<p>The <i>Reeds Skipper''s Handbook</i> 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. A useful aide-memoire for all sailors and powerboaters, it is also frequently recommended by instructors as a revision aid for anyone taking their Day Skipper and Yachtmaster certificates.<br><br>Now in its revised and updated 8th edition, it covers:<br><br>- Essential navigation skills, manual and electronic<br>- Tides, tidal streams and curves<br>- The rules of the road, and buoyage<br>- Safety and distress<br>- Communications<br>- Weather<br>- Anchoring and mooring<br>- Sails and wind<br>- Knots, bends and hitches<br>- Inland waterways/CEVNI<br><br>It also includes handy facts, figures, formulae and tables for instant reference, including an at-a-glance guide to International Port Traffic Signals.<br><br>Over 100,000 boaters worldwide have a copy of the invaluable <i>Reeds Skipper''s Handbo