A study magazine for the Rules of the Road

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The boater's study desk · Rules of the Road

Read the water.

Lights on a dark horizon, five blasts on a horn, a striped buoy off the bow. Marina Magazine teaches you to read them by picture: four short illustrated issues on the U.S. Navigation Rules and buoyage, each with a drill deck, and a free logbook that remembers which cards you know.

Try the lights drill Read the issues

No account, no email. Reading is free. Every answer cites the rule it comes from.

Card 6 of 12Lights at night

Night picture, top to bottom: green light, white light, green light, red light.
Green over white high up, and a green and a red light lower down. What is it? Answer it
Issues
4
Drill cards, each with its rule
45
Free drill cards
24
Accounts or emails needed
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Inside this edition

Four issues, one for each thing the water tells you.

  1. No. 1 · Free drill

    Lights at night

    Masthead, side, stern, towing and all-round lights: what a pattern of lights on the dark water is telling you.

    12 cards · Drill the deck

  2. No. 2 · Free drill

    Horn and bell

    Short and prolonged blasts, the meeting and overtaking signals, the danger signal and what you hear in fog.

    12 cards · Drill the deck

  3. No. 3 · Deck Pass drill

    Buoys and marks

    Red right returning, and the marks that are not red or green: safe water, isolated danger, special, regulatory and mooring.

    12 cards · Drill the deck

  4. No. 4 · Deck Pass drill

    Day shapes

    Balls, cones and diamonds hoisted by day: anchored, aground, not under command, fishing, towing and more.

    9 cards · Drill the deck

How it works

Read it. Drill it. Log it.

  1. 1. Read an issue

    A short, illustrated feature on one part of the rules, with every fact tied to a rule number and a link to the official text.

  2. 2. Drill the cards

    A picture, a question, four answers. You see the right answer, why, and the rule. Works on a phone, no app.

  3. 3. Keep a logbook

    One tap starts a private logbook. Cards you know move up one box at a time, through five boxes, and come back less often; misses come back first.

Prices

Reading is free. The whole deck is $1.95 a month.

Free

$0

  • Read all four issues
  • Drill No. 1 Lights at night and No. 2 Horn and bell (24 cards)
  • A private logbook: which cards you know, per issue

Deck Pass

$1.95 a month

or $19.50 a year (two months free)

  • Drill No. 3 Buoys and marks and No. 4 Day shapes (21 more cards)
  • Review due: brings cards back on a widening schedule (1, 3, 7 and 16 days); misses come back first
  • The Mistakes sheet
  • A printable pocket card for each issue

Free during preview: every Deck Pass feature is on for everyone and nothing is charged.

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What this is not

A study aid, not a boating safety course. It is not NASBLA- or state-approved and gives no certificate or license; if your state requires a boater education card, take an approved course. It is not affiliated with the U.S. Coast Guard, and it does not report news.