Good morning all. Looking to get GMDSS and have noticed it’s done online now through NEMO. Any suggestions on where to go for it? Or is online the best way now? Thanks looking forward to hearing what you guys think.

I self-studied, did practice tests, and then took the FCC test with a proctor at a local community college. A lot of stuff to memorize. Some of it is obsolete. It’s time consuming. Months later I took the USCG approved STCW compliant two week GMDSS course and USCG test at MPT. MPT had us all fill …

Understood, had no idea. Thank you. Where did you find self study material?

[image] tugsailor: Eric Dawikie (sp) that owns NEMO is the same guy promoting a new US Virgin Islands Flag of Convenience that would supposedly have Jones Act privileges. He also runs the Dominica registry and licensing. If this is the kind of guy you want to support with your hard earned dollar…

An insightful thread for a few reasons now :joy:

There are lots of FCC study materials online. The FCC exams are called “Elements.” GMDSS require Elements 1 & 7 I bought a used copy or the paperback textbook that the schools use on eBay.

[image] US Virgin Islands Registry Maritime News https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-considering-new-ship-registry-us-virgin-islands-sources-say-2025-05-08/ Northeast Maritime and COPE are proposing a USVI Flag registry, bypassing all those pesky US Mariner, Safety, US Bu…

I personally don’t see the issue with USVI being jones act compliant. We want to claim them, that should count for something. That said, I’ve had great experiences with NEMO. For what it’s worth, they have an outstanding former MCPOCG running things at NEMI. Not sure what influence or level of invo…

The US Virgin Islands (as the name implies) is part of the US and has been since we bought the Island from Denmark in 1917. The Jones Act was passed in 1920. Something few US mariners know is that the Jones Act has always contained a carve out for the US Virgin Islands. Basically, the Jones Act do…

Stop paying the fee to take the element 7 test it’s a scam , you can send a gmdss cert right to the fcc and they will send you a gmdss license , as long as you already have element 1. It’s says it right in the fcc website

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