Lining - the use of ropes to work a boat downstream from the shore
Non-power face - the face of the paddle blade opposite the power face
Painter - a line attached to bow or stern of a boat
Power face - the face of the paddle blade which bears against the water in a normal forward strok...
Maine Guide Test Correctly Solved
Lining - ✅✅ the use of ropes to work a boat downstream from the shore
Non-power face - ✅✅ the face of the paddle blade opposite the power face
Painter - ✅✅ a line attached to bow or stern of a boat
Power face - ✅✅ the face of the paddle blade which bears against the water in a
normal forward stroke (curved concave on fancy paddles)
Rocker - ✅✅ the longitudinal curvature of the bottom at the center line of the hull
at the keel; the less hull in the water the more responsive a boat is
Throat - ✅✅ the section of a paddle shaft just above the blade
Tracking - ✅✅ use of ropes to work a canoe upstream from the shore
Tumblehome - ✅✅ an incurving in cross-section from the bilge to the gunwale;
throws water away from you
Bilge - ✅✅ in the cross-section of a hull, the point of greatest curvature between
the bottom and the side
J-stroke - ✅✅ forward stroke used in the stern to provide forward momentum;
feathering the stroke outward at the tail counteracts the off-center stroke and helps
to maintain straight line of travel
Draw - ✅✅ side stroke used to pull canoe toward the paddle
Cross-draw - ✅✅ used with draw strokes primarily from the bow in order to move
the canoe from side to side
Black - ✅✅ man made
Green - ✅✅ vegetation over 6 feet
White - ✅✅ vegetation under 6 feet
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