Complete Yachtmaster Sailing, Seamanship, and Navigation for the Modern Yacht Skipper

Tom Cunliffe has been sailing for most of his life and has worked in all branches of the profession, both racing and cruising. He spent some time as a deck officer in the coastal merchant service and for four years was a Senior Offshore Instructor at the British National Sailing Centre. Tom Cunliffe is an RYA Yachtmaster Examiner with special responsibility for instructor training. He has also been a training consultant for US Sailing, the governing body of yachting in the USA. Since 1985 he has specialised in writing about the sea; two of his books have won the Best Book of the Sea Award, and he has received a special award from the Ocean Cruising Club for encouraging others to cruise. Tom is also a regular seamanship columnist for Yachting Monthly in Britain and SAIL in the USA. Cruising remains Tom Cunliffe's passion. He currently owns a 40-foot gaff cutter built on traditional lines, and has sailed his own yachts with friends and family from the Caribbean to Russia and from Brazil to the ArcticCunliffe, Tom is the author of 'Complete Yachtmaster Sailing, Seamanship, and Navigation for the Modern Yacht Skipper', published 2003 under ISBN 9781574091748 and ISBN 1574091743.