RCC Pilotage Foundation
2003

Edited by Anne Hammick & Gavin McLaren revised by John Lawson

This the standard reference for anyone contemplating an Atlantic passage. It contains all the information you will need including choosing and equipping a suitable boat, route planning, provisioning, navigation, safety, landfalls, port details and suggested pilot books. There is also regional weather information, details of ocean winds and currents, suggestions for suitable departure and landfall ports and advice on formalities to be completed on arrival in each country. Relied upon by cruisers crossing in both directions.

240pp, 75 colour photos, 80 colour maps, hardback

RRP £40.00 OUR PRICE £32.00

by Les Weatheritt

The chain of islands from the Virgins through to the southern Caribbean is considered one of the most desirable tropical cruising grounds for any sailor. It can be sailed in comfort, confidence and the admiration of the crew with only: one language, one currency, a modicum of weather forecasting and an ability to spot weather windows.

This book is an entertaining mine of information.

Les Weatheritt learned from experience that you can sail these boisterous Trade Wind seas the hard way or the easy way. This book distills those lessons to give the cruiser a wonderfully simplified and effective approach to passage planning and island hopping. You don't have to do it the hard way!

Paperback, b&w photos, 200pp, 2004

RRP £16.99 OUR PRICE £13.50

by Jim Howard
2nd Ed.
Every topic of interest to offshore cruisers is covered. Building or buying a boat for offshore cruising; rig and hull choices; construction materials; deck layout and equipment; below decks; engines; plumbing; electrics; sails; self-steering systems; trip planning; provisioning and stowage; coping with heavy weather at sea and in port; safety; health; psychological aspects of sailing.

450pp, 232x186mm 75 drawings Hb

RRP £29.99 OUR PRICE £23.99

by Rod Heikell and Andy O'Grady

This is a handbook for world cruisers. It provides invaluable passage-planning information for crossing the oceans, with discussions on climates, seasons, oceanography and the merits of different world cruising routes.

'Ocean Passages and Landfalls' is fully illustrated with over 300 charts and plans in full colour. It is a completely up-to-date reference by authors who have between them sailed in all the oceans that are discussed in this book.

A4, paperback, 1st edition 2005

by Bill Seifert with Dan Spurr

This is a compilation of tried and true boat projects plus tips on boat handling, navigation, galley and other aspects of sailing offshore. It focuses on things that work and are not generally seen in other books. It has uniquely useful content, a singleminded focus on the discipline of offshore passagemaking and unusually complete and detailed photos. Unlike other books of this type, 'Offshore Sailing' tells you not just what to do, but how to do it.

240pp, b&w photos, hardback

by Claire James

How to prepare for your dream cruise - this book is a complete guide.

Wide coverage includes routes to and from the Med., boat modifications, necessary documentation, managing your affairs at home, good cruising grounds and choice of route, costs, life on board, packing lists, wintering, etc.

234x156mm, 198pp, colour photos and diags, 2003, Pb.

RRP £16.99 OUR PRICE £13.99

by Mark Smaalders & Kim des Rochers

The only guide devoted exclusively to low-latitude cruising. Tropical Cruising Handbook arms cruising sailors with the knowledge and skills they need to master the challenges of sailing the tropics. From navigating unchartered reefs to navigating Pacific cultures, from the effects of the tropical environment on boats and gear to the prevention and treatment of tropical illnesses and health hazards, the Handbook covers all the bases.

Paperback

By Jimmy Cornell
2008

This is a comprehensive guide to over 1000 sailing routes throughout the world, geared specifically to the needs of cruising sailors. It contains essential information on winds, currents, regional and seasonal weather as well as valuable suggestions concerning optimum times for individual routes, main ports of entry and landfall information to assist the planning of each passage from beginning to end.

Hb. 640pp, maps and charts,

RRP £45.00 OUR PRICE £33.99

by Jimmy Cornell

This unique bestselling book is a companion volume to World Cruising Routes and contains invaluable and practical information on all aspects of cruising worldwide.

The third edition has been thoroughly revised to bring it in line with the enormous changes brought about by the Internet revolution. Now covering 187 maritime nations of the world, this book brings together in one single volume all the practical information anyone would need when planning to sail to any country of the world.

Hb. 544pp 18 maps and diagrams, 36 photos.

by Les Weatheritt

3rd edition

'A Planning Guide for Passagemakers'

An essential read for both novices and dreamers - it answers all the important questions and is designed to encourage and inspire first timers. Includes the reality of fitting out, coping with gales and calms etc.

Paperback, 185pp, 244x171mm, colour photos and illus., 3rd ed. 2008.

RRP £16.99 OUR PRICE £13.99