The present book has been treated as one of the most valuable references on shiphandling since the time when the first edition had been released; this fourth edition reflects all changes that took place since then. The author covers the major shiphandling principles together with their application to the particular problems. The essentials of shiphandling have been presented in a very clear way.

It is a perfect guidebook for all maritime professionals and future mariners. Among the topics addressed by the author there are the forces that act on the vessel, replenishment at sea, maintaining the engines, maneuvering and many others. Of course, no book can replace the practical experience, but this book will provide you with everything you need to know to handle the navy vessel safely.

Considering the attention paid to the details, we would also recommend this volume to those handling huge commercial ships and willing to brush their professional skills. All of the navy ship types have been covered including but not limited to the destroyers, small and large combatants, submarines, and ocean escorts. the author’s style of presenting the material made the publication easily accessible even for the people with little to no maritime background.

The navigators have found this book to be an excellent guide for those sailing in the Mediterranean; it was written by the professional expert with over forty years of practical seagoing experience. In his publication, the author provides readers with the valuable insight into the aspects specific for the Mediterranean area, gives all required updates about the anchoring and berthing, dealing with the weather, navigation matters, route planning, formalities involved, and many other critical things.

He has covered every single country located around the Mediterranean. In addition to the above, there is a new section in the book that will be of particular interest to the people intending to have a tight-budgeted cruising. The readers will definitely find all practical advice and tips for the sailors as well as any other information they need to be able to make the informed and correct decisions.

In fact, we can say that the contents of the publication presents the “distilled” experience of its author, and this makes the book of great practical benefit to all those cruising or planning to start cruising in the Mediterranean area and recommended to anyone willing to be better prepared for the subject activities.

As we all know, there had been too many losses of the vessels, in some cases even without any traces, transporting solid cargoes in bulk form; in addition to that, numerous tragic losses of human lives took place in late-nineties. As a result of that, the IMO Assembly did request the MSC, standing for the Maritime Safety Committee, to work on the development of technical requirements that would apply to the design and construction of the aforementioned ships as well as surveys on board those ships and periodic maintenance.

Their efforts resulted in the present publication containing the important mandatory/non-mandatory technical guidelines and performance standards to be complied with at all times. Five major areas have been covered in the pages of this volume, namely guidelines to be used when selecting, applying and maintaining the shipboard corrosion prevention systems applied inside the dedicated salt water tanks, standards applicable those tanks of the double-skin carriers, covering of the void spaces in oil tankers and bulk carriers. The fourth part contains provisions related to the permanent shipboard access means, while the last one is dealing with the periodic technical maintenance and repair of the coatings.

Here is some pure classics and another piece of treasure for anyone with the deep interest in navigation. The old schoolers will greatly benefit from this book which is one of the most rarely found publications of all available today. The author has presented the materials trying to avoid any complicated mathematical theory that would make the understanding of the subject more difficult, especially for the newcomers to the world of ship navigation.

The contents of the book cover all information that you would need to improve your knowledge of the celestial navigation. Needless to say that it will make sense for everyone to have a good and sound understanding of the underlying fundamentals, even in today’s world of electronic navigation means. In fact, the book will be suitable even to the students with no superficial theoretical background, they will just have to go through the chapters one by one, reading them carefully and making notes.

Numerous illustrations and data tables are supplementing the text part of the publication and shall be referred to during the study. Even though the book was originally published at the beginning of the twentieth century, we all understand that the theory of the celestial navigation remained unchanged so the book is really actual today.

This book covers the knowledge of shipboard operations required by candidates for professional qualification as Chief Officer and Master Mariner. The main content of the publication developed by the recognized industry expert is dealing with the essentials routines and established procedures to be followed when handling such operations. In addition, the basis regulatory framework governing these operations has been covered in detail since compliance with all applicable rules and regulations shall be ensured for the safe ship operation.

The volume is intended to be used as the fundamental information source when preparing for the relevant official examinations. All recent technical developments have been covered in this second edition of the book with particular attention paid to the international regulations introduced since the original edition had been released. Note that all major types of vessels have been covered so the book will be useful to the people working on board any ship.

The operational safety aspects have been covered in a separate chapter considering the utmost importance of this particular aspect, and same relates to the associated legislation. Talking of the ship maintenance, the author has decided to deal with the corrosion prevention and planned maintenance. Then, the oil tankers have been dealt with in detail, especially the cargo and routing operations. In short, you will have everything you need to know in the pages of this book.

This Companion is the very latest release from the world respected author. The volume gives all information necessary for successful handling of command post. The author has discussed all important areas of the shipboard management with particular attention paid to the health and safety aspects. There are useful and practical guidelines provided on how better respond to the emergencies and accidents happening at sea.

In addition to that, the book contains all latest amendments to the SOLAS convention and a good discussion devoted to the relevant aspects of shipping law to make sure that the readers are duly updated with the applicable regulatory framework. Several perfectly worked examples have been included to aid learning; there are also questions and answers provided at the end of each of the chapters.

The explanations are very detailed and clear. Even though the publication was released with the merchant mariners in mind, it will also be helpful for the people in the yachting industry. Moreover, this is an excellent option to choose when preparing for the MCA examinations since it gives all theoretical and practical background. In short, the book shall be read by any person involved in maritime business.

The seamanship is considered one of the oldest skills the humans possess; in fact it is as old as the mankind. With the members of the seamanship community serving on vessels constructed at any time within the last half-century or even more, including different types and sizes of vessels, the book on seamanship should include both modern and ancient ship handling techniques, finely blended with the commonly used equipment.

In addition to that, such publication should take the constantly changing regulatory framework into account. The present volume is mainly aimed at the cadets and ship officers on their way to getting the British Certificates of competency; however, the contents will be equally useful to absolutely all seafarers who can use it as an excellent and comprehensive reference tool.

This eleventh edition of the book features completely revised and updated text supplemented with numerous informative data tables, statistics and illustrations. It now covers the collision and stranding of the vessels, refloating and survival in severe weather, prevention of marine pollution by oil and other important aspects. The book has gained world popularity foe to the impressive coverage and reader-friendliness.

This sixth edition of the popular Skipper’s Handbook is one of the bestsellers. Though the publication is quite compact, it still contains all necessary information. The volume is used everywhere in the world as the sort of reference about virtually every aspect important for the boaters. The book is full of useful and practical information presented in a readable and concise manner.

Note that it is one of the books recommended by the yachtmasters to be used when preparing for the exams for the relevant certificates. The current latest edition features the significantly expanded contents including the coverage of the new topics such as ones on the tides and proper handling of the boats, general seamanship techniques, rope work and so many others equally important for the boaters.

The readers have already greatly appreciated this volume and named it a truly brilliant guidebook for the newcomers and also a perfect refresher book for the professional skippers. The book will give you literally all knowledge necessary when you are starting your voyage on a boat of any size and type. It is worth noting that all previous editions of the Manual also became bestsellers and the best in class.