Rules of the Road, lights and shapes, sound signals, buoys, chart plotting, tides, stability and safety: in the textbook it's a wall of text. Here every topic fits on one page, with the drawing and what you need to remember. 104 illustrated pages.
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One topic per page, the drawing that shows you how it works and the boxes with what you need to know:
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 10 parts and 98 topics.
You've read the arcs of visibility three times. You close the book...
...and you can't remember which light covers 225° and which one covers 135°. It was just lines of text.
Here the arcs are one page, drawn from above: the masthead light sweeping 225° forward, each sidelight 112.5°, the sternlight filling the 135° astern.
And on the pages next to it every vessel has its own: the trawler, the tug towing astern, the sailboat, the vessel at anchor and the one not under command.
First you understand why the lights are set up that way. Then what you'd see from ahead, abeam or astern, you remember on your own.
The license, Rules of the Road, lights and shapes, sound signals, aids to navigation, chart plotting, tides and navigation general, deck general, safety and exam practice: 104 pages, all illustrated
Picture this:
Instead of rereading half a page about the steady bearing without being able to see it...
...you open the page and find two boats drawn from above, the bearing line that doesn't move and who gives way, all in one picture.
And lights, buoys, sound signals, TVMDC and the rule of twelfths turn into drawings and tables you can read at a glance.
You stop repeating and start understanding.
That's exactly what Captain's License Made Visual does. It's not “just another manual.” It's 10 parts and 97 illustrated topics, and at the end 30 exam-style questions with the answers explained. Because what your brain sees in order, it remembers.
Because what your brain sees organized, it remembers.
OUPV vs Master 25, 50 and 100 ton, routes, sea time, TWIC, medical and drug test, the CG-719B package and how the modules are scored.
Inland vs International, lookout and safe speed, the steady bearing, narrow channels, overtaking, head-on, crossing, stand-on and give-way, and restricted visibility.
Arcs of visibility, power-driven, towing, sailing and fishing vessels, NUC and RAM, anchored and aground, day shapes and how to read a lights question.
Short and prolonged blasts, maneuvering signals in International and Inland, the danger and bend signals, fog signals, bells, gongs and distress signals.
Red right returning, cans and nuns, safe water and special marks, light characteristics, ICW marks, ranges and Western Rivers aids.
Chart symbols, latitude and longitude, the compass rose, TVMDC, course and distance, speed-time-distance, dead reckoning, fixes, running fixes and set and drift.
Tide tables and the rule of twelfths, flood, ebb and slack, weather for mariners, GPS and radar basics, Light List, Coast Pilot and Notice to Mariners.
Center of gravity and metacenter, free surface effect, loading and freeboard, knots, anchoring scope, docking and heavy weather.
Life jackets, fire extinguishers, man overboard, liferafts, VHF channel 16, EPIRB and DSC, hypothermia, pollution placards, MSDs and running a six-pack trip.
How the module exams work, 30 exam-style questions with the answers explained and your final-week plan.
At the end of the book: 30 exam-style questions with the answers explained and a review page closing every part.
The words the exam assumes you know (abaft the beam, stand-on, scope, freeboard, set, drift, deviation, sounding…), each one with a small drawing and a plain-English definition.
Module by module: what the course or exam center provides and what to bring for chart plotting (dividers, parallel rules or plotter, pencil), how to use your time, and which pages to reread the week before.
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PDF by email: Captain's License Made Visual reaches your inbox as a PDF, and the two free books come by email too. One-time payment, no installments or hidden costs.
Rules of the Road, lights, buoys and plotting, one topic per page, to review between classes and trips.
Every module reviewed at a glance, and at the end 30 exam-style questions with the answers explained.
The exam's version of what you do every day: who gives way, which light means what, and how to plot a fix on paper.
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30-day guarantee: tell us what didn't work and we'll refund 100%.
You have 30 days to try Captain's License Made Visual and the two bonus books. If it doesn't help you study, tell us what didn't work and we'll refund 100% of what you paid. One-time payment, no subscriptions.
After your purchase you get an email with Captain's License Made Visual as a high-resolution PDF, to read on your phone or print. The two bonus books, Illustrated Nautical Glossary and Exam Day Checklist, come by email too.
One-time payment of US$ 27. No installments, no subscription.
For anyone preparing for the USCG OUPV (Six-Pack) or Master 25-, 50- or 100-ton exam, through an approved course or at a Regional Exam Center, and for captains who want a visual review. Check the table of contents above to see the topics.
The USCG Navigation Rules and Regulations Handbook (International and Inland, 33 CFR Part 83 and the Part 80 demarcation lines), 46 CFR Parts 10, 11 and 16, the USCG Light List, NOAA U.S. Chart No. 1 and training chart 1210-Tr.
No. It's independent study material. It isn't published or endorsed by the U.S. Coast Guard or the National Maritime Center.
No. It doesn't replace an approved course, your sea time or training on the water. It's a visual guide to study and review alongside them.
No. The 30 exam-style questions are written for this book to help you practice. They're not official USCG questions.
Yes. It's a PDF: read it on your phone, tablet or computer, or print the pages you want to keep on hand.
You have 30 days. Tell us what didn't work and we'll refund 100%.
You don't have to reread the same page hoping it sticks this time.
You don't have to memorize lights and rules you can't picture.
And you definitely don't have to walk into the exam not knowing where to start.
One last thing before you decide: the Rules, the lights and the chart don't change. What changes is seeing them drawn, one topic per page, in the same order every time.
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