International Editions

Foreign rights are an increasingly large part of RYA Publications and we are extremely proud that there is an ever-increasing demand for our books to be published in a number of languages including Spanish, German, Portuguese and Russian.

If you are a publisher interested in buying rights to RYA Publications, please use the contact link above.

If you would like to a buy foreign language RYA book, the titles that are currently available and the relevant publishers are listed below.

Titles published in German (all by Delius Klasing)
RYA Motor Cruising Handbook
RYA Introduction to Radar
RYA Diesel Engine Handbook
RYA Go Sailing!
RYA Go Sailing Activity Book
RYA Powerboat Handbook
RYA Weather Handbook Northern Hemisphere
RYA Crew to Win
RYA Manual of Seamanship
RYA Catamaran Handbook
Go Cruising

Coming Soon:
RYA Laser Handbook
RYA Knots Splices & Ropework
RYA Go Inland!
RYA Optimist Handbook

Titles published in Spanish (all by Ediciones Tutor)
RYA Motor Cruising Handbook
RYA Go Sailing!
RYA Weather Handbook Northern Hemisphere
RYA Diesel Engine Handbook
RYA Sea Survival Handbook

Coming Soon:
RYA Knots Splices & Ropework
Astro Navigtion Handbook

Titles published in Portuguese (all by Principia)
RYA Go Sailing!
RYA Powerboat Handbook
RYA Go Sailing Activity Book
RYA Start Sailing

Titles published in Icelandic (all by the Icelandic Sailing Association)
RYA Advance Dinghy Handbook
RYA Youth Sailing Scheme
RYA Start Sailing

Titles published in Dutch (by De Alk & Heijnen Waterport)
RYA Go Sailing!
RYA Go Cruising!
RYA Start Windsurfing
RYA Laser Handbook

Titles published in Italian (by Magnamare)
RYA Go Sailing!
RYA Go Sailing Activity Book

Titles published in Italian (by the Italian Laser Class Association)
RYA Laser Handbook

Titles published for the North American Market (by International Marine)
On-Board Weather Handbook (RYA Weather Handbook)
Know Your Boat's Diesel Engine (RYA Diesel Engine Handbook)

Titles published for the North American market (by Skyhorse Publishing)
RYA Sea Survival Handbook

Titles published in India (by AquaSail)
RYA Start Sailing

Coming soon:
RYA Start Powerboating
RYA Handy Guide to Racing Rules 2009-2012

Titles published in Norwegian (by Royal Norwegian Yacht Club)
RYA Handy Guide to the Racing Rules 2005-2008
RYA Handy Guide to the Racing Rules 2009-2012

Titles published in Norwegian (by Exlibriz)
RYA Knots Splices and Ropework Handbook
RYA Sea Survival Handbook

Titles published in Norwegian (by Pegasus)
RYA Introduction to Boat Handling for Sail & Power

Titles published in Czech (by Associace PCC)
RYA Go Cruising
RYA Yachtmaster Shorebased
Day Skipper Shorebased

Coming Soon:
RYA Sail Cruising Syllabus and Logbook
RYA Day Skipper Practical Course notes
RYA Navigation Exercises

Titles published in Swedish (by Nautiska Forlaget)
RYA Diesel Engine Handbook

Titles published in Japanese (by Onomichi Maritime Institute)
RYA Competent Crew
RYA Day Skipper Practical Course Notes

Titles published in Russian (by World Voyager Magazine)
RYA Motor Cruising Handbook

Titles published in Danish (by the Danish Sailing Federation)
RYA Start WindsurfingRYA Intermediate Windsurfing

Foreign rights are an increasingly large part of RYA Publications and we are extremely proud that there is an ever-increasing demand for our books to be published in a number of languages including Spanish, German, Portuguese and Russian.

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