Full Description
Earning a captain's license just got easierWhether you are an avid boater seeking to improve your seamanship and get a discount on boat insurance or aspire to start a business running a charter, sightseeing, or whale-watching boat, this revised and updated Fifth Edition is the only resource you need to obtain the captain's license you want, including the six-passenger "Six-Pack," Master and Mate Inland, Master and Mate Near Coastal, and Sail/Auxiliary Sail Endorsement.Get Your Captain's License is thorough enough to replace costly classroom instruction with its 350 pages of seamanship and navigation tutorials and more than 1,500 carefully selected questions and answers from the Coast Guard exams.The book also contains details of a special offer (20% discount) for access to a new associated website from Examiam that combines a digital version of this book with all 12,000 of the U.S. Coast Guard's latest Captain's license questions. Please note that access to this website is not included with the purchase of this book; additional fees apply.
Contents
IntroductionWhat this Book Is AboutReference MaterialsQualifying for a LicenseDo You Qualify?Regional Examination CentersExperience RequirementsContents of the Application PackageTWIC ApplicationConviction StatementCharacter ReferencesLicense Application FormPhysical Examination FormDrug Test FormSmall Vessel Sea Service FormReasons Licensing Delayed/DeniedApplication ChecklistMerchant Mariner OathRules of the RoadPart A-GeneralPart B-Steering and SailingPart C-Lights and ShapesLighting Memory AidsPart D-Sound and Light SignalsRules of the Road Questions and AnswersDeck GeneralShip HandlingHeavy Weather OperationsDocking and UndockingMooring and AnchoringMeasuring DepthTowing OperationsShip ConstructionDisplacement and Load LinesMarlinspikeSplicesKnotsCleatsBitts and BollardsBlock and TackleWire RopeShip's BusinessPollution RegulationsCode of Federal Regulations (CFR)Deck General Questions and AnswersNavigation GeneralWeatherNorth Atlantic Right WhalesTidesTidal CurrentsCharts and PublicationsAids to NavigationLocks and DamsCompassGPSRadarNavigation General Questions and AnswersDeck SafetyStability CalculationsEmergenciesLife Rafts and FloatsSignalingFire FightingFirst AidSmall Engine OperationDeck Safety Questions and AnswersNavigation ProblemsLatitude, Longitude, Distance and CourseDead ReckoningFixes by BearingsRunning FixesRelative Bearings and Distance OffCurrent Set and DriftCurrent Vectors and Course to SteerPlotting an InterceptPlotting Sheet to PhotocopyChart 12221 TRChart 12354 TRChart 13205 TRChart 18531Chart Practice ProblemsNavigation Problems Questions and AnswersAuxiliary Sail EndorsementAuxiliary Sailing VesselsSails And Apparent WindPoints of SailHeaving toAuxiliary Sail Questions and AnswersExamination IllustrationsRules of the RoadDeck GeneralNavigation GeneralDeck SafetyAuxiliary SailAppendix: ColregsPart A-GeneralPart B-Steering and SailingPart C-Lights and ShapesPart D-Sound and Light SignalsPart E-ExemptionsAnnex I-Positioning and Technical Details of Lights and ShapesAnnex II-Additional Signals for Fishing Vessels Fishing in Close ProximityAnnex III-Technical Details of Sound Signal AppliancesAnnex IV-Distress SignalsAnnex V-Pilot RulesIndexNER(01): WOW
