Product Details

• Format: Color, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Bennett Media Corpor
• VHS Release Date: January 24, 2003
• Run Time: 114 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301334361
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #502,636 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the back cover

The Coast Guard License is internationally recognized as one of the ultimate tests of boating ability. It will not only give you the freedom to carry paying passengers on your own vessel, but can be the ticket to many high-paying and exciting jobs in the marine world.

This video teaches the advanced piloting and complete rules of the road needed for the license examination. It also shows the other parts of the test from firefighting to basic seamanship.

The information in this video covers licenses from 6 passenger (Six Pac) to Ocean Operator (200 tons). Subjects covered include: rules of the road, arc and visibility of lights, pecking order, lights and dayshapes, rights of way, general navigation, lateral buoyage system, tides, seamanship, fixes and bearings, set and drift, test tips, and much, much more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars There was no "real" time video, just some guy speaking fast., June 27, 1999

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This review is from: Coast Guard License Video [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Too much talk and not enough real video. Just some drawings, and a guy speaking faster than comprehension. Thought there might be some video on how it is applied to real world, but instead, just how it could be applied in theory. Not very happy with this. 58 minutes long

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Dated, whirlwind treatment of a complex subject, January 5, 2003

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Chip Lohman (Woodbridge, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Coast Guard License Video [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This tape appears to have been made at least 15+ years ago. The referenced navigation texts by Mr. Gonder are no longer in print. Unfortunately, the approach is to recite rather than to teach. Complex subjects are covered in haste. No summaries are made for detailed subjects like lighting or signals. The only purpose this tape served was to convince me to allocate more preparation time for the test, which I appreciated. Recommend some of the newer versions by Magic Lamp's Safe Boating Series.