deck 1

Question 1

floor of boat?

Answer 1

sole

Question 2

a cutter sailing vessel

Answer 2

is a small single-masted boat, fore-and-aft rigged, with two or more headsails and often a bowsprit.

Question 3

reefing

Answer 3

is the means of reducing the area of a sail, usually by folding or rolling one edge of the canvas in on itself.

Reefing improves the performance ofsailing vessels in strong winds, and is the primary safety precaution in rough weather.

Question 4

removing the reef, is called _____

Answer 4

“shaking it out.”

Question 5

Reefing improves….

Answer 5

the performance of sailing vessels in strong winds, and is the primary safety precaution in rough weather.

Question 6

toerail is also called…?

Answer 6

gunwale

rubrail

top rail

Question 7

gunwale

Answer 7

is the top edge of the side of a boat.

Originally the gunwale was the “gun ridge” on a sailing warship.

This represented the strengthening wale or structural band added to the design of the ship, at and above the level of a gun deck.

Question 8

forestay

Answer 8

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is a piece of standing rigging which keeps a mast from falling backwards. It is attached either at the very top of the mast, or in fractional rigs between about 1/8 and 1/4 from the top of the mast. The other end of the forestay is attached to the bow of the boat.

Question 9

1

2

3

4

5

Answer 9

1 -main sail

2- jib (genoa when lengthened)

3- spinnaker

4- hull

5- keel/centre board

Question 10

spinnaker

Answer 10

is a sail designed specifically for sailing off the wind from a reaching course to a downwind, i.e. with the wind 90°–180° off bow. The spinnaker fills with wind and balloons out in front of the boat when it is deployed, called flying.

Question 11

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10

Answer 11

6 rudder

7 skeg

8 mast

9 spreader

10 shroud

Question 12

skeg rudder

Answer 12

is the most popular with the swiftness of a spade and the safety of a full.

Question 13

spreader

Answer 13

is a spar on a sailboat used to deflect the shrouds to allow them to better support the mast. Often, there are multiples, called spreaders.

The spreader or spreaders serve much the same purpose as the crosstrees and tops in a traditional sailing vessel.

Question 14

shrouds

Answer 14

are pieces of standing rigging which hold the mast up from side to side. There is frequently more than one shroud on each side of the boat. Usually a shroud will connect at the top of the mast, and additional shrouds might connect partway down the mast, depending on the design of the boat.

Question 15

11

12

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15

Answer 15

11 main sheet

12 boom

13 mast

14 spinnaker pole

15 backstay

Question 16

17?

Answer 16

vang

is a line or piston system on a sailboat used to exert downward force on the boom and thus control the shape of the sail. The Collins English Dictionary defines it as “A rope or tackle extended from the boom of a fore-and-aft mainsail to a deck fitting of a vessel when running, in order to keep the boom from riding up”.

Question 17

Cap Shrouds

Answer 17

these are the parts of a sailboat’s rigging that hold the mast in place athwartship. They’re attached at the masthead and via chainplates to the hull.

Question 18

lower shrouds

Answer 18

urther athwartship support is provided by forward and aft lower shrouds, which are connected to the mast just under the first spreader and at the other end to the hull.

Question 19

stays

Answer 19

the mast is supported fore and aft by stays - the forestay and backstay to be precise.

Question 20

chainplate

Answer 20

is a metal plate bolted to a strongpoint in the hull, often a reinforced section of a bulkhead.

It must be aligned with angle of the shroud attached to it through a toggle, to avoid all but direct tensile loads

Question 21

Whilst cap shrouds will be ____- or close to it - lower shrouds will be ______in both a ___-and-__direction and ____.

Answer 21

vertical

angled , fore, aft, athwartship

Question 22

athwartship

Answer 22

From athwart (“across”) + ship

Across a ship from side to side.

Question 23

toggles

Answer 23

are stainless steel fittings whose sole purpose in life is absorb any non-linear loads between the shrouds and the chainplate.

Consequently they must be of a design that enables rotation in both the vertical and horizontal planes.

Question 24

Sailboat rigging can be described as being either standing rigging - __________ - or running rigging __________

Answer 24

which fixed and there to support the mast

which is adjustable and controls the sails.

Question 25

halyard

Answer 25

halliard is a line (rope) that is used to hoist a ladder, sail, flag or yard. The term halyard comes from the phrase, ‘to haul yards’

Question 26

what point of sail?

Answer 26

close hauled

Question 27

what point of sail?

Answer 27

close reach

Question 28

what point of sail?

Answer 28

beam reach

Question 29

what point of sail?

Answer 29

broad reach

Question 30

what point of sail?

Answer 30

running