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On a Cruise with the Motorboat - The Logbook for Motorboat Drivers

Those navigating inland waterways or maritime shipping routes with a motorboat are rarely alone. How should one behave when encountering other participants in maritime traffic? Which signs along the shore apply to whom? And what lines need to be ready when docking at the boat mooring?

Not all the rules and regulations learned in boating school are always readily available. A valuable reference for looking up information is the logbook for motorboat drivers: this practical companion features a color-coded system and concise texts to support you from trip planning to harbor entry, covering all important topics in a handy pocket format:

• Navigation rules in inland and maritime areas: right-of-way rules, evasive maneuvers, and collision prevention.
• Identification of other watercraft and proper behavior during encounters.
• Navigation signs: water traffic signs and light signals at sea and in inland waters, lighthouses, buoys, and beacons.
• Safety on the water and appropriate actions in emergency situations.
• Communication on board and between different vessels: maritime radio and sound signals.
• Everything essential about seamanship, weather, trip practices, chartering, and more.

With the knowledge of professionals, navigate safely in maritime traffic.

The logbook was created in collaboration with the magazine BOOTE, Europe's largest motorboat magazine. Author Christian Tiedt has been working for many years as an editor in Germany and Europe's inland and maritime areas, with boats of all sizes up to motor yachts. With this logbook, you have his extensive knowledge at your fingertips in all important situations, both on board and during land preparations. Whether as a skipper or crew member, with or without a motorboat license, on your own vessel or a chartered motorboat - with this boating manual, you will navigate safely in any waters!.