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MAINE GUIDES TEST/268 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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MAINE GUIDES TEST/268 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSKeel - -A projecting strip along the bottom of the canoe, on the outside, to cut down slide slipping.
-Haystacks - -Large standing waves which accompany deceleration of a current
-Ledge - -The exposed edge of a rock stratum which acts as a natural low dam, or as a series of such
dams.
-Lining - -The use of ropes to work a boat down stream 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
-Pitch - -A section of a rapid usually steeper than the surrounding section; a drop
-Pool - -A river section slower and deeper than surrounding sections
-Power face - -The face of the paddle blade which bears against the water in a normal forward stroke
-Rapid - -A section of a river characterized by steepening gradient, increased water, speed, obstructions
and turbulence.
-Riffle - -A section of a river, shallower than usual, in which small waves are noticeable, often over a
gravel or sand bottom.
-Rocker - -The longitudinal curvature of the bottom at the center line of the hull.
-Setting - -Ferry with bow down stream: largely an eastern term
-Sheer - -The upward curve of the sides of the hull from amidships to the ends
-Throat - -The section of a paddle shaft just above the blade
-Thwarts - -Transverse braces, from gunwale to gunwale, in a boat.
-Trim - -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 - -An i curving in cross section from the bilge to the gun whale
-Wet suit - -A close fitting garnet of neopren sponge which affords thermal insulation in cold water
-White eddy - -An area below a ledge or boulder over which water is flowing, characterized by a highly
aerated backflip at the surface.
, -Beam - -The transverse measurement at a boats widest part
-Bilge - -In the cross section of a hull the point of greatest curvature between the bottom and the side
-Broaching - -The turning broadside of a boat due to action of different currents at bow and stern:
sideways against a rock
-Channel - -A canoeable through river section
-Chute - -A channel through a gap or drop in a rapid, steeper and faster than the surrounding water.
-Deck - -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 - -A waterproof pack which is carried in the boat in white water
-Ferry - -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) - -man made
-Green (map color) - -vegetation over 6 feet
-White (map color) - -vegetation under 6 feet
-Blue (map color) - -water
-Brown (map color) - -contour lines
-Red (map color) - -major roadways
-Purple (map color) - -new additions
-Beam - -the transverse measurement at a boat's widest part
-Bracing stroke - -any of several paddle strokes providing stability against the capsizing force of a lateral
current; may also be used for turning
-Broaching - -the turning boatside of a boat due to the action of different currents at bow and stern
-Hanging strokes - -high bracing strokes, so called because the paddler hangs some of his weight on the
paddle held high
-Heavy water - -the white water term for the phenomena of supernormal flow in a river, characterized
by high standing waves, fast currents, extreme velocity difference etc
-Tumblehome - -an incurving in cross-section from the bilge to the gunwale; throws water away from
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