Nautical Knowledge

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1. You're sailing a two masted boat with the mizzen mast located forward of the steering post. What type of boat are you on? ketch yawl sloop schooner

2. Rope put aboard a sailboat is called a what? rope expensive whipping line

3. The rigging which exerts side forces to keep the mast vertical are the what? sheets halyards shrouds painters

4. A heading of one eight zero will take you which direction? north west east south

5. If you lose forward motion from being in the no sail zone, you are where? up the creek without a paddle sailing in the groove aground and should back the jib until the keel is loose in irons

6. Fletcher Christian and the crew of what ship, created mutiny against Captain Bligh? The Bounty The Hispaniola The Cain The USS Constitution

7. Someone asks you, "How much does she draw?" They want to know your boat's what? mast height. beam. retail cost. draft.

8. One of your crew tells you, "The rabbit comes out of the hole, around the tree and back into the hole." What does that mean? They're teaching you how to make a bowline. You should ease the jib and tack to starboard immediately. That's sailors code for, "The Coasties are coming." They've been in the sun too long.

9. After wintering in Florida, you decide it's time to sail back to New York. As you sail up the Intracoastal Waterway, the buoys on your starboard side will what? have black and yellow vertical stripes have even numbers be red be green.

10. Your sailboat is being overtaken by a powerboat. What is the situation? You are the stand on vessel. You are the give way vessel. Sailboats always have the right of way over powerboats. You should strike the colors.

11. In the Touchstone sailing adventure, "Captain Ron", Captain Ron played by Kurt Russell states that, "Diesels love their oil like a sailor loves his rum." When the boat owner Martin Harvey, played by Martin Short, asks Captain Ron why that is he replies what? "They're both used for lubrication" "Nobody knows" "The average viscosity rating of the rum keeps the internal tempurature of the sailor at or below it's recommended operating limits" "Rum is an inexpensive substitute for oil in foriegn ports of call"

12. Vertical clearances, such as bridges, will always be shown on tidal area charts measured at what? mean high water. sea level. a height designated by the Coast Guard equal to the median clearance at high tide divided by the median clearance at low tide and multiplied by two. low tide.

13. A catboat is a sailboat with what? no cabin and the rudder amidship the mast placed far forward and no foresail two hulls three jibs

14. What is freeboard? The distance from the gunwale to the waterline. A keel that retracts into the cabin. Getting on board without a ticket. A song by Leonard Skynard.

15. What is a winch mainly used for? To deploy depth charges. To serve the draft in port. To pull the running lines tighter than you could by hand. To guide the fairing leads from the gussets to the quadrant.

16. What happens if you're sailing in a regatta, and cross the starting line before the race starts? must take a 720 degree penalty turn must sail completely back across the starting line before continuing the race are disqualfied raise a white burgee with a red cross idicating an admission of guilt and an apology to the other participants

17. What does a buoy, in inland waters with a red horizontal band over a green horizontal band indicate? A marina with diesel services. A sunken vessel. A swimming area. The direction of the prefered channel.

18. If you're sailing at night on a starboard tack and see a single red light off your starboard bow, what should you do? Sound two long and two short blasts on the horn. Check your depth finder. Maintain your course and speed. Steer to port.

19. Why should you avoid sailing directly downwind? So you can see the Manatees. So you don't overstress the compass gimbals. To prevent windburn. To avoid an accidental jibe.

20. There are three corners and three edges to the triangle which forms the shape of most sails. Start with the lower forwardmost corner, and go up the front edge to the top of the sail, and continue until you return at the original corner, and name each part as you go. tack, luff, head, leech, clew, foot tack, head, clew, luff, leech, foot luff, leech, foot, tack, head, clew head, clew, tack, luff, leech, foot