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Hull - Correct Answers_Watertight body of a ship or boat. Deck - Correct Answers_Permanent, horizontal covering over a compartment or a hull on a ship. Transom - Correct Answers_The surface that forms the stern of a vessel. Keel - Correct Answers_A structural element attached to the bottom of the hull to provide stability through its ballast and to convert the sideways force of the wind into forward motion for the vessel. Mast - Correct Answers_A pole that holds a sail on sailing ships or antennas on modern warships. Boom - Correct Answers_A spar along the foot of the mainsail. Gooseneck - Correct Answers_The swivel connection on a sailboat by which the boom attaches to the mast.
Bow - Correct Answers_The forward part of the hull on a boat or ship. Stern - Correct Answers_The back or aft-most part of a ship or boat. Helm/tiller/wheel - Correct Answers_The lever used to control the angle of the rudder and thereby steer the boat Rudder - Correct Answers_The movable appendage attached to the boat under the water and with which it can be steered. Standing rigging - Correct Answers_Generally refers to lines, wires, or rods which are more or less fixed in position while the boat is under sail (often stainless steel wire, stainless steel rod or synthetic fiber.) Shroud - Correct Answers_A wire that provides athwartships support to the mast. Spreader - Correct Answers_An athwartships strut on a mast that holds the shroud away from the mast. Chainplate - Correct Answers_Metal fabrication attached to the hull and to which a stay or shroud is connected. Headstay/forestay - Correct Answers_A piece of standing rigging between the top of the mast and the bow.
Fairlead - Correct Answers_A fitting used to lead a line fair and at the correct angle to a winch, cleat or other fitting. Cockpit - Correct Answers_The area of the boat, usually recessed into the deck, from which the boat is steered and sailed. Cabin - Correct Answers_The interior of a boat. Athwartships - Correct Answers_Across the boat from side to side. Pushpit - Correct Answers_A guardrail at the stern of a boat to which lifelines are connected. Mainsail - Correct Answers_The sail attached to the aft side of the mainmast. Jib/genoa - Correct Answers_Triangular sail set forward of the mast. If it goes over the mainsail when unfurled, it's called a genoa. Tack - Correct Answers_1. The forward lower corner of a sail (next to the luff.)
Traveler - Correct Answers_A car-and-track system that allows the mainsheet's attachment point to the deck to be moved athwartships Hank - Correct Answers_A metal clip or fabric tab used to attach a sail's luff to a stay Boom topping lift - Correct Answers_A line or wire that supports the boom when it's not being supported by its sail. Telltale - Correct Answers_A short length of light yarn attached to a sail to indicate the flow of air across it and thus the state of the sail's trim. Roller furler - Correct Answers_A mechanism for furling a sail by rolling it around its stay. Shackle - Correct Answers_A closable metal connector used in rigging. Port - Correct Answers_1. A harbor.
Forward - Correct Answers_Toward the bow. Beam - Correct Answers_1. The width of a boat at its widest point.
Head-to-wind - Correct Answers_A boat's position when its bow is pointing directly into the wind. Port tack - Correct Answers_Any course where the wind is blowing off the port side of the boat. Starboard tack - Correct Answers_Any course where the wind is blowing off the starboard side of the boat. Closed hauled - Correct Answers_The point of sail where the boat is sailing as close to the wind as possible. Close reach - Correct Answers_The point of sail between close-hauled and a beam reach. Beam reach - Correct Answers_The point of sail where the wind is abeam of the boat. Broad reach - Correct Answers_The point of sail between a beam reach and a run. Run - Correct Answers_The point of sail on which the wind is aft. Sailing-by-the-lee - Correct Answers_Sailing on a run with the wind on same side of the boat as the mainsail.
Stand-on vessel - Correct Answers_The vessel that must maintain its course and speed. Give-way vessel - Correct Answers_The vessel that is obliged to adjust its course or speed to avoid collision with another vessel. Tacking - Correct Answers_Turning course by turning the bow of the boat through the wind. Jibing - Correct Answers_Turning course so that the stern passes through the wind. Skipper commands for tacking - Correct Answers_"Prepare to tack." "Ready to come about?" "Ready about?" "Helms-a-lee!" Skipper commands for jibing - Correct Answers_"Prepare to jibe." "Jibe-ho!" "Jibing!" Rule 5 - Correct Answers_The Lookout Rule: "Every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper lookout by sight and hearing as well as by all
Rule 16 - Correct Answers_If you are the give-way vessel you must take "early and substantial action to keep well clear" of the stand-on vessel. Rule 17 - Correct Answers_As the stand-on vessel you must maintain your course and speed (so as not to confuse the give-way vessel.) Rule 2 - Correct Answers_The General Prudential Rule: requires all vessels to take any action necessary to avoid collision even if such action entails a departure from the Rules. Lateral aids to navigation - Correct Answers_Buoys--floating, anchored to the bottom. Beacons--fixed structures positioned on land or in the water. Preferred channel mark - Correct Answers_Marks a fork in the channel. The color on the top and bottom of the buoy indicate the direction of the primary channel, whereas the color of the horizontal band in the middle (the waist band) indicates the direction of the secondary channel. Safe water mark - Correct Answers_These are white with red vertical stripes with a red ball at the top and indicate unobstructed water on all sides. They mark mid-channels or fairways or the seaward approach to a channel and may be passed on either side.
Regulatory markers - Correct Answers_They are white cylindrical buoys with orange stripes above and below one of these shapes: Diamond=Danger; Circle=Restricted operations (speed limit or no wake zone); Diamond with cross inside= Exclusion zone (boats keep out); Square=Information marker (to display directions or distances.) Federally required equipment for sailboats 25 feet in length - Correct Answers_Registration certificate and hull numbers; Pfds: one for each person from type I, type II or type III and one type IV; Visual distress signals: 3 hand-held red flares (day or night), 3 orange smoke signals (day only), distress flag (day only); One B-I fire extinguisher; Sound producing device: hand-held or mouth-blown horn; Navigation lights (sidelights, stern light, masthead light). Marine sanitation device: type I, II or III. Navigation lights for a sailboat 25 feet in length - Correct Answers_When under sail: a green sidelight on starboard side and a red sidelight on port side, both should be visible through a 112. degree arc from the bow to 22.5 abaft the beam on each side, plus a white stern light, visible through a 135 degree arc centered at the
Square (or reef) knot - Correct Answers_Used for tying a rope to itself or lines of equal diameter together. A line used for securing a sail after being reefed is tied with a reef knot. Clove hitch - Correct Answers_A knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar, or for tying fenders to a lifeline before docking. Should not be used for more than a few minutes, as it will come undone easily, especially if it's not under constant load. Round turn and 2 half hitches - Correct Answers_Used to secure a line to a piling or post or to the standing part of another line. It is much more secure than the clove hitch, as it resists coming undone. Cleat hitch - Correct Answers_Used to secure a line--bow line, stern line, spring lines, mooring lines, dinghy line--to a cleat. Bowline - Correct Answers_Used for making a temporary eye or loop in the end of a line. Used to attach a jib sheet to the clew of a jib, to secure a dock line to a piling, or to throw a COB for passing it overhead and being pulled out by the loop. Magnetic variation - Correct Answers_The difference between Magnetic North and True North. Rule 7 - Correct Answers_Every vessel shall use all available means appropriate to the prevailing circumstances and conditions to
determine if risk of collision exists. If there is any doubt such risk shall be deemed to exist. (b) Proper use shall be made of radar equipment if fitted and operational, including long-range scanning to obtain early warning of risk of collision and radar plotting or equivalent systematic observation of detected objects. Sailing in Reduced Visibility checklist - Correct Answers_Use plotting techniques to establish position as best you can. Plot route towards home or safe harbor, writing down headings, distances for each leg, and characteristics of Aids to Navigation. Steer carefully to compass and record boat's speed to estimate the time for each leg. Diver down flag - Correct Answers_Used commonly in US and Canada. It is orange with a diagonal white stripe. Alpha Flag - Correct Answers_Diving flag for International waters, it is also known as the International Code Flag A and is white and purple.