# Anybody take chief mate unlimited recently? **URL:** \ **Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\ **Created:** [June 20, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/anybody-take-chief-mate-unlimited-recently/72827 "2025-06-20T17:29:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boatrockinnoknockin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@Boatrockinnoknockin](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Boatrockinnoknockin)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/anybody-take-chief-mate-unlimited-recently/72827/1 "2025-06-20T17:29:23Z")
Good morning everyone, Taking my chief mate Unlimited exams in 2 days anybody recently take it and have some tips? Also if you have the old NMC exams for chief mate that would be awesome. Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![Quetzalcoatlus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3bc359/32.png) [@Quetzalcoatlus](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Quetzalcoatlus)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/anybody-take-chief-mate-unlimited-recently/72827/2 "2025-06-20T18:17:17Z")
Took them about a year or two ago. Nothing crazy if you’ve been doing the practice exams on lapware, upgradeU, etc. Make sure you remember how to plot a planet on your rude star finder. Don’t slip up on easy questions like high-altitude body fixes. Don’t get too obsessed with stability, it’s a 70% passing score after all. Not too far from the 3Ms exam to be honest. I found it easier actually because it wasn’t my first time taking CG exams this time around. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Boatrockinnoknockin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@Boatrockinnoknockin](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Boatrockinnoknockin)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/anybody-take-chief-mate-unlimited-recently/72827/3 "2025-06-20T19:05:44Z")
Thank you very much ---
**Author:** ![Mm923448](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bcef8e/32.png) [@Mm923448](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Mm923448)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/anybody-take-chief-mate-unlimited-recently/72827/4 "2025-06-21T04:14:11Z")
I took and passed mine a couple of weeks ago. Its not bad at all especially if you took the third mate exams in the last few years. A lot of it will come back to you pretty quickly. Rules is the same, the gens/safety are nothing to worry about. Near coastal and chart plot are easy but the margin of error is pretty small since you can only get one wrong. I actually had to retake the near coastal nav problems because of a silly mistake so attention to detail is important. Stability isnt too bad and you only need a 70 as stated above, you should have gone over most of it in the advanced stability class. Cel nav adds a few new things, make sure you at least check it out ahead of time, things like plotting minor stars. I think its a viable strategy if youre limited for time, just try to go 7 or 8 for 9 and then focus on the last two when you have time. Lapware of course for the problems, sea trials to study the gens and general knowledge. Good luck, its a great feeling of accomplishment when you get through it. I’m happy to answer any other questions you may have. ---
**Author:** ![Boatrockinnoknockin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@Boatrockinnoknockin](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Boatrockinnoknockin)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/anybody-take-chief-mate-unlimited-recently/72827/5 "2025-06-21T16:47:55Z")
Thank you and certainly, shoot me a text at 6788089433 ---
**Author:** ![ItsJody](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/itsjody/32/9624_2.png) [@ItsJody](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ItsJody)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/anybody-take-chief-mate-unlimited-recently/72827/6 "2025-06-21T16:48:08Z")
Took it end of last year. Almost identical types of problems to the sample exams.