Here you can find useful resources for your exam preparations.

Please note this is not a definitive list, merely a suggestion of the minimum materials you may have to hand. Additionally, do not worry if you do not have these publications, there is a vast amount of information online and our tutors will assist you to ensure you are absolutely prepared for your exam.

Reading list:

• MIN 653 (M) Deck Oral Exam Syllabus – Amendment 1
• Candidate code of conduct
• Introduction to Microsoft Teams
• Sextant videos from the Casual Navigation Academy on Youtube
• MAIB Reports
• Active M-Notices
• COSWP
• MACI Reports (for yacht candidates)
• MCA Leading for Safety 

• Seamanship Notes 2nd Edition, 2019, Angus Fergusson, ISBN: 9781856098427
• Macneil’s Seamanship Examiner, 2011, Witherby’s, ISBN: 9781856094146
• A Practical guide to the rules of the road 3rd Ed., 2015, Farhan Saeed, ISBN: 9781138843899
• Radar and ARPA Manual, 2014, A. Bole et al., ISBN: 9780080977522
• Notes on Meteorology, 1989, Kemp & Young, ISBN: 0750617365
• Lights and Shapes Flip Cards, Year Unknown, FlipCards.co.uk, ISBN: STU0062
• Carryfully to Carry, 2023, UK P&I Club, ISBN: 9781914993121
• Ship Stability for OOW, 2019, Martin Rhodes, ISBN: 9781856095600

• Additionally, access to Regs4Ships / Regs4Yachts will help massively
• Any expired Bridge publications from your last vessel! (Ask your Navigation Officer nicely!)

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