# Offline 3rd mate program
**URL:** https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/offline-3rd-mate-program/51007
**Category:** Professional Mariner Forum
**Created:** [March 23, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/offline-3rd-mate-program/51007 "2019-03-23T00:16:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@upinthesky21](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/upinthesky21)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/offline-3rd-mate-program/51007/1 "2019-03-23T00:16:33Z")
Does anyone know of a good offline program I can use to study for 3rd mate exam?
I found captain Joe’s which is a flash drive, but it was unclear whether or not it need internet connection.
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### Author:  [@tugsailor](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/tugsailor)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2019, 4:03am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/offline-3rd-mate-program/51007/2 "2019-03-23T04:03:23Z")
Capt Joe’s May need Internet to register, update, and get started, but after that it does not need internet.
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### Author:  [@ItsJody](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ItsJody)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2019, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/offline-3rd-mate-program/51007/3 "2019-03-23T09:47:09Z")
Murphy’s books. I didn’t use them but many have and enjoyed them.
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### Author:  [@LI\_Domer](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/LI_Domer)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/offline-3rd-mate-program/51007/4 "2019-03-23T13:24:12Z")
Murphy’s Books are what I mostly used. It’s good to have as a resource.
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### Author:  [@z.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/z.captain)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/offline-3rd-mate-program/51007/5 "2019-03-23T16:42:49Z")
UpgradeU works without internet.
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### Author:  [@upinthesky21](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/upinthesky21)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2019, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/offline-3rd-mate-program/51007/6 "2019-03-24T10:12:40Z")
Thank you everyone for the help
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### Author:  [@swab](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/swab)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/offline-3rd-mate-program/51007/7 "2019-03-24T17:41:33Z")
I use Joe’s and upgrade u. Joes is a bit clunky in that you need a laptop or computer. It’s great because it has tutorials and solutions. It also lists the books that each question was derived from. Invaluable if you would rather study the source material, and I encourage you to do so.
Upgrade u is amazing because you can take it with you on your iPhone or tablet and it comes with all the exam room references as PDFs. There are no individual question references, and no solutions.
Neither program requires the net. Check out a thread labeled “reference materials” and you can find a PDF of all the books the USCG uses for question source material. It’s been incredibly helpful for building my reference library as I study for an upgrade. Also somewhere in the 500 ton upgrade section there is a link to a blog that I found most helpful concerning the overall upgrade process.
Good luck!
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### Author:  [@upinthesky21](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/upinthesky21)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2019, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/offline-3rd-mate-program/51007/8 "2019-03-25T00:19:05Z")
Thank you very much, great info!
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### Author:  [@Menizzi](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Menizzi)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/offline-3rd-mate-program/51007/9 "2020-07-31T03:35:58Z")
Murphy’s Books? I thought if you just studied those now that you would fail the tests because they redid all the questions?
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### Author:  [@BeerCaptain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/BeerCaptain)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/offline-3rd-mate-program/51007/13 "2020-07-31T13:52:06Z")
The questions haven’t changed. I graduated in ‘18 and the Murphy books were spot on. Same with Lapware/UpgradeU
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### Author:  [@saltedsea](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/saltedsea)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2020, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/offline-3rd-mate-program/51007/14 "2020-08-05T06:09:07Z")
Mariner Advancement is pretty good. Its a thumb drive, no internet needed.
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### Author:  [@Chief\_Seadog](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Chief_Seadog)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/offline-3rd-mate-program/51007/15 "2020-08-05T11:58:52Z")
> [@spork](#):
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> Studying is memorizing
Studying (Real Studying!) is more than just memorizing. It is learning, understanding and comprehending a given subject. While @jdcavo comments will disappear from this topic, he was nonetheless spot on. If you study and **know** a subject, changing exam questions is of no consequence.
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### Author:  [@Menizzi](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Menizzi)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/offline-3rd-mate-program/51007/16 "2020-08-05T21:28:05Z")
I never saw his reply. I do understand and respect the old ways of learning and knowing the information and being a good member of the team and being able to contribute and be worth a damn. But to be honest. Those days are gone. Its doing what it takes to just pass. Find any and all short cuts to just get the license and that is just the way it is going to be. Hell even if you look at this country USA it is all about meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. And it is going to get a lot worse as the years go on. Me me me me me. Fuck you me. I don’t agree with it but that is the way it is. Maybe not for all but 95%+ for sure.