This popular book covers the whole of the revised RYA/DTp Yachtmaster shorebased syllabus together with the more important practical aspects. Test papers and exercises throughout the book help to consolidate learning and enable the student who has missed lessons to use it for self instruction and revision. The book includes information on electronic navigation systems, with updated information on Decca, GPS and radar; meteorology, with examples and analyses of Navtext, Weatherfax and Metfax; RYA/DTp information, with revised syllabuses for Day Skipper and Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore plus requirements for Certificates of Competency. The authors are qualified RYA Instructors and run an RYA approved sailing school based at Hamble.