Publisher's Synopsis
Developed by experienced professors and professionally narrated for easy listening, this course is a valuable tool when preparing for your boating safety license and certification exam.
The audio is focused and high-yield, covering the most important topics you need to know to succeed on your exam. The material is accurate, up-to-date, and broken down into bite-sized chapters. There are quizzes and key takeaways sections following each chapter to review questions commonly tested and drive home key points.
Here is the layout of the course:
- Introduction and welcome
- Boat basics introduction, terminology, and general concepts
- Anatomy of a boat
- General power boat operations
- Preparation for departure
- Pre-trip inspection
- Departures
- Operating in close quarters
- Open water navigation
- Special situations
- Night-time operations
- Return to various locations
- Secure your vessel before leaving for the day
- General operations: Sailing
- Introduction and basic sailing terms
- Prepare for sailboat departure: Inspections and departure
- Departures
- Close quarters sailboat maneuvering
- Open water maneuvering: Sailboats
- Arriving at a destination: Sailboat
- Sailboat security
- Emergencies
- Handling emergencies: Emergency equipment
- Emergencies: What could happen
- Weather and boating
- Practice test
