HMS ColregsCards

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About this app

Master the maritime rules you need for your RYA Yacht Master exam. HMS ColregsCards is a smarter, cheaper alternative to traditional flip cards.

WHAT'S INCLUDED
• Lights on Vessels — 30 interactive navigation light scenarios with 3D viewer
• Day Shapes — 11 cards covering all daylight vessel signals
• Buoyage Marks — 16 IALA marks including cardinal, lateral and special marks

LAYERED LEARNING
Each card has multiple layers of information:
• Essence — clean visual for quick recognition
• Definition — official COLREGS text
• Application — how it appears on charts
• Reality — real-world photos
• Light codes — animated timing diagrams for buoyage marks

ADAPTIVE TESTING
• Multiple-choice quizzes with timed questions
• Adaptive testing focuses on the cards you find hardest
• Track your exam readiness per topic with mastery percentages
• Test all cards or focus on unknowns only

BUILT FOR SAILORS
Created by sailors, for sailors. Whether you are studying for Day Skipper, Coastal Skipper or Yacht Master, this app helps you learn the rules that keep everyone safe at sea.

Free to use with ads. Optional subscription to remove ads.

What’s new

- Flashing yellow lights now animate on air-cushion vessel and submarine cards (120 flashes/min per COLREGS)
- All towing cards reworked to show combined tug + towee lights as seen at sea
- Pushing ahead and towing alongside are now separate cards
- Aground vessels split into 3 cards by size (under 50m, 50-100m, 100m+)
- Bird's Eye View improved with elongated vessel shape and concentric light stacking
- Ambiguity notes added to single white all-round light cards