Each of the knots described in this reference is clearly identified by category and step-by-step instructions and colour photographs explain how to tie or splice them. The author also includes information on ropes, their strengths and their uses. Price 9.50€

Andrew Simpson

Written for leisure boat owners RYA Diesel Engine Handbook is essential reading for anyone doing the RYA one day Diesel Engine Course. Includes CD-Rom giving expert instruction and top tips from Nick Eales of Seastart.

Andrew Simpson is a marine journalist, yacht surveyor and designer based in Poole. He has written a number of other books on boating and is a regular contributor to yachting magazines both at home and abroad.

When not in the UK he can usually be found sailing Mediterranean and Atlantic waters in Shindig, a 12m light displacement cutter he designed himself.

Price: 25.50€

Competent crew: For new crew and competent crew students by Pat Langley-Price & Philip Ouvry

Competent Crew covers both the shorebased and the practical aspects of the RYA Competent Crew course. It will prepare newcomers for the first time afloat by explaining basic skills and boat handling including: sail trimming and sail handling; understanding the compass; sailing a course; anchoring and mooring; ropework; handling safety equipment; emergency procedures; simple collision rules; elementary meteorology. Ideal for the beginner, Competent Crew also includes a comprehensive glossary, clear explanatory diagrams and photos in full colour, the syllabus of the RYA Competent Crew course and self-testing questions and answers. It will prove invaluable for novice sailors and those embarking on this first level RYA course. This new edition benefits from a lively new design and revised text. Fresh diagrams and photographs have updated the look, and the text has been completely revised, in line with RYA course guidelines.

Price: 19.50€

Tim Bartlett

Highly recommended for anybody who needs to navigate safely and confidently, coastal and offshore. The official reference book for Day Skipper and Yachtmaster students. Illustrated in full colour. Includes GPS and electronic chart plotting sections.

Price 25:50€

Tom Cunliffe

Sailing, Seamanship and Navigation for the Modern Skipper Including

• An analysis of what makes a good skipper
• The theory and practise of sailing
• Seamanship
• Navigation, including chart plotter & PCs
• Meteorology
• Heavy weather and Yacgt stability
• Coping with Emergencies.
• Price 37.50 €

Royal Yachting Association

Although written & illustrated specifically with the boating fraternity in mind, the books content is applicable to a much wider readership.  Structured to guide everyone from a complete beginner to a seasoned sailor step-by-step through simple knots onto the advanced knotting skills required to make a Turk´s Head and Star Knot.

Price 25.5€