VHF Afloat

Author: Sara Hopkinson
Publisher: Fernhurst Books Limited
ISBN: 1912177412
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 167

Book Description
VHF Afloat explains how to use your VHF DSC radio. It covers licensing the equipment and gaining the operator certificate, and then takes you through each type of call. Each procedure is clearly illustrated using the yacht Sierra, to show how the radio is used on a passage to communicate with marinas, other vessels and the Coastguard, including how a MAYDAY is managed by the rescue services. Use VHF Afloat to help pass the assessment, and then keep it on board when you need to make a call - the facts will be right at your fingertips.

VHF Afloat

Author: Sara Hopkinson
Publisher: *Wiley Nautical
ISBN: 9781904475095
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
How to obtain your radio license and operate a VHF radio set on your yacht or motorboat. This book explains how to use a VHF radio on your boat. It covers licensing the boat and the operator, then takes you through each type of call, and its ‘standard procedure’. You can also call using Digital Selective Calling (DSC) and the book has photo sequences of how to do this. Probably the most important section is sending a Mayday- the nautical call for help. This 2nd edition contains all relevant updates including; changes to Calling for Medical Advice and to the way Coastguards listen on Channel 16.

Communications Afloat

Author: Elbert S. Maloney
Publisher: Hearst Books
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description
The ability to send and receive messages on the water is the most vital of all marine safety skills. Maloney, one of the nautical world's best-known authorities, has compiled a comprehensive user-friendly handbook for VHS, single side band, CB and ham radios as well as cellular telephones, intercoms, NAVTEX, and SATCOM. Black-and-white photographs.

Navigation: A Newcomer's Guide

Author: Sara Hopkinson
Publisher: Fernhurst Books Limited
ISBN: 1912621894
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
Get to grips with navigation at sea. This best-selling book gives you all the information you need to know to do just that! It starts from scratch, uses no jargon and features diagrams and pictures, instead of words, wherever possible. It covers all modern navigation and has been updated to reflect upcoming changes in Admiralty charts. It is recommended by Fernhurst Books for beginners and Day Skipper students. Written by an RYA Yachtmaster Instructor and Examiner who runs her own RYA Training Centre which specialises in navigation, it is the perfect place for newcomers to navigation to start. It explains simply how to look at charts (paper or digital), find your position, look at tides, plan your passage and determine the course to steer. It will help you find out where you are and how to get to where you want to.

Yachting

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Languages : en
Pages : 232

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Cruising World

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Languages : en
Pages : 132

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Survival Afloat

Author: Don Biggs
Publisher: David McKay Company
ISBN: 9780679506294
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Popular Mechanics

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Languages : en
Pages : 206

Book Description
Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.

MotorBoating

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Languages : en
Pages : 100

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On Scene

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Languages : en
Pages : 294

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