Overview
Main description
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
Author comments
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.
