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The Italian offshore boating license (patente nautica oltre le 12 miglia) chartwork exam consists of four independent problems solved in one hour, covering fuel calculation, coastal navigation, intercept courses, current problems, and leeway — roughly 130–150 exercises in total drawn from a standardized ministerial bank.▶ 2:54 Because the four problems are independent, one wrong answer is forgiven; two failures mean a failing grade.▶ 5:30 The new exam is simpler than the old format, which used a single chained exercise on charts such as the 5D or 42D where one error cascaded through the entire solution.▶ 5:06 Required equipment includes the didactic charts 5D and 42D (brought clean to the exam), nautical set squares, a compass, a 2H pencil, eraser, and a non-programmable calculator; a long straight ruler is recommended over set squares alone to avoid parallax errors on long routes.▶ 7:39 The residual deviation table is provided on the exam sheet.▶ 5:57 Exercises and their known tolerances are available free as a PDF from the Ministry website.▶ 6:12 Key mistakes to avoid: misreading current direction (a north current runs toward north, not from it), failing to read the full problem before drawing, and omitting units such as liters or degrees in final answers.▶ 12:06 Alfredo Contaldo announces a new series resolving every ministerial exercise on charts 5D and 42D, aimed at self-study candidates.▶ 9:18

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