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ASA 101 - Sailing Made Easy - Chapter 1 Terms Questions with Explanations of Answers
ASA 101 - Sailing Made Easy - Chapter 1 Terms Questions with Explanations of Answers
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ASA 101 - Sailing Made Easy - Chapter 1Terms
✅✅-The watertight structural shell of a boat.
Hull -
Deck - ✅✅-The generally horizontal surface that encloses the top of the hull.
Cockpit - ✅✅-The area of the boat, usually recessed into the deck, from which the boat is
steered and sailed
Transom - ✅✅-The flat surface that closes the hull at the stern
Bow - ✅✅-The forward part of the boat
Stern - ✅✅-The aft part of the boat
Rudder - ✅✅-The movable appendage attached to a boat under the water and with which
it can be steered
Helm - ✅✅-The tiller or wheel with which the boat is steered
Stanchion - ✅✅-A metal post that supports lifelines
Lifeline - ✅✅-A wire supported on stanchions around the perimeter of the deck to prevent
crew from falling overboard
✅✅-A guardrail at the bow or stern of a boat to which the lifelines are connected
Pulpit -
Mast - ✅✅-(Rig) A fixed vertical spar that holds up a sail or sails
Boom - ✅✅-(Rig) The spar that supports the foot of the mainsail
Gooseneck - ✅✅-(Rig) An articulated fitting that connects a boom to a mast
Spreader - ✅✅-(Rig) An athwartships strut on a mast that holds a shroud away from the
mast
Shroud - ✅✅-(Rig) A wire that provides athwartships support to the mast
Headstay/Forestay - ✅✅-(Rig) The stay between the top of the mast and the bow
Backstay - ✅✅-(Rig) A wire support from the top of the mast to the stern
Mainsail - ✅✅-(Rig) The sail attached to the aft side of the mainmast
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