This is a home study guide to prepare for the Coast Guard's two most popular captain's ratings: (1) the six-passenger or charterboat license, and (2) the 100-ton Merchant Marine Masters license for sightseeing, whalewatching, and fishing head boats. Will need to be updated every two years.
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Know you'll pass before you take the exam.
Here's the quickest, easiest, and cheapest way to prepare for the U.S. Coast Guard captain's ratings exams required for anyone who takes paying passengers on a boat, and useful for serious boaters who want to save money on insurance. This complete study tool includes:
- The six-passenger "Six-Pack," Master and Mate Inland, Master and Mate Near Coastal, and Sail/Auxiliary Sail Endorsement
- Every question and answer on the Coast Guard exams--all 9,000 of them
- An interactive CD-ROM with all 14,000 questions and answers in the USCG database, so you can take an unlimited number of practice exams
This new edition brings the book up-to-date with the Coast Guard's expanded and revised database of questions and answers, and provides 400 pages of tutorials on seamanship and navigation.
Minimum System Requirements:
- Windows 95 or later
- 200MHz or higher
- 32MB of RAM
- VGA Monitor
- 2x CD-ROM
- 30MB (minimum) of free disk space
- Mouse or equivalent pointing device
About the Author
Charlie Wing received his Ph.D. in oceanography from MIT. Wing lived aboard a cruising sailboat for six years, during which he obtained his U.S. Coast Guard Captain's license. His frustration with available study guides for the Coast Guard exams led him to create International Marine's bestselling Get Your Captain's License. He is also the author of four other International Marine books, including Boatowner's Illustrated Handbook of Wiring and How Boat Things Work: An Illustrated Guide.
Dr. Jim Austin, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, served as navigator on a navy destroyer. He has taught Coast Guard license courses for many years. He is an instructor for the Ocean Navigator School of Seamanship and writes Rules of the Road newsletters for the Ocean Navigator Web site.
PEARSoft Corporation, creator of Get Your Captain's License AutoExam software, offers a number of test preparation products based on their AutoExam software engine; see them at www.pearsoft.com. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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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.
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69 of 71 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
You'll need more than this book.,
By Chuck Fort (Central Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Get Your Captain's License (Paperback)
This book is frustrating because the learning consists of taking tests. There is not enough how to information. Also, the cd is supposed to randomly search the database and give a new test each time. However, after many practice tests I found that the cd did not access all the questions. Only because I also went through the written questions did I discover this. If you don't know this, you will not see all of the questions and you may need them all. On the plus side, the diagrams are what you will see in the real tests and the rules of the road are in the back of the book. I think it is very useful for drilling, not learning. This book should be considered a supplement. I recommend The Coast Guard License by Budd Gonder along with Chapman's and Dutton's for learning, and this book for practicing
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent Study Tool,
By Randy (Kaneohe, HI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Get Your Captain's License: The Complete Study Guide, Second Edition (Paperback)
I recently used this book to help me pass my Unlimited Master's Exam. I wholeheartedly recommend it as a study guide and as a drilling tool. I did not have access to the CD-ROM and only used the Questions and Answers Sections. I agree with other reviewers in that you must already have advanced knowledge in the subject areas to get the maximum out of this book. I like the fact that all the questions and answers are in one book and that the price is quite cheap compared to "Murphy's" 6 volumes and ... price tag. I would also recommend "Formulae for the Mariner" and getting a 1981 Nautical Almanac from the start to study with.
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This review is from: Get Your Captain's License: The Complete Study Guide, Second Edition (Paperback)
No single text is going to allow you to ace the test, but this should be one of the ones you use. This is the second edition and supposedly updated as of 2000. While much of the information is available on the Coast Guard web site, Wing does a good job of "packaging it" to make it much more readable. I found the light and signal summaries worth the price of the book. Without these two summaries, memorization of the many, many lights and signals would be much harder. Another plus is a "plain english" version as well as the original rules - much more readable and easier to learn.
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Two sets of rules exist: a) The International Regulations for the Prevention of Collision at Sea (COLREGS), and b) The United States Inland Rules (Inland Rules). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
standard magnetic compass, radiofacsimile weather charts, sounds one short blast, quadrantal spheres, been making turns, great circle crosses the equator, heated gases flowing, entrance traffic separation scheme, ering latitudes, vessel towing astern, sel cruised, will your vessel, upper lock approach, which fog signal, small passenger vessels, sound one short blast, loran shows, ring life buoys, capsize the tug, magnetic compass corrector, mooring line parts, first whistle signal, sailing vessel underway, approximate geographic range, buoyant apparatus Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Coast Guard, Light List, Great Lakes, United States, Race Rock Light, Baton Rouge, Cape Henry Light, New London, Corps of Engineers, New Haven, Falkner Island Light, Little Gull Island, Chesapeake Channel, Montauk Point Light, Horton Point, Watch Hill Point, Cape Charles Light, Chesapeake Light, Red River Landing, Branford Reef Light, Stratford Point, Ohio River, Wolf Trap Light, York River Entrance Channel, American Bureau of Shipping New!
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Two sets of rules exist: a) The International Regulations for the Prevention of Collision at Sea (COLREGS), and b) The United States Inland Rules (Inland Rules). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
standard magnetic compass, radiofacsimile weather charts, sounds one short blast, quadrantal spheres, been making turns, great circle crosses the equator, heated gases flowing, entrance traffic separation scheme, ering latitudes, vessel towing astern, sel cruised, will your vessel, upper lock approach, which fog signal, small passenger vessels, sound one short blast, loran shows, ring life buoys, capsize the tug, magnetic compass corrector, mooring line parts, first whistle signal, sailing vessel underway, approximate geographic range, buoyant apparatus Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Coast Guard, Light List, Great Lakes, United States, Race Rock Light, Baton Rouge, Cape Henry Light, New London, Corps of Engineers, New Haven, Falkner Island Light, Little Gull Island, Chesapeake Channel, Montauk Point Light, Horton Point, Watch Hill Point, Cape Charles Light, Chesapeake Light, Red River Landing, Branford Reef Light, Stratford Point, Ohio River, Wolf Trap Light, York River Entrance Channel, American Bureau of Shipping New!
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- How Boat Things Work : An Illustrated Guide by Charlie Wing in Back Cover
- Weather for the Mariner by William J. Kotsch in Front Matter
- American Merchant Seaman's Manual, for Seamen by Seamen. by William Hayler in Front Matter
- This Is Sailing: A Complete Course by Richard Creagh-Osborne in Front Matter
- Introduction to Steel Shipbuilding by Elijah Baker in Front Matter
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