Lesson 1
Why lights?
Each light shines in one direction only. That is how the masthead, side and stern lights show which way a vessel is heading.
9 steps · 6 questions
Klein Vaarbewijs 1 (small craft licence 1) · Chapter 1
Lights and day signals
Which lights a vessel shows at night and which signals by day, and what they tell you.
7 lessons47 questions
About this chapter
At night you often see nothing of a vessel but its lights. Still, they tell you a lot: which way the vessel is heading, and whether you see it from ahead, from the side or from astern. That works because each light shines in a fixed direction only, over a fixed number of degrees.
In lesson 1 you get to know the four basic lights: the masthead light, the sidelights, the sternlight and the all-round light. Which combination belongs to which vessel, and which signals vessels show by day, comes in the lessons after that.
Lessons
- Lesson 2
Small motorboats
Masthead light, sidelights and sternlight, a bicolour lantern or one white all-round light: which lights a small motorboat shows at night.
9 steps · 6 questions - Lesson 3
Sailing, motorsailing and rowing
Sidelights on the bow or a tricolour lantern at the masthead, one white light for a rowing boat, and what changes when the engine goes on.
10 steps · 6 questions - Lesson 4
Large vessels and convoys
One or two masthead lights, the high-speed vessel, the tow, the pushed convoy and the side-by-side formation: how you recognise large vessels.
12 steps · 8 questionsKVB1 complete - Lesson 5
Lying still and at anchor
One or two white lights, the black ball, when no signals are needed, and the four shapes of day signals.
10 steps · 6 questionsKVB1 complete - Lesson 6
Working and hampered vessels
Red, white, red and ball, diamond, ball, which side you may pass at works, the vessel aground, wash and a vessel unable to manoeuvre.
10 steps · 7 questionsKVB1 complete - Lesson 7
Blue signals and special vessels
Blue lights and cones, the light-blue board, the blue flashing light, the yellow diamond, the ferry and flag A.
11 steps · 8 questionsKVB1 complete
Test
Chapter test
14 questions from all seven lessons. You answer everything first and then see your result, with an explanation for each question.