Reccomendations for a beginner?

[Ninpo]

Hi all,

I'm taking my RYA SY course at the beginning of March, If possible I'd like to do some light reading on the matter.

I'm aware that reading a book isn't a substitute for real practice and experience

Thank you all,

~ Ninpo

 

[st599]

Hi all,

I'm taking my RYA SY course at the beginning of March, If possible I'd like to do some light reading on the matter.

I'm aware that reading a book isn't a substitute for real practice and experience

Thank you all,

~ Ninpo

Assuming that RYA SY is the Start Yachting course, this course is designed for absolute beginners to see if they like being on a yacht.

The RYA write their own books for all these courses, the book you most likely need to look at is the RYA Competent Crew course notes: http://www.rya.org.uk/shop/pages/pr...ode=t&cat=&type=BK(RYADefaultCatalog)&course=

It's pictorial, and they are really well written (Competent Crew is the full week long course that start yachting leads to)

Go, enjoy, become hooked!

 

[Jeremy_W]

Malcolm McKeag's "Cruising Crew" covers many of the absolute basics in a readable form. He also covers spinnaker handling which I think is going it a bit and the essential knot to stop ropes running out of blocks.

 

[Ninpo]

Malcolm McKeag's "Cruising Crew" covers many of the absolute basics in a readable form. He also covers spinnaker handling which I think is going it a bit and the essential knot to stop ropes running out of blocks.

thank you all, there's some useful info here

~Nin