The RYA has a fantastic selection of boating books and RYA training materials available through the online RYA shop. There is now the option to buy either eBooks or the paperback format.
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The RYA has an extensive library of boating books that cover subjects ranging from: weather, navigation, pilotage, sea safety, dinghy sailing and windsurfing, to sail and power cruising. They also sell almanacs and charts. Students may purchase RYA training manuals and materials too; there is a handy guide so you can see which products go with your course, or you can browse the online catalogue here.
eBooks
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Highly Recommended Boating Books
The RYA Sail Trim Handbook for Cruisers is crammed with useful tips and pointers on one of the fundamentals of good seamanship: sail trim. The book focuses more on the needs of the cruising sailor as opposed to the out-and-out racer. After all, a well-trimmed cruising yacht will be better balanced, easier to handle, and will sail more comfortably.
Sail trim can be bewildering to the novice but the RYA Sail Trim Handbook talks you through the subject in an informative yet entertaining manner. The book is further enhanced by a range of clear, well thought-out illustrations.
Chapters include:
- How Sails Work
- Jibs & Genoas
- Spinnakers
- Reefing
- Sailing Upwind
- Heavy Weather Sailing
- Trade Wind Sailing
This eBook is the second edition of the best-selling RYA Navigation Handbook and essential reading for anyone taking to the water and looking for the complete guide to navigation.
Navigation techniques and practices have changed dramatically over the years and today, many sailors and motor boaters regard electronic instruments as their principal means of navigation. However, traditional methods still have an important part to play, as does knowledge of aspects such as tides, lights, buoys and beacons.
This eBook edition has been redesigned with that in mind; to provide the reader with a sound understanding of the principles of navigation as well as providing insight into the ways in which electronic navigation can be used to best effect, including extended chapter summaries and additional animations. This book will help to ensure the development of a ‘well rounded’ and competent navigator.
This beautifully illustrated best-selling children’s book was the first title in our very popular children’s series. It includes a foreword by Dame Ellen MacArthur.
Go Sailing! is accompanied by the Go Sailing! Activity Book, which contains games, puzzles, stickers and much much more!
Written by a sailor for sailors, the RYA Weather Handbook explains the complexities of weather and is full of practical and useful advice on how to understand weather maps and improve your forecasting skills.
The RYA Weather Handbook has been written to complement the RYA Day skipper and Coastal Skipper/ RYA Yachtmaster syllabus and is recommended reading for anyone taking these courses. It’ll enable you to make more informed decisions and it’s full of practical advice on how to understand weather maps and improve your forecasting skill.
