john m
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what is the best books for help doing the dayskipper course
best books for dayskipper course
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dingdongs
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i would recommend this Alison Noice day skipper book.very helpful and informative.look here;http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Day-Skipper-S...0596629167?pt=Non_Fiction&hash=item27b859faaf
alant
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Ask your instructor before you get confused!
I teach this course + others & suggest you read the following answers to a similar question asked earlier this month
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=260565
Will give similar answer - just use the RYA DS Course handbook!
This + the course workbook, will have everything you need.
Any other books, may not cover the 'new' charts/course content & will only confuse.
I teach this course + others & suggest you read the following answers to a similar question asked earlier this month
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=260565
Will give similar answer - just use the RYA DS Course handbook!
This + the course workbook, will have everything you need.
Any other books, may not cover the 'new' charts/course content & will only confuse.
V1701
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For the practical side Tom Cunliffe's "The Complete Day Skipper" is very easily digestible, and for the theory side an invaluable little pocket book Reeds "Skippers Handbook". Second one is less than a fiver...
grumpy_o_g
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Depends where you're starting from - I found the Skipper's Hand book invaluable (still do) as it can be kept with you all the time and gives the information you need but nothing more. The flip-cards are essential for me - bit expensive for what they are but by far the best way of learning.
If you need more of a background to tides, navigation, etc. then Tom Cunliffe's book seemed good to me but have a browse through what's on offer in a good bookshop near a sailing town or in a chandler's. I think it's a very personal thing - what works for one person may not work for you. I'm not aware of any that actually give incorrect information though so I don't there's one to avoid - which may be a better question to ask actually. You can also get DVD's which can be very helpful - anything from a full-blown correspondence course to simple quizzes or guides. Chandler's usually have a few or have dig through the Kelvin Hughes website http://www.bookharbour.com/epages/BookHarbour.sf.
One tip - as soon as you've learnt something such Compass Deviation and Variation or how to predict the depth of water in a secondary port it is guaranteed that someone will come up to you and say "Oh I always use this mnemonic/method, it's much easier". Immediately you hear this close your eyes, stick your fingers in your ears and shout "la-la-la-la-I'm not listening-go away" for at least five minutes or until you're sure he's gone.
If you need more of a background to tides, navigation, etc. then Tom Cunliffe's book seemed good to me but have a browse through what's on offer in a good bookshop near a sailing town or in a chandler's. I think it's a very personal thing - what works for one person may not work for you. I'm not aware of any that actually give incorrect information though so I don't there's one to avoid - which may be a better question to ask actually. You can also get DVD's which can be very helpful - anything from a full-blown correspondence course to simple quizzes or guides. Chandler's usually have a few or have dig through the Kelvin Hughes website http://www.bookharbour.com/epages/BookHarbour.sf.
One tip - as soon as you've learnt something such Compass Deviation and Variation or how to predict the depth of water in a secondary port it is guaranteed that someone will come up to you and say "Oh I always use this mnemonic/method, it's much easier". Immediately you hear this close your eyes, stick your fingers in your ears and shout "la-la-la-la-I'm not listening-go away" for at least five minutes or until you're sure he's gone.
DavyMac
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I would recommend Tom Cunliffe's Complete Yachtmaster. It's very easy to read, starts with the basics (even how to tie basic knots) but still a useful resource once you've got the day skipper certificate.
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alant
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If you are doing the 'current' DS Course, this uses RYA Charts 3 & 4.
Check before purchase, that any other books cover this same stuff, otherwise you will at this stage be overloading yourself with different
versions of information, which will confuse you.
Just do the course first & then back up with additional book learning!
BlueLancer
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Hi Tom, if the original OP is not interested I am.
tonijon
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Def recomend Tom Cunliffe's day skipper although much of it is covered in the compleate yacht master. Both are very readable and written in a humourous way.
little shack
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Hi daniell
just doing the day skipper at the moe the book that comes with the course is all you need for the course plenty to take in if your a novice and if you get a good teacher they can point you in the right direction at any probs
just doing the day skipper at the moe the book that comes with the course is all you need for the course plenty to take in if your a novice and if you get a good teacher they can point you in the right direction at any probs
mon_ami
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I'm half-way through DS theory right now, and I've found a couple of books to be really useful, particularly the RYA Navigation Handbook by Tim Bartlett and Navigation: A Newcomer's Guide by Sara Hopkinson. The Hopkinson book is particularly nice, because it walks through how to do the practical exercises very nicely. Great if you have to miss a class.
I hate to be contrary, but I bought the Tom Cunliffe Day Skipper book and found it next to useless for the Day Skipper theory. There's very little on navigation, which takes up half the DS theory course. If you're talking about the practical, then it may be much more useful there. I also didn't find the writing or set up of the book very clear, but I guess that's down to personal preference.
I hate to be contrary, but I bought the Tom Cunliffe Day Skipper book and found it next to useless for the Day Skipper theory. There's very little on navigation, which takes up half the DS theory course. If you're talking about the practical, then it may be much more useful there. I also didn't find the writing or set up of the book very clear, but I guess that's down to personal preference.
Fantasie 19
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You get everything you need in the course books that are given you when you start the course - anything else is definitely an extra and (in my opinion) really not needed, but if I was to choose one book that I've found good for the course, but more importantly for using after the course and keeping on the boat, it would be "Reeds Skipper's Handbook" by Malcolm Pearson
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Reeds-Skippers-Handbook-Malcolm-Pearson/dp/1408124777/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1296922405&sr=1-3
pagoda
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Absolutely agree on that one -Skippers handbook is excellent -and lives by the chart table most of the time.
Always useful for the times you find a minesweeper doing some fly dredging in the dark - and need to work out the lights
john m
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Thanks for advice just orders reeds skippers handbook
John
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