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3rd Mate

Mariner Advancement Capt  is examination preparation software designed for both 3rd Mate and 500 / 1600 Mate / Master Oceans and Near Coastal Licenses.  Our software contains 1273 Rules of the Road questions, 2276 Deck General questions, 944 Navigation General questions and  1865 Deck Safety, Survival Craft and Lifeboatman questions.  All questions have been hand picked from the thousands of USCG Deck Questions to minimize study load yet provide the study material necessary to pass the USCG multiple choice exams.  All USCG Illustrations are included in the software and are attached to each question for easy reference. See our Products page for screen shots and warranty information.

NEW UPDATE   Our Captain 500/1600 and Third Mate software now includes a Navigation Problems section with 490 questions on Time Tic, Zone time Calc for Sun rise and Sun set, Compass error, Course and Current, Bearing and Distance off a fixed object, Tide Calculation, Tidal current Calculation, ETA, Azimuth, Amplitude, Terestrial, Compass error, Speed by Rpm/Slipage ect....   We also have added a new section for the three Charts used by the Coast Guard for testing, Chesapeake Bay, Long Island Sound, and Block Island Sound.  Each Chart has between 30 to 36 tests.  Most test are around 15 questions but range from 8 to 20.  All chart questions are in sequence.  The training charts can be obtained from www.waypoints.com .  The chart numbers are...

12221TR Nautical Training Chart--Chesapeake Bay Entrance

12354TR Nautical Training Chart--Long Island Sound

13205TR Nautical Training Chart--Block Island Sound

 

Version 2.0 contains new features such as better search utilities, the tag question screen, ability to display the questions and illustrations on the screen at the same time, supports more screen resolutions and is now compatible with Norton 2010 antivirus.

You can now open a file search menu and display all U.S.C.G. images as thumbnails when searching for illustrations.  You no longer have to search illustrations and text in each section separately, the program does this for you and lets the user know how many matches were found in each section.

The new tag question feature allows you to tag a question and then recall all tagged questions from the tagged question menu. This makes it easy to mark difficult questions and return to them for review.

Some of our customers reported they found some questions difficult to answer because they needed to see the illustration and question in a juxtaposition.  Our illustration window now is supplied with a slide bar that allows you to very the opacity of the illustration thereby seeing through it straight to the question.

 

Also include on the flashdrive in the Resources folder are the 1983 Tidal current tables, the 1983 Tide Tables and two PDF files necessary to answer the chart questions, Chart_header_text.pdf and Questions_with_Tables.pdf.   The latter two files contain boat specific information such as draft, and deviation for answering the chart questions.  Also in the Deck Resources folder are several Naval Training Manuals in PDF format such as, Seaman, Damage Control, Lookout, Quartermaster, and US Navy nautical skills course.

If you are ready to purchase simply click on the "Add to Cart" button at the top of the page and PayPal will walk you through the transaction, your financial information is not shared with Mariner Advancement. Once your payment is complete, you will be emailed a receipt for your  transaction, and we ship our products on the next business day from purchase.

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USCG Administered Capt / Mate Exams

The USCG generates an exam  from a question bank consisting of thousands of questions.  Although the question bank is the same for these two licenses the exams differ in the number of questions per test.  See the chart below for specific USCG exam requirements.  Contact USCG to receive an evaluation for testing and information on other requirements for obtaining this Merchant Mariner License

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Features

• All questions are hand picked by Licensed Merchant Mariner Officers with instructor experience.

• Each question provides reference to USCG book and question number.

• Full Search Utility of all questions and Illustrations allowing you to concentrate your studies on difficult areas.

• Illustrations are provided in software.

• You have a choice as to the number of questions per test.

• Once you answer a question correctly Mariner Advancement temporarily removes that question from the list.  This allows you to focus on the more difficult questions rather than wasting time studying questions you already know.

• You can take the exams over and over with no limitations.

• Mariner Advancement is distributed on a USB drive so you can take it with you.  Study on your vessels computer and study at home.  

• Runs on most PCs with a USB port.  Please check system requirements below

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Minimum System Requirements:

• Microsoft Windows Seven, Vista or XP

• 1.0 GHz CPU, 384 MB RAM

• USB port

• Mouse or compatible pointing device

• 1024 X 768 Screen Resolution

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