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Keel - answer-A projecting strip along the bottom of the canoe, on the outside, to cut down slide slipping. Haystacks - answer-Large standing waves which accompany deceleration of a current Ledge - answer-The exposed edge of a rock stratum which acts as a natural low dam, or as a series...

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MAINE GUIDES TEST 2024 (Q & A) SOLVED
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Keel - answer-A projecting strip along the bottom of the canoe, on the outside, to cut down slide
slipping.



Haystacks - answer-Large standing waves which accompany deceleration of a current



Ledge - answer-The exposed edge of a rock stratum which acts as a natural low dam, or as a series of
such dams.



Lining - answer-The use of ropes to work a boat down stream from the shore.



Non-power face - answer-The face of the paddle blade, opposite the power face



Painter - answer-A line attached to bow or stern of a boat



Pitch - answer-A section of a rapid usually steeper than the surrounding section; a drop



Pool - answer-A river section slower and deeper than surrounding sections



Power face - answer-The face of the paddle blade which bears against the water in a normal forward
stroke

,Rapid - answer-A section of a river characterized by steepening gradient, increased water, speed,
obstructions and turbulence.



Riffle - answer-A section of a river, shallower than usual, in which small waves are noticeable, often
over a gravel or sand bottom.



Rocker - answer-The longitudinal curvature of the bottom at the center line of the hull.



Setting - answer-Ferry with bow down stream: largely an eastern term



Sheer - answer-The upward curve of the sides of the hull from amidships to the ends



Throat - answer-The section of a paddle shaft just above the blade



Thwarts - answer-Transverse braces, from gunwale to gunwale, in a boat.



Trim - answer-The angle to the plane of the water at which the boat rides, for instance, down at the
stern, down at the bow, or trimmed even (dead level)



Tumble home - answer-An i curving in cross section from the bilge to the gun whale



Wet suit - answer-A close fitting garnet of neopren sponge which affords thermal insulation in cold
water



White eddy - answer-An area below a ledge or boulder over which water is flowing, characterized by a
highly aerated backflip at the surface.

, Beam - answer-The transverse measurement at a boats widest part



Bilge - answer-In the cross section of a hull the point of greatest curvature between the bottom and the
side



Broaching - answer-The turning broadside of a boat due to action of different currents at bow and
stern: sideways against a rock



Channel - answer-A canoeable through river section



Chute - answer-A channel through a gap or drop in a rapid, steeper and faster than the surrounding
water.



Deck - answer-On a traditional canoe, the triangular piece of wood to which the gunwhales attach at
their ends. In a whitewater canoe or kayak, a covering for the entire hull to prevent entrance of water



Dry pack - answer-A waterproof pack which is carried in the boat in white water



Ferry - answer-A maneuver to move laterally across a current by paddling upstream either backward or
forward, and at an angle to the current



Black (map color) - answer-man made



Green (map color) - answer-vegetation over 6 feet



White (map color) - answer-vegetation under 6 feet

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