Pass the NSW Boat Licence Test

Getting ready for the New South Wales general boat licence knowledge test, and perhaps the PWC (jet ski) licence test as well? This guide explains the NSW boating rules in the order of the official Boating Handbook, points out the traps, and then lets you practise until the answers come without hesitation.

The general boat licence knowledge test has 50 questions in two parts: you must answer all of the first 20 correctly and at least 24 of the other 30. The PWC licence knowledge test has 15 questions and you need at least 12. The book's mock tests follow the same scoring, so you know where you stand before test day.

What is inside:

• 12 short chapters you can read on a phone: the licences and how the tests work, registration and hiring a vessel, lifejackets, safety equipment, before you go, rules of the road, safe distance, speed, wash and alcohol, towing, navigation marks, lights and sound signals, waterways, emergencies and the environment, and the PWC licence
• 4 appendices: checklists for equipment, logbook trips and departure, numbers to remember, a glossary of boating terms, and a seven-day revision plan
• 300 original questions, every one with the correct answer and a short explanation: 100 practice questions by chapter, 20 PWC practice questions, 3 full mock tests of 50 questions and 2 PWC mock tests of 15 questions
• 3 Test Yourself questions at the end of each chapter

Rules are current at the time of writing. Where a point could not be confirmed, the book says so and tells you to check with Transport for NSW.

All questions are original. This is an independent study guide: it is not produced, endorsed or approved by Transport for NSW or any test provider, and it does not contain real test questions. It does not replace the official handbooks.

Part of the Pass the Test series.

Method of creation: this book was written with the help of artificial intelligence tools, under the author's direction; every rule was written from its source text and reviewed and every practice question was written for this book.