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Starboard Tack - ️️When the wind hits the right side of the boat and the boom is on the left, often has right of way Apparent Wind - ️️The combination of true wind and boat speed wind Boom - ️️The spar at the bottom of the mainsail Hull - ️️The body of the boat Keel - ️️The...

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ASA Basic Keelboat Sailing 101
Starboard Tack - ✔️✔️When the wind hits the right side of the boat and the boom is on
the left, often has right of way

Apparent Wind - ✔️✔️The combination of true wind and boat speed wind

Boom - ✔️✔️The spar at the bottom of the mainsail


Hull - ✔️✔️The body of the boat

Keel - ✔️✔️The weighted fin at the bottom of the boat

Bow - ✔️✔️The front of the boat

Stern - ✔️✔️The back of the boat

Cockpit - ✔️✔️The space where the helmsman sits

Rudder - ✔️✔️The fin used for steering

Tiller - ✔️✔️The lever used to steer a small boad

Cabin - ✔️✔️The enclosed space bellow deck

Stanchions - ✔️✔️Amidships support for the lifeline

Mast - ✔️✔️A vertical pole that supports the mast

Spreaders - ✔️✔️The small struts on the side of the mast

Forstay, Backstay, Masts - ✔️✔️Standing Rigging, Wires that support the mast

Boltrope - ✔️✔️Line sewn into the forward edge of the mainsail

Halyards - ✔️✔️Lines used to raise the sails

Sheets - ✔️✔️Lines used to trim the sails

Running Rigging - ✔️✔️Lines and other sail control lines

, Boom Topping Lift - ✔️✔️Line which raises the boom to a desired height

Telltales - ✔️✔️Pieces of yarn which indicate airflow over sails

Genoa/Lapper/150% - ✔️✔️A jib that overlaps the mast

Working Jib - ✔️✔️100% Jib

Storm Jib - ✔️✔️A small headsail used in heavy wind

Spinnaker - ✔️✔️The colorful sail used when sailing down wind

Head - ✔️✔️The top corner of a sail

Tack - ✔️✔️The forward lower corner of a sail

Shackle - ✔️✔️Metal clip which attaches the halyard to the sail

Winch - ✔️✔️Provides mechanical advantages for trimming a sheet

Fairlead - ✔️✔️On deck fitting which changes the angle of a line

Cleat/Cam, Clam, Horn - ✔️✔️Fitting used to secure a line under strain

Gooseneck - ✔️✔️Device that connects the boom to the mast

Block - ✔️✔️A nautical pulley

Boomvang - ✔️✔️Controls tension in the leech of the mainsail

Clew Outhaul - ✔️✔️Controls tension in the foot of the mainsail

Cunningham/Downhaul - ✔️✔️Controls tension in the luff of mainsail

Masthead Fly - ✔️✔️The arrow at the top of the mast

Bow Pulpit - ✔️✔️The steel railing at the bow of the boat

Weather Helm - ✔️✔️The tendency for the boat to turn towards the wind

Ready About & Hard a'Lee - ✔️✔️The commands given when tacking

Prepare to Jib & Jib Ho - ✔️✔️The commands given when jibing

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