Companion is the very latest release from the world respected author. The volume gives all information necessary for successful handling of command post. The author has discussed all important areas of the shipboard management with particular attention paid to the health and safety aspects. There are useful and practical guidelines provided on how better respond to the emergencies and accidents happening at sea.

In addition to that, the book contains all latest amendments to the SOLAS convention and a good discussion devoted to the relevant aspects of shipping law to make sure that the readers are duly updated with the applicable regulatory framework. Several perfectly worked examples have been included to aid learning; there are also questions and answers provided at the end of each of the chapters.

The explanations are very detailed and clear. Even though the publication was released with the merchant mariners in mind, it will also be helpful for the people in the yachting industry. Moreover, this is an excellent option to choose when preparing for the MCA examinations since it gives all theoretical and practical background. In short, the book shall be read by any person involved in maritime business.

The seamanship is considered one of the oldest skills the humans possess; in fact it is as old as the mankind. With the members of the seamanship community serving on vessels constructed at any time within the last half-century or even more, including different types and sizes of vessels, the book on seamanship should include both modern and ancient ship handling techniques, finely blended with the commonly used equipment.

In addition to that, such publication should take the constantly changing regulatory framework into account. The present volume is mainly aimed at the cadets and ship officers on their way to getting the British Certificates of competency; however, the contents will be equally useful to absolutely all seafarers who can use it as an excellent and comprehensive reference tool.

This eleventh edition of the book features completely revised and updated text supplemented with numerous informative data tables, statistics and illustrations. It now covers the collision and stranding of the vessels, refloating and survival in severe weather, prevention of marine pollution by oil and other important aspects. The book has gained world popularity foe to the impressive coverage and reader-friendliness.

This sixth edition of the popular Skipper’s Handbook is one of the bestsellers. Though the publication is quite compact, it still contains all necessary information. The volume is used everywhere in the world as the sort of reference about virtually every aspect important for the boaters. The book is full of useful and practical information presented in a readable and concise manner.

Note that it is one of the books recommended by the yachtmasters to be used when preparing for the exams for the relevant certificates. The current latest edition features the significantly expanded contents including the coverage of the new topics such as ones on the tides and proper handling of the boats, general seamanship techniques, rope work and so many others equally important for the boaters.

The readers have already greatly appreciated this volume and named it a truly brilliant guidebook for the newcomers and also a perfect refresher book for the professional skippers. The book will give you literally all knowledge necessary when you are starting your voyage on a boat of any size and type. It is worth noting that all previous editions of the Manual also became bestsellers and the best in class.

This is the fourth edition of the publication that has been deservedly treated as the passage making bible for the last four decades, featuring the completely updated and reworked contents. The book will help voyagers better prepare for their long-distance passages. The text reflects the philosophy of the passage making and wisdom of the author, who is the professional Captain.

He did apply his experience together with the technical creativity when preparing the volume. All important topics relating to the passage planning have been covered including, for example, the seaworthiness of the ship, intact and damage stability plus other critical aspects of the ship design. In addition, due attention was paid to the proper selection and understanding of the essential systems.

Moreover, the author also addressed the decision process used when making a choice of the new boar or when performing the analysis of the suitability of the existing one. Among the other important topics covered in the pages of this book we would mention information on the offshore safety matters, practical tips on weather prediction, different aspects of the technical maintenance to be conducted at sea and preparing for that.

Written by the prominent mariner, this publication shall be on the bookshelf of every single cruising ship. It is a truly must-read one for anyone seriously planning any extended voyage. According to the numerous reviews, this manual will lead the readers through absolutely all aspects of preparation and conducting the voyage. The author will help readers make their dreams of making such voyage come true.

They will find all information they need in the pages of this perfect manual. Note that the information is very readable so this manual will be of great help for any readers regardless of their level and skills. It will also help to masters the specific skills they will need in order to handle their boats at sea. Among the topics covered by the author there are such critically important ones as the weather forecasting and voyage planning, then organization of the proper watchkeeping, and sailing in heavy weather conditions.

The emergency management has been paid particular attention and described in detail in a separate chapter. Same approach was applied to the repairs that the voyagers have to carry out at sea. Numerous of informative data tables and graphs supplement the text of the book making it one of the best training resources available today.