Boating license vocabulary

Question 1

toward the stern

Answer 1

astern

Question 2

the lower internal part of the boats hull

Answer 2

bilge

Question 3

imaginary line or mid section of the boat

Answer 3

beam

Question 4

the forward part or front of the boat

Answer 4

now

Question 5

gives maximum weight capacity and horsepower rating

Answer 5

capacity plate

Question 6

to change course or tack in a sailboat

Answer 6

come about

Question 7

type of hull that plows through water

Answer 7

displacement hull

Question 8

the depth of the vessel below the waterline

Answer 8

draft

Question 9

used to distinguish the forward part of the boat

Answer 9

fore

Question 10

toward or below

Answer 10

forward

Question 11

the vertical distance on a boats side from the waterline to the gunwale

Answer 11

freeboard

Question 12

the obvious action to avoid a collision

Answer 12

give-way-vessel

Question 13

the upper edge of the boat

Answer 13

gunwale

Question 14

the wheel or the tiller by which the ship is steered

Answer 14

helm

Question 15

the body of the boat

Answer 15

hull

Question 16

a physical condition where the body loses hear faster than in can produce

Answer 16

hypothermia

Question 17

backbone member of the boats hull

Answer 17

keel

Question 18

situated on the side turned away from the wind

Answer 18

leeward

Question 19

the amount a boat is carried sideways by the winds force or current

Answer 19

leeway

Question 20

a mark or permanent line on a compass that shows the course of the boat

Answer 20

lumbers line

Question 21

making progress through the water

Answer 21

making way

Question 22

any watercraft 65’ or less in length propelled by machinery, whether or not such machinery is the principal source of propulsion

Answer 22

motor boat

Question 23

type of hull that lifts out of the water at a high speed

Answer 23

planning hull

Question 24

the left side of a boat when you are facing the bow

Answer 24

port

Question 25

the length of the rope or chain of an anchor

Answer 25

scope

Question 26

required action if the give way vessel doesn’t take early enough action

Answer 26

stand on vessel

Question 27

the right side of a boat when you facing the bow

Answer 27

starboard

Question 28

the after end or back of the boat

Answer 28

stern

Question 29

rise and fall of water caused by gravity

Answer 29

tide

Question 30

square end of a boat

Answer 30

transom

Question 31

to arrange weights in a vessel

Answer 31

trim

Question 32

vessels waves created by the vessels motion

Answer 32

wake

Question 33

moving of vessel through the water

Answer 33

way

Question 34

situated to the side closest to the wind

Answer 34

windward

Question 35

describing the after section of the vessel, or rear of the amidship and near the stern

Answer 35

aft