Full Description
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.It contains every question and answer on the Coast Guard exams - all 9,000 of them alongwith 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 are: 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.
Contents
IntroductionWhat this Book is AboutUsing the AutoExam SoftwareRecommended ReferencesQualifying for a LicenseDo You Qualify?Experience RequirementsCompleting the FormsApplication FormsRules of the RoadPart A--GeneralPart B--Steering and SailingPart C--Lights and ShapesPart D--Sound and Light SignalsRules of the Road Questions and AnswersDeck GeneralShip HandlingHeavy Weather OperationsDocking and UndockingMooring and AnchoringMeasuring DepthTowing OperationsShip ConstructionStabilityDisplacement and Load LinesMarlinspikeSplicesKnotsBlock and TackleShip's BusinessPollution RegulationsRegulations (CFRs)Deck General Questions and AnswersNavigation GeneralWeatherSea IceTidesTidal CurrentsCharts and PublicationsAids to NavigationLocks and DamsCompassLoranGPSRadarNavigation General Questions and AnswersSafetyEmergenciesLife Rafts and FloatsSignalingFire FightingFirst AidSmall Engine OperationSafety Questions and AnswersNavigation ProblemsLatitude, Longitude, Distance and CourseDead ReckoningFixes by BearingsRunning FixesRelative Bearings and Distance OffCurrent Set and DriftCurrent Vectors and Course to SteerPlotting Sheet to PhotocopyChart Practice ProblemsNavigation Problems Questions and AnswersAuxiliary Sail EndorsementAuxiliary Sailing VesselsSailsAuxiliary Sail Questions and AnswersExamination IllustrationsRules of the RoadDeck GeneralNavigation GeneralSafetyAuxiliary SailAppendix: COLREGSPart A--GeneralPart B--Steering and SailingPart C--Lights and ShapesPart D--Sound and Light SignalsPart E--ExemptionsAnnex I--Positioning and Technical Details of Lights and ShapesAnnex II--Additional Signals for Fishing Vessels Fishing in Close ProximityAnnex III--Technical Details of Sound Signal AppliancesAnnex IV--Distress SignalsAnnex V--Pilot RulesIndexNER(01): WOW
