Get Your Captain's License, Third Edition (Paperback)

~ Charlie Wing (Author) "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..." (more)
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Product Description

Get Your Captain's License offers the best test-prep resource available for the U.S. Coast Guard captain's exams. This fully updated and greatly expanded new edition covers the exams for the most popular captain's ratings, including the "Six-Pack" charter boat license and the 100-ton Masters license.

Includes an interactive CD-ROM for unlimited, random practice testing; written text coving all 9,000 questions/answers that could appear on the Six-Pack and 100-ton exams; and 200 additional pages of tutorials on seamanship and navigation.

From the Back Cover

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

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Product Details

• Paperback: 832 pages
• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; 3 edition (September 16, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071383158
• ISBN-13: 978-0071383158
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #219,708 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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58 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good But Be Advised:, December 13, 2000

By	Igor "Igor" (Naples, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Get Your Captain's License: The Complete Study Guide, Second Edition (Paperback)

I used this book and CD to prepare for an inland master's exam. The CD is very helpful and allows you to rapidly practice the exam and receive a score. Two major warnings:

1) The "master and mate inland rules of the road" practice exam on the CD doesn't really test the USCG "inland only" questions. You have to set it up to do a "custom" exam and select inland only.

2) All the navigation problems on the CD were just course - speed - time problems not involving a real chart. On the real exam the problems were specific to an actual chart as in "Starting from a point two miles due East of Ferndorf Light plot a course......". You are therefore probably going to need some other source of training on the navigation problems besides this book and CD.

68 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars You'll need more than this book., December 16, 1999

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:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Study Tool, May 30, 2001

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.