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Stemhead Fitting - ️️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. Depth sounding. - ️️Depth marked on a chart is the depth at the very low state of the tide, so it should be the least d...

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ASA 103
Stemhead Fitting - ✔️✔️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.


Depth sounding. - ✔️✔️Depth marked on a chart is the depth at the very low state of
the tide, so it should be the least depth you would expect to find at that location.
However, this is the depth on the day the sounding was made, and it could have
changed due to mobility of seabed. Wind, tide, silting and erosion can cause depth
changes over time, or within one season.

Emergency tiller - ✔️✔️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.


Turnbuckle - ✔️✔️A mechanical fitting attached to the lower ends of stays, which
connects them to the chainplate, allowing for the standing rigging to be adjusted
(tightened.)

Chainplate - ✔️✔️Metal plate bolted to the hull of a boat to which standing rigging is
attached.

Hatch - ✔️✔️A covered opening in the deck.

Transom - ✔️✔️The flat surface forming the stern of a vessel.

Self-bailing cockpit - ✔️✔️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.

Compass - ✔️✔️An instrument that indicates direction relative to Earth's magnetic field.

Binnacle - ✔️✔️The pedestal on which the boat's main compass is mounted.

Cockpit locker - ✔️✔️Storage compartment in the cockpit seating area.

Companionway - ✔️✔️A staircase leading from a deck to the cabins or area below.

Saloon - ✔️✔️The area of a boat that serves as the living room, dining room, and
possibly extra sleeping quarters.

, Galley - ✔️✔️The kitchen on a boat.

V-berth - ✔️✔️The forward cabin of a boat that takes the shape of the bow.

Auxiliary engine - ✔️✔️The source of auxiliary propulsion on a sailboat. Used also to
produce electricity needed to charge the house batteries.

Bilge - ✔️✔️The lowest interior region of the hull.

Bilge pump - ✔️✔️A pump used to remove water from the bilge. Usually there is an
automatic (electric) bilge pump and a manual bilge pump on every boat.

Through-hull fitting - ✔️✔️A fitting in the hull through which water can be drawn in or
discarded.

Seacock - ✔️✔️A marine valve which opens and closes a hole through the hull for
saltwater needed on board or for discharge.

Ground tackle - ✔️✔️A group term for all gear used in anchoring a vessel: anchor,
chain, rode.

Windlass - ✔️✔️A winch used primarily for lifting and lowering an anchor.

Federally required equipment for a 33-foot recreational vessel equipped with an inboard
diesel engine. - ✔️✔️Boat registration certificate and hull numbers.
PFDs: one per person (type I, II or III) + one type IV.
Visual distress signals for day: distress flag and/or 3 smoke flares.
Visual distress signals for night: 3 red night flares.
Fire extinguishers: 2 B-I or 1 B-II.
Sound producing device: air horn (hand-held or mouth-blown.)
Navigation lights: sidelights, stern light, masthead light.
Placards: "Discharge of Oil Prohibited" placard and a "MARPOL" placard (Marine
Pollution.)
Marine Sanitation Device: type I, II or III.

PFDs characteristics - ✔️✔️Type I=Offshore Life Jacket--most buoyant, will roll
unconscious person face-up.
Type II=Near-Shore Buoyancy Vest--foam vest MAY turn unconscious person face up.
Type III=Flotation Aide (Inland Use)--for light use, presumes a conscious person, more
comfortable than type I (used on waterski.)
Type IV=Throwable Device--not designed to be worn, but to be thrown to victim in water
to grasp until rescued. Ex: horseshoe buoys, life rings, floating cushions.
Type V=Special-Use Device--hybrid device such as hypothermia suits, inflatable life
vests, etc.

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