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Essential charts for RYA practical and shorebased courses, and on your boat or RIB for quick reference.  Equally suitable for divers - BSAC (Seamanship) or PADI.

GBP 3.00 per chart (CEVNI GBP 4.50) inc postage - great value with much more information than all the alternatives.  

4 charts or more GBP 2.50 each inc postage.

Developed by RYA Training Centre and proved in use with hundreds of students. Full details are below.

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Weather                                         Chartwork                                          VHF                                         Day Skipper    

All the Colregs Lights
Shapes and Signals                   Mayday, SOLAS, Flags                           Radar (2)                                           CEVNI

• 2 sided A4 charts. Heavy 250 micron, scratch resistant laminate, 100% waterproof. GBP3.00 each. (CEVNI GBP 4.50)

• Packed with information summarising all the essential subject knowledge on just one chart.

• Used by RYA Training Centres, RNLI crew, Dive schools and boats, National Coastwatch and Rescue Services, British Sub-Aqua Club, Dutch Barge Association.

• 100% positive feedback on eBay.

• Australian versions available - used by Australian Volunteer Coast Guard

• Money back if not satisfied - no quibbles.

CD ROM of all the Skysail website pages GBP 15.00 inc p&p including Met, Colregs and CEVNI Tests, Radar presentation, plus over
20 useful Word documents for log sheets, passage planning, worksheets, safety briefing, grab bag contents, Mayday,  weather forecasts etc.   45 Mb.  

8 Charts and CD ROM of this site - GBP 28.00 inc p&p - saving GBP 11.00!

Skills Charts Details:

1. VHF Radio - Mayday, Pan Pan and DSC Radio Procedures Guide - plus Phonetic Alphabet, Receiving Distress Calls,
Mayday Relay, Pro-words, Distress messages, VHF Working Channels. Great to use  before the VHF exam.

2. Weather at Sea -  Shipping Forecast terms, Beaufort scale and wave heights, Shipping forecast areas and symbols,
Passage of Depressions and associated weather, Buys Ballots law, Sea and land fog, Sea Breezes - all you need for RYA
 Assessments.

3. Chartwork - RYA Navigation, Chartwork symbols, Variation, Deviation, Leeway,  Tidal streams and heights,
Course to Steer, Estimated Position, Computation of tide rates, Secondary Ports Tide Heights, Abbreviations

4. Day Skipper - Lateral and Cardinal Navigation Marks, Special Marks, Lights, Basic Colregs - Rules of the Road, 
Lights & Shapes, Sound Signals, Distress signals and VHF Mayday, Safety Briefing, What to do in Fog or Heavy Weather

5. Colregs 'At a Glance' IRPCS / Collision Regs. ALL the lights and shapes and sounds for ALL  types of vessel.
RYA Yachtmaster Level - developed with many students. With summary text of the General, Steering and Sailing Rules - all you need for RYA Assessment.

6. Signals - Distress/Mayday Signals, SOLAS Signals and International Port Traffic Signals, and International Code Flags.
For use by Vessels and Persons in distress for communication with Rescue Units. As recommended by the Safety Of Life At Sea
 Convention Chapter V. You are required to have access to the SOLAS table and recommended to carry it on board if possible.

7 & 8. RADAR Procedures (2 charts) - Setting up the Controls, Collision Avoidance, Find a Target's True Course, Speed and
 Aspect, Collision Regulations in Fog, Laminated Plotting Sheet - finding the Closest Point of Approach (CPA) of a target.

9. CEVNI - Signs, Symbols, Lights, Chart and Rules. Essential for your CEVNI Test / ICC Exam and for your boat
(aussi version française)

10. Basic Navigation - Safety, Distress, Buoys, Weather Forecast, Chart Symbols, Tides, Rules of the Road, Day Shapes.

Customer feedback (100% on eBay)

• The charts are fantastic...... Great information and layout, very clear.

• Great crib cards for sailing and motor boats,  thank you

• Trés bien, à recommander

• Perfect for my new crew

• Thanks, just what I need for my RYA tests

• This was a great help - excellent - great seller for information on boating

• Brilliant training aid

• Keith thanks for your help, very nice to deal with you

Nautical, Maritime, Navigation, Weather and Seamanship Skills

FAQs

How were they developed?  - in RYA theory classes, where it became obvious that students need a clear
 and concise summary of each subject area, ideally on one page.

This particularly applies to Colregs lights and shapes, Chartwork, Weather, VHF and CEVNI.

It was a short step to realise that they were equally useful at sea, in the cockpit of the boat. Whether you are a
 sea school, leisure sailor or motor boater, the cards are invaluable.

Divers too especially find them useful, they are ideal for use in RIBs and dive boats.

Users have made suggestions for improvement which have been incorporated in new versions - all suggestions are very welcome.

Where can I use them? - in the classroom, and on your boat. The charts are fully waterproof, encapsulated in 250 micron,
scratch resistant polyester laminate. The printing inks are long life and light fast to avoid fading.  They are very durable for
use at sea, in the rain, and passing round to your crew or students - even if they end up on the cockpit floor!

Who uses them? - They are in use by  RYA Sea Schools, RYA Theory classes, ferries, BSAC Schools and Dive boats, RNLI
 Lifeboat crews, Sea Cadets, Sea Scouts. National Coastwatch, Australian Coast Guard - and on superyachts!

In conjunction with the Colregs and Weather on line tests on our website they are the ideal training and reference aid.

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Posted 12th November 2009

Sailing crib cards, navigation, weather, nautical skills, better than flip cards