The book contains what you need to stay safe using techniques from non-electronic essentials through to the latest in electronic chart plotters.

Words of Wisdom from 50 Years Afloat

For Sail and Power. The Reeds Skipper's Handbook is the essential pocket-sized reference to everything you need to know at sea, packed with a wide range of information in a concise and quick to read form.

Complimenting the RYA Ocean Yachtmaster course, this handy pocketbook provides an aide-memoire for all the essential navigation, weather and route planning theory as well as practical guidance and advice on long-distance radio communications, ocean passage-making and risk/emergency preparations.

Since the first edition was published, Pass Your Day Skipper has helped thousands of students through their shore-based Day Skipper course.