# Mass Maritime Manned Model Course

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mass-maritime-manned-model-course/7450>\
**Category:** Maritime Training & Licensing\
**Created:** [May 5, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mass-maritime-manned-model-course/7450 "2012-05-05T17:44:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![New3M](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new3m/32/394_2.png) [@New3M](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New3M)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mass-maritime-manned-model-course/7450/1 "2012-05-05T17:44:31Z")

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Has anybody taken this? Is it worth the $5,000? This would be coming out of my pocket. Just curious to see if it’s as good as they say it is.

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**Author:** ![ryanwood86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@ryanwood86](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ryanwood86)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mass-maritime-manned-model-course/7450/2 "2012-05-05T22:22:27Z")

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I know pilots go up there and take it. From what I hear, the handling is very realistic and I hear it’s a good course, but I’ve never taken it.

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**Author:** ![New3M](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new3m/32/394_2.png) [@New3M](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New3M)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mass-maritime-manned-model-course/7450/3 "2012-05-08T10:42:10Z")

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I’ve heard the same.

Anyone with experience in the class on here?

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**Author:** ![Jetryder223](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Jetryder223](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Jetryder223)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mass-maritime-manned-model-course/7450/4 "2012-05-08T11:13:45Z")

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No first hand experience, but the overview link looks interesting:

[http://www.maritime.edu/uploads/files/2012%20Manned%20Models%20overview.pdf](http://www.maritime.edu/uploads/files/2012%20Manned%20Models%20overview.pdf)

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**Author:** ![richard8000milesaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@richard8000milesaway](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/richard8000milesaway)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mass-maritime-manned-model-course/7450/5 "2012-05-08T12:42:19Z")

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I took the class last summer. Excellent.

Came into the class w a couple decades of ship handling under my belt - MPSV captain amongst other stuff - and found it a great place to hone my skills.  
In fact, in our class there were 3 x young mates who the instructors bunched together and then there was me and a Tangiers pilot who received more specialized training in a separate grouping.

I would recommend the course.