Quizzes 1 and 2 Flashcards
The wires used to raise the sails are called …
halyards
The lines used to control the sails’ angle to the winds are called …
sheets
The part of the boat that prevents leeway is the …
centerboard
The standing rigging consists of (1).. and (2)…
(1) - shrouds (2) - forestay
The foot of the main is tightened along the boom by pulling on the …
outhaul
The fitting that joins the boom to the mast is called the …
gooseneck
Give a short definition: Center of lateral resistance.
The point at which the forces resisting sideways movements of the boat act.
Give a short definition: Center of pressure (effort).
The point at which the forces of the sail act.
Give a short definition: Weather helm
The tendency of the boat to turn up into the wind.
Give a short definition: Apparent wind versus true wind
Apparent wind is the sum of the true wind and the wind created by boat movement.
Give a short definition: Harden up / come up
To turn closer to the wind.
Give a short definition: Fall off
To turn away from the wind.
Give a short definition: Tacking
To turn the bow of the boat through the eye of the wind.
Give a short definition: Jibing
To turn the stern through the eye of the wind.
What do you do if: You are beating (sailing to weather) and the inside tell-tale flaps?
Fall off
What do you do if: You are reaching and the outside tell-tale flaps?
Come up
“Stalled” sails are (choose one): (a) in too tight, or (b) out too far (c) in irons
(c) In irons Have insufficient wind power in the sails to give controlled motion.
Fill in the names of the corners and edges of the sail and the part of the boat.
- Head
- Tack
- Clew
- Leech
- Luff
- Foot
Fill in the names of the corners and edges of the sail and the part of the boat.
- Mast
- Forestay
- Shrouds
- Tiller
- Rudder
