Maneuvers, Points of Sail, & Other Terms

Question 1

No-Sail zone

Answer 1

Zone when it is impossible to make forward progress. About 45 degrees to either side of the wind.

Question 2

In Irons

Answer 2

No sail zone. OF a boat that’s head to wind, having lost all headway.

Question 3

Luffing

Answer 3

When the sail shows a small bubble. The more you ease the sheet the more the sail will be luffing. Pull back in on the sheet slowly until the bubble at the luff just disappears. The sail is now properly trimmed.

Question 4

Head-to-Wind

Answer 4

A boat’s position when its bow is pointing directly into the wind.

Question 5

Port Tack

Answer 5

Any course where the wind is blowing on the port side of the boat.

Question 6

Starboard Tack

Answer 6

Any course where the wind is blowing on the starboard side of the boat.

Question 7

Closed Hauled

Answer 7

The point of sail where a boat sails as close to the wind as possible.

Question 8

Close Reach

Answer 8

The point of sail between close-hauled and a beam reach.

Question 9

Beam Reach

Answer 9

The point of sail where the wind is abeam of the boat.

Question 10

Run

Answer 10

The point of sail on which the wind is aft.

Question 11

Saling-by-the-Lee

Answer 11

Sailing on a run with the wind on the same side of the boat as the mainsail.

Question 12

Stand-on

Answer 12

In a situation when two vessels converge, the vessel that must maintain its course and speed.

Question 13

Give-way

Answer 13

Under the Navigation Rules, the vessel that is obliged to adjust its course or speed to avoid collision with another vessel.

Question 14

Tacking

Answer 14

Changing course by turning to bow of the boat through the wind.

Question 15

Jibing

Answer 15

A maneuver in which the boat changes tacks by turning away from the wind.