Basic Sailing Terminology

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1. The large usually colorful triangular sail used while running with the wind is called the what? Main Mast Jib Spinnaker

2. Turning a sailboat so that the bow passes through the eye of the wind is known as what? Jibing Reaching Broaching Tacking

3. What is the name of the line which is used to raise or lower the sails? Halyard Painter Sheet Teather

4. When a sailboat is pointing directly into the wind and all forward momentum has ceased, the boat is said to be what? Stopped In irons Stalled Close hauled

5. When a sailboat "turtles" the boat, it is what? Taking water over the bow Has dramatically slowed down Taking water over the stern Completely upside down

6. Which of the following is not a type of sailboat? Yawl Tabernacle Schooner Dinghy

7. A sailing vessel which is under sail usually has the right of way over all of the following except what? A jet ski A similar sized vessel which is being powered by a motor A container ship Another boat approaching from the left

8. You are returning to port after a day of sailing. Ahead of you is a channel marked by colored buoys. How should you enter the channel? To the right of the black and white buoy and to the left of the red buoy Anywhere you want as long as you stay between the buoys To the left of the black and white buoy and to the left of the green buoy With all of the buoys on your left

9. The lines which are used to control a sails direction in relation to the direction of the wind are called what? Ropes Outhaul Halyards Sheets

10. Most sails have three corners. Which of the following is not the name of one of the corners? Head Clew Tack Luff