RYA Sea Survival Handbook

This is not the newest edition but the difference between this one and the en one (at time of typing this) isn't all that great so please do not worry! I brought this as I am going though all my RYA tests and courses and I found this to be a fantastic source of brilliant information. It has really great diagrams and pictures and everything is well typed out and thought out. It covers most of what you need to know about Sea Survival and it is well worth getting.

Good solid info, well laid out, concise instructions and rationalised where necessary. Perhaps it lacks greater depth on food sourcing but then again realistically the chances of that being an issue are remote, if it comes to that you are far more likely to have bigger issues!A great reference and clearly laid out, with some thoughtful, clear design and effective illustrations. If you are heading to sea in a yacht, fishing boat, kayak this is a very worth while read.

Very clear and direct. A lot of pictures and graphics. The book covers all the Sea Survival elements with a touch of related subjects like Fire onboard, Sailing in storms, First Aid, MOB etc.. The book is written for small yacht so if you are a Large Yacht or Code vessel will not really cover all the requirements and legal references.

Good to read this although found this overlaps with other courses a fair bit - some bits here and there that were new to me, so useful from that perspective.

Bought as a gift and he has found it most useful

It's like many other RYA books really, contains some very usefull information, obviously linked to their own course. the RYA books don't like to go too deep into things as they really like you to do their courses which is fair enough, their courses are generally excellent. think of the book as an overview or course outline with some interesting and usefull information, not as a course in itself. overall its usefull common sense stuff.

Very useful when I did my sea survival course. Book and course gave me confidence when I sailed across the Atlantic. Arrived on time and reasonably priced.