ASA 103 Coastal Cruising Made Easy Terms Exam Questions and Answers
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Course
American Sailing Association
Institution
American Sailing Association
Turnbuckle - Answer-A mechanical fitting attached to the lower ends of stays, allowing for the standing rigging to be adjusted.
Chainplate - Answer-Metal fabrication attached to the hull and to which a stay or shroud is connected
Stem head Fitting - Answer-A stainless-steel fitting on the bow...
ASA 103 Coastal Cruising Made Easy
Terms Exam Questions and Answers
Turnbuckle - Answer-A mechanical fitting attached to the lower ends of stays, allowing
for the standing rigging to be adjusted.
Chainplate - Answer-Metal fabrication attached to the hull and to which a stay or shroud
is connected
Stem head Fitting - Answer-A stainless-steel fitting on the bow of a boat to which the
forestay and jib tack are attached, as well as the roller fairlead for the anchor rode.
Rudder Post - Answer-The vertical post upon which the rudder and rudder pintles are
attached
Transom - Answer-the flat surface forming the stern of a vessel
Compass - Answer-an instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the
direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.
Binnacle - Answer-The stand on which the boat's
main compass is mounted
Cockpit Locker - Answer-Storage compartment in the cockpit seating area.
Emergency Tiller - Answer-On boats with wheel steering, a tiller that can be fitted to the
top of the rudder stock so the boat could be steered in the event the wheel-steering
mechanism fails.
Saloon - Answer-The area of a boat that serves as the living room, dining room, and
possibly extra sleeping quarters.
Companionway - Answer-A passageway from the cockpit to the area below the deck
Galley - Answer-kitchen on a ship
V-Berth - Answer-The forward cabin of a boat that takes the shape of the bow.
Auxiliary Engine - Answer-The source of auxiliary propulsion on a sailboat. Used also to
produce electricity needed to charge the house batteries.
Bilge - Answer-Interior of the hull below the floorboards; lowest part of a vessel's interior
where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom
The lowest interior regions of the hull
, Bilge Pump - Answer-A pump for removing water from the bilge
Seacock - Answer-A valve which opens and closes a hole through the hull for saltwater
needed on board or discharge.
A marine valve, often fitted to a through-hull fitting
Ground Tackle - Answer-The equipment used in mooring or anchoring a ship
Windlass - Answer-A winch used primarily for raising an anchor
Hatch - Answer-A covered opening in the deck
Through-hull fitting - Answer-A fitting in the hull through which water can be drawn in or
discarded.
Self-Bailing Cockpit - Answer-A cockpit that is high enough above the waterline that any
water that gets inside will drain overboard by gravity, through scuppers (drains) located
in the aft corner of the cockpit well.
Aback - Answer-Of a sail, when the wind is on the wrong side.
Abaft - Answer-Toward the stern, as in abaft the beam.
Abeam - Answer-in a line at right angles to the length of a vessel, on the beam
Accommodations - Answer-the living quarters inside a boat
Aid to navigation - Answer-A buoy or other device deployed to mark a channel, a
navigational feature, or a hazard
Aloft - Answer-Above the deck, usually in the rig
Amidships - Answer-At or toward the middle of the boat
Angle of Attack - Answer-The angle at which the sail is presented to the wind
Backing - Answer-the act of setting a sail aback
Bulkhead - Answer-An upright partition in the interior of the boat
Cabin - Answer-A room in the interior of the boat
Cam cleat - Answer-A fitting with spring-loaded
jaws used to secure a line
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