The Skipper's Pocketbook

A Pocket Database for the Busy Skipper

Sara Hopkinson, Basil Mosenthal

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Miscellaneous
01 March 2026

Navigation & seamanship; Motor & power boating & cruising; Sailing

Series: Nautical Pocketbooks

A pocket database containing everything a busy skipper or their crew needs to know but might find hard to remember. It is easy to take for granted how much a skipper needs to know: Navigation, how to pilot the boat into a new harbour, using the radio, checking the engine, keeping an eye out for things that need repair, monitoring the weather, feeding the crew and much, much more! This pocketbook is designed as an aide-memoire with checklists to make life easier for busy skippers and a must-have reference for first-time skippers. It should also prove an invaluable reference book for the RYA Yachtmaster and other RYA course syllabi. The book has been helping skippers for over 25 years and has been edited and thoroughly updated by Yachtmaster Instructor and Examiner, Sara Hopkinson. It has been streamlined to focus on the key things a skipper needs to know and making it quicker to find what you need. (RYA and Yachtmaster are registered trademarks of the Royal Yachting Association.)

AUTHORS: Sara Hopkinson is an experienced sailor, a Yachtmaster Instructor and Examiner and lives at Pin Mill in Suffolk where she runs an RYA Training Centre which specialises in navigation, radio, radar and first aid courses. She was a Coastguard Rescue Officer for many years and Station Officer of HM Coastguard, Holbrook. She has written books for the RYA and Fernhurst Books.

Basil Mosenthal sailed extensively in all the oceans of the world. After leaving the Royal Navy he was a partner in one of the first yacht delivery firms. He has written many books about sailing, including Fernhurst Books' best-selling Cockpit Companion and popular New Crew's Companion.

40 colour photos, 210 diagrams

By: Sara Hopkinson, Basil Mosenthal
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 4th New edition
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 100mm,
ISBN: 9781917801027
ISBN 10: 1917801025
Series: Nautical Pocketbooks
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 01 March 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Sara Hopkinson is an experienced sailor, a Yachtmaster Instructor and Examiner and lives at Pin Mill in Suffolk where she runs an RYA Training Centre which specialises in navigation, radio, radar and first aid courses. She was a Coastguard Rescue Officer for many years and Station Officer of HM Coastguard, Holbrook. She has written books for the RYA and Fernhurst Books. Basil Mosenthal sailed extensively in all the oceans of the world. After leaving the Royal Navy he was a partner in one of the first yacht delivery firms. He has written many books about sailing, including Fernhurst Books’ best-selling Cockpit Companion and popular New Crew’s Companion.

Reviews for The Skipper's Pocketbook: A Pocket Database for the Busy Skipper

""It is a handy reference guide, a fantastic aide-memoire. Don't let it stray far from your pocket or the cabin/cockpit. Could save much cursing; might even save your life"" (Sailing) ""Whether you're putting to sea in your own boat for the first time or have years of experience, this is a handy reference guide to ship in your pocket or keep on board."" (Sailing Today). ""The almanac, naturally, has it all, but this lighter volume can save time. It has checklists, troubleshooting guides and useful illustrated aide-memoires."" (Practical Boat Owner) ""The Skipper's Pocketbook shoehorns generous coverage of many topics into a small volume... all in an easy to understand, concise fashion."" (Yachting Life) ""The next best thing to having an instructor onboard."" (Motorboat Owner)