1.3 credits

Course fee: $295 Classroom; $335 Online

The 24-hour Masters 100 Ton Upgrade provides an opportunity to those with a valid OUPV License to raise their grade to a Masters. The license allows you to operate both inspected vessels and uninspected vessels. It is required by the USCG for any inspected vessel certified to carry more than 6 passengers for hire.

Course includes all course materials, instruction, Student Manual, exams, and Certificate of Completion. No traveling to the Regional Exam Center for U.S.C.G. exams.

The 100-Ton Masters License is for vessels with a gross tonnage up to 100 tons. The licenses are issued according to the tonnage of the vessel you gained your sea service on. These include 25 ton, 50 ton and 100 ton.

The licenses are also issued for Inland Waters, Great Lakes, or Near Coastal. Again this is dependent on your sea service records.

As this is an upgrade, you need to have a valid OUPV license. Many mariners will take the OUPV first, then upgrade within a year to the Masters. There are two exams. If you have not taken a Rules of the Road exam within the last year, you will need to retake that at the end of the class with the other exams.

The USCG website provides the detailed requirements for each license. Here are the minimum items for the 100-Ton Masters Upgrade:In order to meet the minimum requirements for the 100-Ton Masters Upgrade License, the mariner must:

• Be at least 19 years old
• Be a U.S. Citizen
• Speak English
• Have required sea service*

*Master of Inland and Great Lakes: 360 days underway experience since age 15; with 90 in the last 3 years on the Great Lakes

*Master Near Coastal: 720 days underway experience since age 15 with 90 in the last 3 years; 360 of those 720 days outside the boundary lines.

With an Explorer's Guide U.S.C.G.-approved 100-Ton Masters Upgrade Course, all testing fees are included. In addition, you receive detailed instruction on the required topics to make you a responsible and safe U.S.C.G. Licensed Captain. That knowledge makes taking the exams much easier.

Course Outline

These are the topics required by the USCG and 46 CFR to be taught as part of an approved course.