Fritidsskepparen

Fritidsskepparen contains everything you need to know to take the theory test for the Driver and Coastal Vessel Certificate according to the NFB's new knowledge requirements, but works equally well for your own studies and for refreshing old knowledge. The new edition contains the latest rule changes from the Swedish Transport Agency and the Swedish Maritime Administration's news in charts. Published in 2025.

This edition has been further renewed and adapted to today's modern electronic navigation and the mobile recreational boating life. With the increased interest in boating comes an increasing demand on recreational boaters in terms of navigation, seamanship, safety, seamanship and environmental thinking.

This book teaches everything you need to know to become a good boater: navigation day and night, with and without GPS, how to mark fairways, seaway rules, safety at sea, weather and first aid on board. Theory and examples are interspersed, with clear illustrations and photographs. After each chapter there are practice questions for both the Driver's Certificate and the Coastal Vessel Certificate.

There is also a presentation of useful aids in boating. Electronic navigation is given more space and the theoretical part of the text is exemplified with own experiences and with new, clear illustrations and photos.

The book covers, among other things:
- Fairway marking - different types of buoys, seaway marks and reliability of marking.
- Safety on board - equipment, seamanship and seamanship.
- Weather - basic meteorological processes, weather forecasting and how to interpret the weather yourself.
- Accidents on board - the ABCs of first aid: what should be in a ship's medicine chest? Where do you turn if the situation becomes overwhelming?
- Rules of the road - ship's lights and signals, sound and light signals, steering and sailing rules.

After each chapter there are practice questions for both the Driver's Certificate and the Coastal Vessel Certificate.

Authors: Bengt Utterström and Sten Ramberg
The book's website, www.fritidsskepparen.com, contains supplementary questions, news about navigation, digital charts and more.

Fritidsskepparen.com is the textbook's website. There are more practice questions, news in navigation, newspaper articles that belong to different course sections, lathund to find easily in the charts, flashing beacon for night exercises, review questions for exams etc.

ISBN: 978-91-1-307561-7