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IYT Yachtmaster Offshore practice test: exam questions and theory

1000 questions in 10 topics. Each topic has an article that explains the rules the questions ask about, with drawings; the app asks the questions, explains every answer and brings your mistakes back until you get them right.

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The mock exam: 50 questions spread over every topic, 90 minutes, pass at 70 %. Size, time and pass mark are the app’s defaults, not an official rule.

Topics

  1. 1. Charts, chartwork instruments & publicationsOffshore the chart is small in scale and nobody checks the plot but you. · 9 min read · 100 questions
  2. 2. The compass, position lines & fixesOffshore every heading and bearing passes through a compass you must trust; a fix is as good as its worst line. · 9 min read · 100 questions
  3. 3. Dead reckoning, EP & course to steerBetween fixes the chart holds only what you work out: heading, log, leeway and stream, added as vectors. · 10 min read · 100 questions
  4. 4. Tides, tidal streams, races & barsTwo almanac figures become a height for any minute, a secondary port's tide, and the hour to cross a bar, round a race or make a tidal gate. · 9 min read · 100 questions
  5. 5. Pilotage, passage planning & electronic aidsPlan in four stages, check all the way; pilotage is the same at close range, with every number ready before the entrance. · 9 min read · 100 questions
  6. 6. International collision regulations (COLREGs)The Rules are asked here by number and paragraph, for a yacht of 20 m or more, where the small-craft allowances stop: which rule governs, what it… · 10 min read · 100 questions
  7. 7. MeteorologyOffshore there is no harbour to run for: read the chart yourself, weigh each forecast, decide early. · 9 min read · 100 questions
  8. 8. Construction, stability & the power plantFar from help, know her hull, what keeps her upright, and how her systems fail. · 8 min read · 100 questions
  9. 9. Ropework, towing, anchoring & dockingBigger yacht, worse weather, a number or a decision wanted. · 10 min read · 100 questions
  10. 10. Emergencies, maritime business & lawOffshore the decisions are yours: which turn, which door to shut, when to leave the yacht, whom to call on which band. · 9 min read · 100 questions
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