ASA 103: COASTAL CRUISING MADE EASY TERMS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024/2025
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ASA 103
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ASA 103
Turnbuckle
→ A mechanical fitting attached to the lower ends of stays, allowing for the standing
rigging to be adjusted.
Chainplate
→ Metal fabrication attached to the hull and to which a stay or shroud is connected
Stemhead Fitting
→ A stainless-steel fitting on the bow of a boat to w...
→ The stand on which the boat's
→ main compass is mounted
Cockpit Locker
→ Storage compartment in the cockpit seating area.
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.
Saloon
→ The area of a boat that serves as the living room, dining room, and possibly extra
sleeping quarters.
Companionway
→ A passageway from the cockpit to the area below the deck
Galley
→ kitchen on a ship
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.
→ Interior of the hull below the floorboards; lowest part of a vessel's interior where the
sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom
→ The lowest interior regions of the hull
Bilge Pump
→ A pump for removing water from the bilge
Seacock
→ A valve which opens and closes a hole through the hull for saltwater needed on board
or discharge.
→ A marine valve, often fitted to a through-hull fitting
Ground Tackle
→ The equipment used in mooring or anchoring a ship
Windlass
→ A winch used primarily for raising an anchor
Hatch
→ A covered opening in the deck
Through-hull fitting
→ A fitting in the hull through which water can be drawn in or discarded.
Self-Bailing Cockpit
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