The Complete Day Skipper 7th edition

1 What's in a boat
-Boarding
-The hull
-The mast
-The engine
-The galley
-Steering systems

2 Moving the boat
-Theory
-Dealing with shore lines
-Leaving the berth
-Practical boat handling
-Returning to the berth

3 First ventures
-Reading the chart
-Aids to navigation
-Venturing out of harbour
-The wide blue yonder

4 Beginning to sail as a skipper
-Theory of sail
-First steps under sail
-Sails and winches
-Basic sailing
-Exercises

5 Seamanship
-Preparation for sea
-Deck safety
-Mechanics of stowing headsails
-Light winds and shortening sail
-Engine troubleshooting

6 Essential navigation theory
-Position and distance
-Direction
-Tides
-The electronic chart plotter - a caveat

7 Practical navigation
-Knowing where you are
-Onward navigation

8 Arriving in port
-Pilotage
-Choosing a berth

9 Etiquette
-Flag etiquette
-Rafting up

10 Weather
-The Beaufort wind scale
-Visibility
-Weather systems
-Sources of weather forecasts

11 Making the passage
-Preparation
-Conducting the yacht on passage
-Living aboard on passage
-Evaluating

12 Advanced navigation
-Further tidal height theory
-Intermediate tidal heights
-Cross-tide navigation
-Compass deviation
-Electronic chart plotters
-Correcting charts

13 Navigating with an electronic chart plotter
-Types of electronic navigation chart
-Features of chart plotters

14 Fog
-Safety in fog
-Fog tactics
-Navigation in fog

15 Anchoring, mooring and boat handling
-Manoeuvres under power
-Manoeuvres under sail
-Further skills

16 Emergencies and how to prevent them
-Keeping out of trouble
-Man overboard
-General distress, and search and rescue assistance