US Sailing Learn Sailing Right! Beginning Sailing EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!
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US Sailing Learn Sailing Right! Beginning Sailing
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US Sailing Learn Sailing Right! Beginning Sailing
Aft - ANSWER The direction toward the stern
Ahead - ANSWER The location of anything forward of the bow.
Astern - ANSWER The location of anything aft of the stern
Battens - ANSWER Stiffening pieces placed horizontally along the leech of the sail.
Beam Reach - ANSWER The point of sailing ...
, US Sailing Learn Sailing Right! Beginning
Sailing EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!
Abeam - ANSWER The location of anything beyond either side of the boat at right
angles to the centerline.
Accidental Jibe - ANSWER An unexpected jibe when sailing downwind and the wind
catches the back side of the mainsasil, possible causing the helmsman to lose control of
the boat.
Aft - ANSWER The direction toward the stern
Ahead - ANSWER The location of anything forward of the bow.
Astern - ANSWER The location of anything aft of the stern
Battens - ANSWER Stiffening pieces placed horizontally along the leech of the sail.
Beam Reach - ANSWER The point of sailing across the wind about 90 degrees from the
wind, with the sails approximately half way out.
Boom - ANSWER A spar attached to the mast at right angles to hold the bottom of the
mailsail.
Boom groove - ANSWER A slot on the top side of the boom into which the foot of the
mailsail slides.
Boom vang - ANSWER A piece of running rigging that pulls down on the boom to keep
it from rising under the pressure of the wind on the mainsail.
Bottom - ANSWER The outside surface of the hull below the water.
Bow - ANSWER The front of any hull.
Bowline - ANSWER The most useful knot in sailing, the bowline produces an eye that is
very secure but very easy to untie
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