Inshore Navigation is a teaching system designed for the newcomer to navigation and pilotage. Tom Cunliffe understands the problems and misconceptions of people learning to navigate at sea. As a result his book goes straight to the heart of each topic and concentrates on what the beginner really needs to know when out on the water.

The object of this book is to give you enough knowledge to be able to navigate simply and safely on short inshore passages.  The logical way to begin cruising is to make day sails in reasonable weather and steer clear of night passage making until you have gained a little confidence - there is enough information here to enable you to do just that.

 Inshore Navigation is structured so as to help you get on the water as soon as possible and stay out of trouble as you learn the necessities.  All the essential navigational concepts are covered, so that when you feel your sea going experience is sufficient you will be building on a solid foundation as you move into the greater depth of detail required for coastal and offshore navigation.

 Your best teacher is yourself.  The rudiments are contained with Inshore Navigation, but the rest is up to you....

The purpose of Coastal and Offshore Navigation 3^rd Edition is to give the sailor – who has some knowledge of inshore work – a solid foundation in the arts of coastal and offshore navigation.  The approach to the subject is essentially practical, so that a yachtsman whose seafaring is done in a small sailing vessel can relate to and profit from the contents.

Considerable effort has been made to indicate the sort of accuracy that can reasonably be expected in the various facets of small craft navigation, so that the reader can sensibly evaluate their results.  All the threads with which the navigator weaves his patterns are drawn together at the end of the book in chapters on passage planning and navigational practice.  These explain what you actually do, while the earlier chapters give you the knowledge and expertise with which to do it, in reality, out at sea.

 Coastal and Offshore Navigation 3^rd Edition guides you through all the techniques you need to master - and shows you how to draw them together in practice to ensure a smooth trip and safe landfall.

 Includes:

• A review of the basic arts of navigation
• How to predict the tide - and make it work for you
• How to keep a realistic check on your navigational accuracy and modify your tactics accordingly
• Safe and constructive use of electronic aids to navigation
• Passage planning for an enjoyable, satisfying voyage
• Passage making: a systematic, no-nonsense approach

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In Hand, Reef and Steer - winner of the Best Book of the Sea Award - Tom explains the different sailing characteristics of classic craft and shares his grasp of the special skills required to handle them. Specifically, he shares step by step advice on setting up the rig; sail handling skills - hoisting, setting and reefing working sails; heavy and light air sailing; maneuvering a long-keel boat and dealing with heavy displacement; losing way, scandalizing and steering with sails; topsails, watersails, single-luff spinnakers and fisherman staysails and much, much more.

Hand, Reef and Steer with its wonderful watercolor drawings and atmospheric photos will delight all who love the unique character and grace of classic craft....