On the course you will need to have a book of Anti-Collision Regulations. We recommend that you purchase a copy of:
A Seamans Pocket Book Guide to the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea - published by Morgan Technical Books Ltd. This guide should contain the latest amendments.
Some other useful background reading:
TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHERS Practical Navigation for Officers of the Watch Frost, A Brown, Son & Ferguson Reeds Maritime Meteorology Cornish & Ives Thomas Reed Publications Shipboard Operations Lavery, H Butterworth-Heinemann Seamanship Techniques: Shipboard & Marine Operaions House, D Elsevier Ship Stability for Masters and Mates Barrass & Derrett Butterworth-Heinemann Ship Construction Eyres, D Butterworth-Heinemann
There are copies of these books in the WMA Campus Library and you should not need to buy personal copies, but may do so if you wish. Copies of these books can be ordered direct from: