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Introduction

Welcome To Your Tutorials!
Chief Mates Navigation: Exam matrix and important information
Please note regarding my workings
Exam Calculations Matrix
Exam Calculations and Theory Matrix
Exam Timetable from August 2026
Exams 2023-present
CM Navigation March 2023 Q1
CM Navigation March 2023 Q3
CM Navigation March 2023 Q4
CM Navigation July 2023 q1
CM Navigation October 2023 Q2
CM October 2023 Q4
November 2023 Q1
November 2023 Q3
February 2024 Q1
February 2024 Q3
March 2024 Q1
March 2024 Q2
March 2024 Q3
March 2024 Q4
July 2024 Q1
July 2024 Q3
July 2024 Q4
October 2024 Q1
October 2024 Q2
October 2024 Q3
November 2024 Q1
November 2024 Q2
February 2025 Q 1
February 2025 Q 2
February 2025 Q 4
March 2025 Q 1
March 2025 Q 3-4
July 2025 Q 1
July 2025 Q 3
July 2025 Q 4
October 2025 Q 1
October 2025 Q 3 4
November 2025 Q 1
November 2025 Q 2 3
February 2026 Q 1
February 2026 Q 3
March 2026 Q 1
March 2026 Q 3 4
July 2026 Q 1
July 2026 Q 3
July 2026 Q 4
October 2026 Q 1
October 2026 Q 2
October 2026 Q 4 c
Exams 2019-22
March 2019 Q1
March 2019 Q2
March 2019 Q3
July 2019 Q1
July 2019 Q2
July 2019 Q3
October 2019 Q1
October 2019 Q2
October 2019 Q3
November 2019 Q1
November 2019 Q2
November 2019 Q3
November 2019 Radar Plot
July 2020 Q1
July 2020 Q3
July 2020 Q5
August 2020 Q1
August 2020 Q3-5
October 2020 Q1
October 2020 Q4
October 2020 Q5
December 2020 Q3
March 2021 Q1
March 2021 Q4-5
July 2021 Q1
July 2021 Q3-5
October 2021 Q1-3
December 2021 Q1
December 2021 Q3
December 2021 Q5
March 2022 Q2
March 2022 Q5
July 2022 Q1-3
July 2022 Q5
October 2022 Q1
October 2022 Q2
October 2022 q45
CM Navigation December 2022 Q1-2
CM Navigation December 2022 Q 3
New Lesson
Exams 2015-18
March 2015 Q1
March 2015 Q4
March 2015 Q5
July 2015 Q1
December 2015 Q1
December 2015 Q4
December 2015 Q5
March 2016 Q1
March 2016 Q2
July 2016 Q1
July 2016 Q2
July 2016 Q3
December 2016 Q1
December 2016 Q2
December 2016 Q4
March 2017 Q1
March 2017 Radar Plot
March 2017 Q4
July 2017 Q1
July 2017 Q2
July 2017 Q3
October 2017 Q1
October 2017 Q2
October 2017 Q4
November/December 2017 Q1
November/December 2017 Q4
November/December 2017 Radar Plot
February 2018 Q1
February 2018 Q2
February 2018 Q3
March 2018 Q1
March 2018 Q2
March 2018 Q3
July 2018 Q1
July 2018 Q3
July 2018 Q4
October 2018 Q1
October 2018 Q2
October 2018 Q3
November 2018 Q1
November 2018 Q4
November 2018 Radar Plot
Exams 2010-14
March 2010 Q2-3
July 2010 Q1
July 2010 Q2
July 2010 Radar Plot
November 2010 Q1
November 2010 Q3
November 2010 Q5
March 2011 Q1
March 2011 Radar Plot
March 2011 Q2
July 2011 Q1
July 2011 Q2
July 2011 Q4
November 2011 Q1
November 2011 Q4
November 2011 Q5
November 2011 Radar Plot
March 2012 Radar Plot
March 2012 Q1
July 2012 Q1-4
July 2012 Radar Plot
December 2012 Q3
December 2012 Q5
December 2012 Radar Plot
March 2013 Q1
March 2013 Q2
March 2013 Q4
March 2013 Q5
July 2013 Q1
July 2013 Q2
November 2013 Q1
November 2013 Q3
March 2014 Q1
March 2014 Q3
March 2014 Radar Plot
July 2014 Q1
July 2014 Q3
November 2014 Q1
November 2014 Q2
Chief Mates Navigation: Theory
please note regarding my workings
AIS – CNIS – CALDOVREP – VTS
Bridge
Electronic Aids – Radar
Electronic Charts
Fog
Hyd. Off Notes and Danger Reporting
IAMSAR – Search and Rescue
ICE
Icebergs
IMO Ships’ Routeing
Interaction
ISM
Landfall
Least Time Track
Magnetic Compass/Gyro
Masters Standing Orders
MGN 315
Miscellaneous Topics
Monsoons
NAVAREA – NAVTEX – WWWNS
Ocean Routeing
Passage Planning
Pilot – Wheelhouse Poster – Manoeuvring Booklet
Parallel Indexing
Steering gear
Tide Theory
Tides – calculations
TRS – description
Wheel over, Advance, etc
Chief Mates Navigation: Example Calculations
Neaping
Rendezvous 2nd Approx Calculation
Sun-intercept & ITP Calculated
Tidal Atlas
Tidal Stream
Chief Mates Stability: Exam matrix and important information
Please note regarding my workings
Matrix of questions by Exam
Exams 2023-present
CM Stability March 2023 Q1
CM Stability March 2023 Q2
CM Stability July 2023 q1
CM Stability July 2023 q2-5
CM Stability October 2023 Q1-2
CM Stability October 2023 Q3
December 2023 Q1
December 2023 Q2
February 2024 Q1
February 2024 Q2
March 2024 Q1
March 2024 Q2
March 2024 Q5
July 2024 Q1
July 2024 Q2
July 2024 Q5
October 2024 Q1
October 2024 Q2
October 2024 Q3
November 2024 Q1
November 2024 Q2
Recoverable buoyancy? Comparisons
February 2025 Q 1
February 2025 Q 2
March 2025 Q 1
March 2025 Q 2 (updated)
March 2025 Q 5
July 2025 Q 1
July 2025 Q 2
October 2025 Q 1
October 2025 Q 2 3
November 2025 Q 1
November 2025 Q 2
November 2025 Q 3
February 2026 Q 1
February 2026 Q 2
February 2026 Q 3
April 2026 Q 1
April 2026 Q 2
July 2026 Q 1
July 2026 Q 2
October 2026 Q 1
October 2026 Q 2
October 2026 Q 3
Exams 2019-22
March 2019 Q1
March 2019 Q2
March 2019 Q3
July 2019 Q1
July 2019 Q2
July 2019 Q3
October 2019 Q1-2-3
November 2019 Q1
November 2019 Q2
November 2019 Q3
July 2020 Q1-3
July 2020 Bilging Theory
July 2020 Q2
August 2020 Q1-2-3
August 2020 Bilging Theory
October 2020 Q1
October 2020 Q2
October 2020 Q3
December 2020 Q1
December 2020 Q2
December 2020 Q3
March 2021
July 2021 Q3
July 2021 Q1-2
October 2021 Q1-2
October 2021 Q3
December 2021 Q1-2
December 2021 Q3
December 2021 Q6
March 2022 Q1
March 2022 Q2-3
July 2022 Q1-2
July 2022 Q3
October 2022 Q1
October 2022 Q2-3
CM Stability Dec 2022 Q1-2
CM Stability December 2022 Q3
Exams 2015-18
March 2015 Q1
March 2015 Q2
March 2015 Q3
July 2015 Q1
July 2015 Q2
July 2015 Q3
December 2015 Q1
December 2015 Q2
December 2015 Q3
March 2016 Q1-3
March 2016 Q2
July 2016 Q1
July 2016 Q2
July 2016 Q3
December 2016 Q1-2-3
March 2017 Q1
March 2017 Q2
March 2017 Q3
July 2017 Q1
July 2017 Q2
July 2017 Q3
October 2017 Q1
October 2017 Q2
October 2017 Q3
November 2017 Q1
November 2017 Q2-3
February 2018 Q1-2-3
March 2018 Q1-2-3
July 2018 Q1-2
July 2018 Q3
October 2018 Q1-2-3
November 2018 Q1-2-3
Exams 2010-14
March 2010
July 2010 Q1-2
July 2010 Q3
December 2010 Q1-3
December 2010 Q2
March 2011 Q1-3
March 2011 Q2
July 2011 Q1
July 2011 Q2
November 2011 Q1-3
November 2011 Q2
March 2012 Q1
March 2012 Q2
March 2012 Q3
July 2012 Q1
July 2012 Q2
July 2012 Q3
December 2012 Q1
December 2012 Q2
December 2012 Q3
March 2013 Q1
March 2013 Q2
March 2013 Q3
July 2013 Q1
July 2013 Q2
July 2013 Q3
November 2013 Q1
November 2013 Q2
November 2013 Q3
March 2014 Q1
March 2014 Q2
March 2014 Q3
July 2014 Q1
July 2014 Q2
July 2014 Q3
November 2014 Q1
November 2014 Q2
November 2014 Q3
Chief Mates Stability: Example Calculations
Possible question new formula for angle of heel turning
Angle of Loll Using Hydrostatic Particulars
Angle of Loll Box Shaped Vessel
End Bilging with watertight flat-method 1
End Bilging with watertight flat-method 2
End Bilging-no watertight flat-method 1
End Bilging-no watertight flat-method 2
Bilging Midship 1
Bilging Midship 2
Bilging Midship-Recoverable Buoyancy
Midship Bilging-increase/decrease in GM
Bilging Side
Changing Density
Draft Survey
Dry Docking GM
Dry Docking Trim
Grain-Max Perm Moments
Timber
Chief Mates Stability: Theory
Please note regarding my workings
Short Theory Questions: Part 1
Short Theory Questions: Part 2
Short Theory Questions: Part 3
Assigned Freeboard
Bilging Countermeasures
Midship Bilging-increase/decrease in GM
Container ship-alternative criteria
Dangerous Chemicals/Liquified Gas in bulk damage and flooding
Grain
GZ curves intro
GZ curves 1
GZ Curves 2
GZ Curves 3
GZ Curves 4 + Loss of GZ with cargo shift
Heel Turning
Inclining Experiment
International Code of Intact Stability
Loll
Passenger Ships
Rolling & Synchronism, dead ship, trough/crest waves, etc
SIB & Ice
Specialised Vessels – Off Shore, Ro-Ro and Towing vessels
Surveys
Surf riding, Broaching, Dead ship
Stability Instruments
Timber
Type A & B Vessels
Wind Heeling- GZ curve on video
Wind Heeling example (New version)
Chief Mates Stability: Vessel B Calculations
Vessel B booklet (questions expected to commence July 2022)
Interpolation using TMD
Interpolation using Displacement
Angle of Heel Turning
Inclining Experiment
Load Line Compliance
Dry Docking GM
Dry Docking Trim
Angle of Loll
Constant aft draft
Air Draft
Timber
Two Hold calculation
Loading to a set trim
List and Trim
Draft and Density
List one weight
List two weights
Grain Maximum moments
Grain GZ curve
Two hold calculation- example 2
Longitudinal-max weight to load