by Alexander Hickethier, MBA Dr. Hu Jia-Shen

Details

ISBN: 9780983041818

Publish Date: October 2011 Revised 05-13-2015

Page Count: 210

Book Size: 8.5″ x 11″

Binding: Perfect Bound

Synopsis

We have developed this series of training manuals to assist the Merchant Mariner in passing the U.S. Coast Guard Licensing Examinations, from Master 500 GT to 2nd Mate Unlimited Upon Oceans.

These manuals have been developed to augment our current textbooks for Mariners and are modular in design incorporating practical exercises and actual U.S. Coast Guard examination questions with all questions worked-out. (Rev. 12/18/2012 Up-dated to a single volume.)

Rev. 05/13/2015 Corrected errors, typos and updated questions using the current USCG data base.

A description of this manual follows:

Volume II, provides an in-depth understanding of Terrestrial Calculation found US Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Examinations through 2nd Mate Unlimited, subject matter areas includes Magnetic and Gyro Compass Error Calculations, Compass Deviation Table Construction, Deviation by Celestial Observation (Amplitude and Azimuth), and Deviation by Terrestrial Observation, Time Zone Calculations, (Sunrise and Sunset, Time tick, and Estimated Time of Arrival). Tides and Currents, Speed by RPM, SOA, Slip and Fuel Consumption Calculations.

$49.95