Sail Ho!

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1. After we left the dock Jim asked me to hold the tiller. I looked around for a farmer, but we were the only people on board. What did Jim ask me to do? Trim the mainsail Steer the boat Grab one end of a piece of rope Pull in on the preventer

2. Once we were underway, Jim sent me to the bow to keep a sharp lookout because he didn't want to hit a dolphin. Gee, I didn’t know there were dolphins in San Francisco Bay! While I was peering down into the water to look for one, there was a crunch and we ran into a dolphin, but it wasn't the marine mammal. What was it? A deadlight A nun buoy A group of piles A long dock

3. Jim asked me to look at a chart to find out if the water was deep enough for us to enter Richardson Bay. The chart showed a depth of half a fathom so I told him it was plenty deep. We got stuck in the mud. How much is a fathom? It depends on the height of the tide Four feet Six feet Ten feet

4. Jim asked me to tie a sail on deck. Unfortunately, the knot I tied came undone and the sail blew overboard. Jim said I must have tied what kind of knot? A granny knot A bowline A clove hitch A sheet bend

5. Jim decided to show me how to make a very useful knot. He said I could learn how to tie it if I’d remember a story about a squirrel that comes up a hole, goes around a tree, and then goes back down the hole. What kind of knot did he teach me? A sheet bend A granny knot A bowline A clove hitch

6. We decided to anchor for lunch. Jim gave me the anchor and told me to lower it over the side and hold on to the bitter end. I did as he said and tasted the end of the rope. It was salty, not bitter, so I threw it overboard. We lost the anchor. What is the bitter end? The inboard end of a chain or line The fluke of an anchor The end of the bowsprit A boathook

7. When Jim went below to make coffee. He asked me to steer the boat to port. The port of San Francisco was to my right, so I headed in that direction. Jim was annoyed. Apparently I hadn’t steered to port but to __________. Starboard Aft Athwartships Sternward

8. Jim wondered aloud if perhaps the shrouds needed tightening. That sounded pretty grim, and he’d mentioned the boat’s wake, too. I felt better after he explained that the shrouds are what? Rigging which supports the mast fore and aft Rigging which supports the mast from the sides Lines to tighten the foot of the sail Chains or rods holding down the end of the bowsprit

9. Jim pointed to the mainsail and said it was fully battened with a large roach. A large roach? Yeech! But Jim wasn’t talking about vermin. What is the roach of a sail? The reefing downhaul line The luff The boltline The outward curve in the after edge of a fore-and-aft sail

10. When we finally got back to the marina. Jim said after a day like that he needed to splice the mainbrace. What was Jim planning to do? Go to the head Take a nap Have a drink Commit suicide