The Complete Yachtmaster: Sailing, Seamanship, & Navigation for the Modern Yacht Skipper

by Tom Cunliffe

Looks at turn of the century clothing for children and adults, describes the types of clothes worn for different occupations and activities, and explains how clothing was made, acquired, and kept clean and wearable.

Genres: Nonfiction

224 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1994

About the author

Tom Cunliffe (born 1947) is a British yachting journalist, author and broadcaster.

Cunliffe has been a regular contributor to Yachting Monthly, Yachting World, Sail magazine, Classic Boat and 'Sailing Today' for many years.

A professional writer since 1986, Cunliffe has won the Best Book of the Sea award twice, for Topsail and Battleaxe and Hand, Reef and Steer.[4] He is author of the important Shell Channel Pilot for the English Channel.

In 2010 he presented the award-winning six-part BBC documentary series, The Boats that Built Britain. He also presented the popular 'Boat Yard' series for Discovery TV. He now has a big following on his Youtube channel, 'Yachts and Yarns'.

Reviews

[David Uhlar]

The go to work after a long winter of not sailing

[Jude Pickford]

Brilliant comprehensive book, well worth reading properly for any aspiring yachtmaster or even dayskipper

[Jeremy]

clear to read and understand

[Court A Rawson]

Plainspeaking Master Yachtsman Covers Nearly All

Tom Cunliffe's book covers most topics relevant to sailing yachters, drawing on his decades of experience. A great one-stop shop!