We have enhanced our digital editions (where possible) to bring the content to life by embedding animations, video and interactive tools to help illustrate the key points and skills from our popular books. Download this free app to browse the eBook editions – you can also try free taster versions of many eBooks, so you can try before you buy.
These eBooks are a great resource supporting our world famous RYA Training Courses such as those within the trademark RYA Yachtmaster Scheme, the RYA Powerboat Scheme and the RYA Dinghy Sailing & Windsurfing Schemes among others. You will find eBooks of essential and recommended titles along with plenty of further reading and development, whether you’re starting to sail by taking a Competent Crew course, taking things further with a Day Skipper course or taking your RYA Yachtmaster exam – whatever you need, we’ve got it covered!
There are great examples throughout our range of our use of interactive content in areas such as seamanship, boat handling, passage planning, knots and stability but you’ll find something very special in our editions for:
• Collision Regulations – where we've developed over twenty interactive 360° lights and shapes tool to provide readers a more realistic way of viewing how vessels will actually present themselves in a wide variety of contexts, at four different times of day covering both day and night.
• VHF – where we’ve created animated examples of the voice procedures in the RYA VHF Handbook and also linked the content to sample questions to help students pass the RYA SRC exam.
• Navigation – where we’ve developed a special tool to replicate using the tidal curves in the RYA Training Almanacs to help students taking shorebased navigation courses.
Although these eBooks are designed for tablets, we’re still keeping smart phones very much in mind. This way, you’ll still be able to access the enhanced interactive content on the smaller devices even if you feel you wouldn't read a book on something so small.
There’s plenty for instructors as well with not only the interactive content, that can be used as demonstrations and enhanced learning on and off the water. There are also a whole host of useful features, (which we’re always evolving) such as bookmarking, note taking and inter-edition linking that will help you manage the content you want to support the way you teach.
This updated version of the app now includes a wider range of boating categories to make it easier for you to navigate all the new content that we are regularly adding:
• Sail
• Dinghy
• Sail Racing
• Sail Cruising
• Windsurfing
• Power
• Powerboating
• Motor Cruising
• Personal Watercraft
• Inland Waterways
HideShow More...
In-Apps
VHF Handbook (E-G31)
CHF 18.00
Diesel Engine (E-G25)
CHF 20.00
Day Skipper Sail (E-G71)
CHF 20.00
Comp Crew Skills (E-CCPCN)
CHF 15.00
Sail Trim Handbook (E-G99)
CHF 18.00
Collision Regulations (E-G2)
CHF 15.00
Yachtmaster Handbook (E-G70)
CHF 20.00
Boat Handling Sail Power E-G68
CHF 20.00
Yachtmaster Shorebased (E-YSN)
CHF 15.00
Yacht Sailing Techniques (E-G94)
CHF 18.00
Screenshots
RYA Books FAQ
Is RYA Books free?
Yes, RYA Books is free to download, however it contains in-app purchases or subscription offerings.
Is RYA Books legit?
⚠️ Warning: Multiple users of RYA Books have mentioned scam or fraud. Investigate thoroughly before using this app.
Thanks for the vote
How much does RYA Books cost?
RYA Books has several in-app purchases/subscriptions, the average in-app price is CHF 17.90.
While the app is nice - when/if it works - it I very annoying on the other hand because it often crashes.
Especially eBooks with Videos seems to reproducibility crash when a page with a video is shown. In suche cases the eBook simply cannot be read (I.e. the Motorboot book)
Also one cannot mark/highlight any text in the books, which is unfortunate when studying for an exam.
Lousy
Books will be billed multiple times
The RYA should be better than this
I am a RYA member and have been for a number of years . I have had trouble with app in the past . Also buy via Apple and not the content is not available elsewhere . Now updated books/ new versions make the old ones not available on my iPad ..
A brand such as the RYA should hold better standards than this app provides I regret not purchasing printed material and feel hard done by.
Hopeless - app won’t even download
Trying to get my VHF ebook - never come across such complicated instructions in my life and now th app won’t even download. Frustrated greatly understates how I feel.
Can’t login
This app needs updating ASAP. It doesn’t allow me to login, and I can’t reset my password either.
I have an e-book redemption voucher which I can’t get access to. Not a great experience.
Book update bug
Unstable app, when a book update is available I am unable to access the old version or update due to some xml error. Only option is to remove app and reinstall. Save yourself the effort and buy paper books!
Lost all purchases!
I’ve gone back into the app after buying over half a dozen books in the past and I can’t access them anymore! It’s asking for a sign in which I don’t have! Never had! So I’ve lost 100’s of ££’s worth of books! 😡
Convoluted, complex, incomprehensible
The most convoluted, unworkable palaver I have ever come across to purchase and open an ebook. Completely unresponsive.
App is happy to take the money but not provide the content
I purchased the VHF handbook. The funds were taken but the app says I own nothing. Now I’ll need to raise it as a fraudulent transaction which is hassle I do not need!
Book update bug outstanding
The content and app are great, it would be 5 stars apart from the already noted update bug. This is tedious. You can guarantee that when you want to look something up quickly and you are in patchy coverage it will want to update. Say no and the app crashes, say yes and the update crashes. Delete the app, reinstall and re-download all content…
This is a serious bug for an app that invites £100’s of purchases for use in areas where coverage is poor: