Boating Exam - Chapter 1 questions with
complete solutions
Aft - correct answer ✔✔near or at the stern of the boat
Beam - correct answer ✔✔the width of a boat, also the direction at right angles to the centerline of a
vessel
Bilge - correct answer ✔✔the lowest point of a boat's interior hull
Draft - correct answer ✔✔the vertical distance from the waterline to the lowest point of the keel; the
minimum depth of water in which a vessel will float
Forward - correct answer ✔✔aboard a boat, the direction to the front, to the bow
Freeboard - correct answer ✔✔the vertical distance from the waterline to the gunwale
Keel - correct answer ✔✔the main structural member of a boat; its backbone; the lateral area beneath
the hull that helps to provide stability and reduce the sideways drift of a boat
Waterline - correct answer ✔✔the intersection of a boat's hull and the water's surface
Hull - correct answer ✔✔Body of the Vessel
Gunwale - correct answer ✔✔Upper edge of a vessel's side
Cleat - correct answer ✔✔Metal fitting on which a boat can be fastended
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