Get Your Captain's License, Fourth Edition [Paperback]

Charlie Wing (Author)

Book Description

Series: Get Your Captain's License | Publication Date: July 30, 2008

Know you’ll pass before you take the exam.

If you are planning to take paying passengers on your boat or you want to save money on your insurance, you’ll need to pass the U.S. Coast Guard captain’s ratings exams. Get Your Captain’s License is the quickest, easiest, and least expensive way to prepare for these tests. This complete study tool includes:

• The six-passenger “Six-Pack,” Master and Mate Inland, Master and Mate Near Coastal, and Sail/Auxiliary Sail Endorsement
• 400 pages of tutorials on seamanship and navigation
• PEARSoft’s new and improved interactive CD-ROM with all 14,000 questions and answers in the USCG database

With its essential advice and unlimited opportunities for exam practice, this book is your sure course to passing the tests and securing your license.

Please note: CD-ROM is compatible with PC only.

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About the Author

Charlie Wing received his Ph.D. in oceanography from MIT. He is also the author of seven boating book and earned a captain's license 15 years ago. Dr. Jim Austin, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, has taught Coast Guard license courses for many years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 832 pages
• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; 4 edition (July 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071603697
• ISBN-13: 978-0071603690
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #64 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Outdoor Recreation > Boating

More About the Author

Charlie Wing, an acknowledged authority on home building and remodeling, specializes in translating technical information into layman's terms. He founded the Shelter Institute, the nation's first owner-builder school. He has been the host and writer of a national PBS TV series about remodeling and is the author of 14 home-related books, including How Your House Works. He lives in West Bath, Maine.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I passed my CG Exams, May 20, 2010

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Elizabeth L. Braker "USCG LT" (WV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Get Your Captain's License, Fourth Edition (Paperback)

This book contains the same questions as the CG NMC website, but having it in print and separated into sections is very useful; most questions will come from the CFR, however, getting exposed and memorizing a few saves a lot of time on test day. Ground tackle, deck tackle, stability & gryo error well covered. Also contains the full-color guide to running lights, w/ bullet comparison btwen INT & INL ROTR. The CD is a little quarky, b/c it incoroporates a lot of celestial nav problems and MODU questions...w/out a way to filter out...but ROTR questions spot-on.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Captians License, September 13, 2009

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Louis R. Stevenson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Get Your Captain's License, Fourth Edition (Paperback)

You can't go wrong with a Charlie Wing book.This book has all the information that you need to help you get your USCG Captains License. Even if you are in a course if can help you review for the test.

19 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars get your capt. license.4th addition, January 13, 2009

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J. Peterson (Pgh Pa.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Get Your Captain's License, Fourth Edition (Paperback)

this book is very good. however the CD is for windows only. I have a mac,and the CD will not work in my PC. It would take less time with the CD instead of going back an forth with the book.