Sailing Level 1 Exam Questions with correct Answers

Current - Answer- horizontal movement of water Ditty Bag Contents - Answer- -tools -a knife -spare parts -a whistle -extra line (other useful boat parts, pieces, and devices may be included) What is the fundamental rule for capsizing situations? - Answer- Make sure everyone is okay and stay with the boat Windward tell-tales flopping? - Answer- Trim sails or head down Leeward tell-tales flopping? - Answer- Ease sails or head up Over taking boats/Right of way - Answer- Leeward boat has the right of way Starboard boat has the right of way Cold Emergencies - Answer- Signs of Hypothermia = sluggishness, dizziness, yawning, and shivering. Cure = take to a warm, dry place ASAP and get help Prevent by wearing proper gear in cold temperatures! What is a good non-slip knot in a line? - Answer- Figure 8 Header - Answer- Stern to bow wind shift 1 knot = x mph - Answer- 1.15 mph Wind-reading terminology for a FORWARD sailing boat - Answer- clocking (clockwise) backing (counter-clockwise) [puff, lull] what is done with a tiller to begin a tack? - Answer- Move tiller toward the sail What is done with a tiller to begin a gibe? - Answer- Move tiller toward you Irons - Answer- Boat pointing directly into the wind When on a run, what should you be concerned with? - Answer- Accidentally gibing over taking boat - Answer- when two boats are coming in contact on the same tack, the over taking boat must give way apparent wind - Answer- wind detected from a moving object (i.e. forward moving sailboat) cumulus clouds - Answer- large, white, fluffy (good weather!) tide - Answer- vertical movement of water flooding - Answer- incoming tide What does outhaul control - Answer- sail draft When should sails be flattened? - Answer- When crew weight can no longer sufficiently flatten the boat or when you are sailing upwind in waves. Draft - Answer- Depth and curvature of a sail Increasing Cunningham/outhaul tension... - Answer- decreases sail power. As the mainsail gets closer to the boat's centerline, and more mainsheet tension is pulled on, the effect is similar to what other sail control? - Answer- boom vang (sail power is decreased) Where should beginner sailors be taught to put their mainsheet? - Answer- How can you use a traveler to DEPOWER? - Answer- ease the traveler car to leeward. Center of effort - Answer- the theoretical focal point of force from the wind on the sails Why do catamarans sail better upwind when they fly one hull? - Answer- There is less wetted surface friction Groove - Answer- When a boat is sailing between the high and low side of close hauled (a beat) feathering - Answer- Sailing upwind so close to the wind that the forward edge of the sail is stalling or luffing, slightly thus reducing the power generated by the sail and the angle of heel without stalling completely Lift - Answer- Bow t