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US Sailing Basic Keelboat Exam
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US Sailing Basic KeelboatBack - Answer -to stop or to propel boat backward by holding the clew of a sail out to windward.
apparent wind - Answer -The wind aboard a moving boat
aground - Answer -a boat whose keel is touching the bottom
balance - Answer -the capability of the boat to sail straight without changing tiller positions
bail - Answer -to empty a boat of water
Athwartships - Answer -across the boat from side to side
batten - Answer -a thin slat that slides into a pocket in the leech of a sail, helping it hold its shape.
beam - Answer -the width of a boat at its widest point
beam reach - Answer -(point of sail) sailing approximately 90 degrees to the wind
,bearing - Answer -the direction from one object to another expressed in compass degrees
beating - Answer -a course sailed upwind
below - Answer -the area of a boat beneath the deck
bear away - Answer -to fall off, head away from the wind
bend - Answer -to attach a sail to a spar or a hearsay, or attach a line to a sail.
bight - Answer -a loop in a line
blanket - Answer -to use a sail or object to block the wind from filling a sail.
block - Answer -a pulley on a boat
boat hook - Answer -a pole with a hook on the end used for grabbing hold of a mooring or retrieving
something that has fallen overboard.
bolt rope - Answer -the rope sown into the foot and the luff of some mainsails and the luff of some jobs
by which the sails are attached to the boat.
boom vang - Answer -a block and tackle system which pulls the boom down to assist sail control
bottom - Answer -the land under the boat
bottom - Answer -the underside of the boat
Breast line - Answer -a short dockline leading off the beam of the boat directly to the dock
, Bow line - Answer -a line running from the bow of the boat to a dock or mooring
Bowline - Answer -a knot designed to make a loop that will not slip and can easily be untied
broach - Answer -an uncontrolled rounding up into the wind, usually from a downwind point of sail
Broad reach - Answer -(point of sail) sailing in a direction with the wind at the rear corner of the boat
(approximately 135 degrees from the bow)
bouy - Answer -a floating marker
Bulkhead - Answer -a wall that runs athwartships on a boat, usually providing structural support to the
hull.
By the lee - Answer -Sailing on a run with the wind coming over the same side of the boat as the boom
cabin - Answer -the interior of the boat
can - Answer -an odd numbered, green, flat-topped bouy marking the left side of the channel as you
return to port.
Catboat - Answer -a boat with only a main sail and the mast located at the bow
capsize - Answer -to tip or turn a boat over
centerboard - Answer -a pivoting board that can be lowered and used like a keel to keep a boat from
slipping to leward
centerline - Answer -the middle of a boat running from bow to stern
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