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Drill it until it’s instinct
Theory sticks when you use it. Test yourself with quizzes and mock exams, keep facts fresh with flashcards, and make real decisions in simulated situations.
Free Day Skipper Readiness Test
Five no-signup questions across the core theory areas, with instant explanations and a clear next study step.
Check my readinessReview Queue
Everything falling due today — flashcards and the questions you got wrong, timed to come back just before you'd forget them.
Start reviewingTopic Quizzes
Focused question sets for each of the 12 modules, with full explanations for every answer.
Choose a quizTopic Drills
Every question on a single topic, gathered from across the course — for when one thing keeps catching you out.
Drill a topicSound Signal Drill
Hear real-time horn, bell and gong patterns, then identify the manoeuvre or vessel status by ear — starting with fog signals.
Listen and identifyMixed Sets
12 questions drawn across the things that get confused with each other — cardinal marks against ship's lights, one ColRegs rule against another. Expect to score lower than a single-topic drill; that is the point.
Mix it upMock Examinations
3 timed papers in the style of a Day Skipper theory assessment, mixing every topic.
Sit a mock examFlashcards
Spaced-repetition style decks for buoyage, lights, definitions, mnemonics and more.
Practise a deckSailing Scenarios
12 decision-making scenarios that put your theory to work in realistic situations.
Run a scenarioHazard Perception
8 timed encounters seen from behind your own wheel: tap the moment you would alter course. Graded on when, not what — and some of them pass clear, so tapping every time will cost you.
Take the watchPilotage Plan Builder
Build the entry into Salt Sound: leading line, marks in the order you meet them, clearing bearing and depths — ending as a card you could read at the wheel in the dark.
Write the cardPassage Plan Builder
Plan the Petrel passage yourself on Chart SP1 — appraisal, route, timing, route card and contingencies, graded at every step, then sail the day you planned.
Build the planInteractive Tools
Hands-on instruments for tidal curves, course-to-steer vectors, light identification and more.
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