Get Your Captain's License, Fourth Edition

Overview

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.

Table of contents

Introduction
1. Qualifying for a License
2. Rules of the Road
3. Deck General
4. Navigation General
5. Safety
6. Navigation Problems
7. Auxiliary Sail Endorsement
8. Examination Illustrations
9. Appendix: COLREGS

Biographical note

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.