Sailing 101 Flashcards
Standing Rigging:
purpose & parts
Keeps up the mast,
Forestay/Back Stay
Shrouds/Spreaders
Transom
Back part of the boat
What holds down the boom
Boom Vang
3 corners of the sail
Tack, Head, Clew
3 sides of the sail
Luff, Leech, Foot
Extra area of the sail?
What does it need?
Roach
needs Battons
definition of ‘Tacking’
putting bow across the wind
definition of ‘Jibing’
putting stern across the wind
Points of Sail?
2 more descriptions
In Irons
Close Hauled
Close Reach
Beam Reach (90 degrees)
Broad Reach
Running
Starboard Tack and Port Tack
What wind do we ‘sail by’
Apparent wind (not true wind)
verbiage for Tacking
Prepare to Tack
Ready (port), Ready (starboard)
Tacking
verbiage for Jibing
Prepare to Jibe Ready (port), Ready (starboard) Center the Main Jibing Jibe ho
Who is the Stand on Vessel
Starboard tack> Port
Leeward > Windward
Overtaken > Overtaking (135 deg)
On Right/Starboard: Power Boats same direction
ATONS memory jogger for colors
Red, Right, Returning
Even Red Nuns like Odd Green Cans
2 sails called
Main Sail
Jib
Front, Back, Bottom and Fin below the boat
Bow, Stern, Hull, Keel
points in direction of wind
Masthead Fly
back of boom to top of mast?
Topping Lift
Storage areas in cockpit
Lazarrettes
What keeps crew from falling overboard?
Lifelines
bow/stern pulpits
holds the Main Sail stretched out
Downhaul
Outhaul
Main Halyard w/Main Halyard Turning Block
strings blowing in wind on sails
Telltales
Make sail smaller surface area with:
Reef Points
holds the Jib Sail stretched out
Forestay
Jib Sheet
Jib Halyard w/Jib Halyard Turning Block
command for turning Towards and Away from the wind
Head Up
Bear Away
Jib telltales located/color:
trimmed correct if:
Near the luff
Red on port
Green on starboard
both sides straight back
If jib’s outside telltales are fluttering
Stalled sail,
let out jib or head up
If jib’s inside telltales are fluttering
Luffed sail,
trim jib in or fall off
Perfect Main telltales:
all straight back
except top leech telltale fluttering 50% of time (for proper main twist)
Rule of thumb for trimming sails:
1) let out until Luffing First Appears, then sheet in
2) head up until Luffing First Appears, then fall off
Position of person moving the rudder/main sheet… and everyone else
Helm and crew
Crew Overboard
Figure 8 Rescue:
Enter a Beam Reach, tack, cross path on broad reach, approached at close reach, luffed to stop
What does ‘Stand On Vessel’ do?
maintain course and speed initially… common sense/avoid collisions
Navigation tools
ATONS (Aids to Navigation)
ATONS on chart: diamond, circle, triangle/square, exclamation point
bouys, lights, daymarks, lighted daymark
Safety Considerations
Equipment
Weather/Tides/Current
SA (traffic/wind direction)
Danger areas (boom/winches/sheets)
Starting the engine
Prop in water Fuel Level Prime Neutral Pull Choke to start (in after start) counter clockwise to increase speed Pull Cord
After Engine Start
Make sure engine cooling water squirting out of engine
Lowest part of boat’s interior
Bilge
Connects Jib to Forestay
Jib Hanks
Just forward of Reef points for advanced trimming of main sail
Cunningham Cringle
