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ASA 101 VOCABULARY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024/2025

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Abaft → Toward the stern, as in "abaft the beam" Abeam → Off the boat at right angles to its centerline. Aft → Toward the stern or behind the boat Aground → When the hull or keel is touching the bottom Aid to navigation → A buoy or other device deployed to mark a channel, a navig...

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ASA 101 VOCABULARY QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2024/2025
Abaft

→ Toward the stern, as in "abaft the beam"


Abeam

→ Off the boat at right angles to its centerline.


Aft

→ Toward the stern or behind the boat


Aground

→ When the hull or keel is touching the bottom


Aid to navigation


→ A buoy or other device deployed to mark a channel, a navigational feature, or
hazard


Aloft

→ Above the deck, usually in the rig


Amidships

→ At or toward the middle of the boat


Anchor



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→ A device lowered to the bottom while secured to the boat to hold the boat stationary


Apparent wind


→ The combination of true wind and the wind effect of motion as felt aboard a moving
boat


Astern

→ Behind the stern


Athwartship

→ Across the boat from side to side


Backstay


→ A wire support from the top of the mast to the stern


Ballast

→ Weight placed low in the boat to give it stability


Batten

→ A slat inserted in the leech of a sail to support the sailcloth


Batten Pocket


→ A pocket sewn into the sail to hold a batten


Beacon




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→ An aid to navigation that's fixed in place


Beam (1)


→ The width of a boat at it's widest point


Beam (2)

→ The region of the boats sides halfway between bow and stern


Beam Reach

→ The point of sail where the wind is abeam of the boat


Bear away


→ To turn the boat away from the wind, fall off


Bend

→ A knot used to tie a line to another line or to an object


Blanketed

→ Hidden from the wind, as when one sail is blanketed by another


Block

→ A pully


Boathook

→ A pole with a hook on one end useful for snagging a line or a ring


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