Bow - ANSWERSFront of Boat
Deck - ANSWERSDeck
Cabin Trunk - ANSWERSRoof and sides of cabin house
Port - ANSWERSLeft
Cockpit - ANSWERSLow space in the deck where the crew sits and where the tiller is located
Stern - ANSWERSback of the boat
Transom - ANSWERSThe flat or slightly curv...
Cabin Trunk - ANSWERSRoof and sides of cabin house
Port - ANSWERSLeft
Cockpit - ANSWERSLow space in the deck where the crew sits and where the tiller is
located
Stern - ANSWERSback of the boat
Transom - ANSWERSThe flat or slightly curved surface at the stern of the boat
Rudder - ANSWERSThe steering foil, directed by a tiller, that is used to turn the boar
Tiller - ANSWERSThe lever arm attached to the rudder that allows you to steer the boat
Keel - ANSWERSThe weighted vertical fin at the bottom of the boat. Its weight reduces
tipping (heeling) while its shape keeps the boat from sliding sideways through the water.
Companionway - ANSWERSA passageway from the cockpit to the area below the deck
Hull - ANSWERSThe body of the boat that floats in the water
Starboard - ANSWERSRight
What is the rig? - ANSWERSThe rig includes the sails, spars, supporting wires, and sail
controls
Forestay - ANSWERSThe part of the rigging that is attached to the bow of the boat that
keeps the mast from falling backwards.
Mast - ANSWERSThe vertical spar in the middle of the boat from which the sails are set
Jib - ANSWERSThe forward sail that is attached to the forestay
Spreader - ANSWERSStruts that extend from the side of the mast that keep it from
bending sideways
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