Product Details

• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Bennett Marine Video
• DVD Release Date: January 1, 2007
• Run Time: 55 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000077VPA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #213,465 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The Bennett Marine "The Coast Guard License" DVD is designed to help you obtain the internationally recognized U.S. Coast Guard License. It covers the essentials of the license test, the complete rules of the road, advanced piloting and much, much more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

48 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save Your Money, February 18, 2004

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A Diver (NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: U.S. Coast Guard License Boating Course Instructional Training Video - Get Your Captains License! (DVD)

The 58 minute video has some captain sitting at a desk, holding his coffee cup and reading off a teleprompter. He rattles off rules of the road, lights, day flags and chart info with very little graphics or video of boats performing the functions. I couldn't keep up with the difference between inland/coastal/international horn or bell sounds.
I've seen better productions on local cable access channels.
If I had found this DVD in the $4.99 rack at Walmart, I still would have felt I paid too much.

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Same as the older VHS Video - Incomplete and dated, October 27, 2004

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Chip Lohman (Woodbridge, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: U.S. Coast Guard License Boating Course Instructional Training Video - Get Your Captains License! (DVD)

This is a copy of the older VHS tape and 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.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not a very good vidio/DVD., May 26, 2004

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Ronald L. Berryhill (Oklahoma City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: U.S. Coast Guard License Boating Course Instructional Training Video - Get Your Captains License! (DVD)

This is not what it's presented to be to me. It's a fast talking lecture with a few flash-in pictures. Some of it is not even in color as you would expect for what it cost.