Lotse: Sportbootführerschein

Lotse is your app for the theory exam for the inland and coastal boating licenses.

Important note: Lotse is an independent learning app and not an official service. The app is not affiliated with the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (GDWS), the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration, or ELWIS, and is neither published, supported, nor reviewed by them.

Learn with questions from the official question catalog for the inland waterways license, the coastal waters license, or both combined. Select your area of ​​validity and practice the questions that are relevant to your exam.

FEATURES

• Over 460 exam questions for inland and coastal waters under power
• All 15 navigation exercises (coastal) with official model solutions
• Chapter-based learning, review list, and automatic error checker
• Images of chart markings, navigation lights, and sound signals
• Realistic practice exam in exam format
• Progress indicator and statistics
• Usable offline, no account or registration required

Free with ads – one-time purchase for permanent ad-free access, no subscription

Questions for sailing (inland waters under sail) are not included.

SOURCE OF EXAM QUESTIONS

The questions are taken from the official question and answer catalog for the recreational boating license, published by the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (GDWS) and available via ELWIS, the Federal Government's Electronic Waterways Information System. Catalog status: August 1, 2023.

The official original sources:

• Inland Waterways Question Catalog: https://www.elwis.de/DE/Sportschifffahrt/Sportbootfuehrerscheine/Fragenkatalog-Binnen/Fragenkatalog-Binnen-node.html
• Coastal Waters Question Catalog: https://www.elwis.de/DE/Sportschifffahrt/Sportbootfuehrerscheine/Fragenkatalog-See/Fragenkatalog-See-node.html

• Overview: https://www.elwis.de/DE/Sportschifffahrt/Sportbootfuehrerscheine/Sportbootfuehrerscheine-node.html

The complete source information can be found here:

https://lotse-legal.vercel.app/legal/quellen

The same overview is also available in the app – the link is visible directly on the home screen and contains clickable links to the official source.


NOTE REGARDING THE NAVIGATION TASKS

The navigation tasks are to be completed using the official training chart D49 (INT 1468). This chart is not included in the app and must be purchased separately.

Only the official documents are authoritative for the mandatory exam preparation.

Whether you're at the beginning of your preparation or just before the exam: Lotse will guide you safely to your recreational boating license.