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.
The edition
The issues
Four features on reading the water, each with a drill deck. Reading is free. Issues 1 and 2 drill free; Issues 3 and 4 drill with the Deck Pass.
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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.
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.
No. 4 · Deck Pass drill
Day shapes
Balls, cones and diamonds hoisted by day: anchored, aground, not under command, fishing, towing and more.