Boat safety Course exam with correct
answers
Vessel - Answer -A ship, pleasure craft, or non-pleasure craft capable of being used as
a means if transportation water
Pleasure craft - Answer -A vessel that is used only for pleasure or recreational activities
such as fishing or water sports and does not carry paid passengers
non-pleasure craft - Answer -A small commercial vessel that carries goods or
passengers (people who have paid a fee to be transported) a work boat, a commercial
fishing vessel
Boat - Answer -A pleasure craft
Power driven vessel - Answer -any vessel that is propelled by a motor or machinery
Sailing vessel - Answer -any vessel propelled by wind in its sails and not by a motor or
machinery
Operate - Answer -To control the speed and course of a pleasure craft
Design Waterline - Answer -the waterline when a pleasure craft is at its maximum
recommended gross load capacity
Navigation lights - Answer -include an all-around white light and red and green
sidelights
Bow - Answer -front of the boat
hull - Answer -body of a boat
gunwhale - Answer -upper edge if a boats side
Starboard - Answer -Right side of a boat
cleat - Answer -metal fitting on which a rope can be fastened
propeller - Answer -rotates and powers a boat forward or backward
stern - Answer -Rear of a boat
, port - Answer -left side of a boat
Beam - Answer -maximum width of a boat
Freeboard - Answer -Distance from water to lowest point of the boat where water could
come on board
Draft - Answer -Depth of water needed to float a vessel
Keel - Answer -main centerline (backbone) of a boat or the extension of hull that
increases stability in the water
Displacement Hull - Answer -boats with displacement hulls move through the water by
pushing the water aside and are designed to cut through water with very little propulsion
-limited to slower speeds
- if you could weigh the displaced water it would be equal to the weight of the boat...that
weight is the noats diplacement
Hull - Answer -the body of a boat; basic structure or shell
Planing hulls: - Answer -designed to rise up and glide on top of the water when enough
power is supplied
PWC's - Answer -personal water craft
personal watercraft - Answer -A small pleasure craft that uses an on-board jet drive as
its primary source of propulsion and is designed to be operated by a person or persons
sitting or kneeling on a PWC rather than inside the pleasure craft
How planing hulls operate - Answer -Displacement mode- a planing hull
whemnoperated at very low speeds will cut through the water like a displacement hull
Plowing Mode- as speed increases a planing hull will have a raised now, reducing the
operators vision and throwing a very large wake. Avoid maintaining a speed which puts
your boat in plowing mode
Planing Mode- your boat is in planing mode when enough power is applied that the hull
glides on top of the water. Different boats reach planing mode at different speeds
Measuring Length Overall - Answer -length overall dictates the equipment the pleasure
craft must carry to comply with Canadian law
- Answer -
Vessels are grouped in the following way - Answer -Pleasure craft 6 metres in length
answers
Vessel - Answer -A ship, pleasure craft, or non-pleasure craft capable of being used as
a means if transportation water
Pleasure craft - Answer -A vessel that is used only for pleasure or recreational activities
such as fishing or water sports and does not carry paid passengers
non-pleasure craft - Answer -A small commercial vessel that carries goods or
passengers (people who have paid a fee to be transported) a work boat, a commercial
fishing vessel
Boat - Answer -A pleasure craft
Power driven vessel - Answer -any vessel that is propelled by a motor or machinery
Sailing vessel - Answer -any vessel propelled by wind in its sails and not by a motor or
machinery
Operate - Answer -To control the speed and course of a pleasure craft
Design Waterline - Answer -the waterline when a pleasure craft is at its maximum
recommended gross load capacity
Navigation lights - Answer -include an all-around white light and red and green
sidelights
Bow - Answer -front of the boat
hull - Answer -body of a boat
gunwhale - Answer -upper edge if a boats side
Starboard - Answer -Right side of a boat
cleat - Answer -metal fitting on which a rope can be fastened
propeller - Answer -rotates and powers a boat forward or backward
stern - Answer -Rear of a boat
, port - Answer -left side of a boat
Beam - Answer -maximum width of a boat
Freeboard - Answer -Distance from water to lowest point of the boat where water could
come on board
Draft - Answer -Depth of water needed to float a vessel
Keel - Answer -main centerline (backbone) of a boat or the extension of hull that
increases stability in the water
Displacement Hull - Answer -boats with displacement hulls move through the water by
pushing the water aside and are designed to cut through water with very little propulsion
-limited to slower speeds
- if you could weigh the displaced water it would be equal to the weight of the boat...that
weight is the noats diplacement
Hull - Answer -the body of a boat; basic structure or shell
Planing hulls: - Answer -designed to rise up and glide on top of the water when enough
power is supplied
PWC's - Answer -personal water craft
personal watercraft - Answer -A small pleasure craft that uses an on-board jet drive as
its primary source of propulsion and is designed to be operated by a person or persons
sitting or kneeling on a PWC rather than inside the pleasure craft
How planing hulls operate - Answer -Displacement mode- a planing hull
whemnoperated at very low speeds will cut through the water like a displacement hull
Plowing Mode- as speed increases a planing hull will have a raised now, reducing the
operators vision and throwing a very large wake. Avoid maintaining a speed which puts
your boat in plowing mode
Planing Mode- your boat is in planing mode when enough power is applied that the hull
glides on top of the water. Different boats reach planing mode at different speeds
Measuring Length Overall - Answer -length overall dictates the equipment the pleasure
craft must carry to comply with Canadian law
- Answer -
Vessels are grouped in the following way - Answer -Pleasure craft 6 metres in length
