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Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary not covered in ASA 101

1
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The living quarters inside a boat

A

Accommodations

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2
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The angle at which a sail is presented to the wind

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Angle of attack

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3
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A bed on a boat

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Berth

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4
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Where a boat ties up or docks

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Berth

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5
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The lowest interior regions of the hull

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Bilge

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6
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A pump for removing water from the bilge

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Bilge pump

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7
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The stand on which the boat’s main compass is mounted

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Binnacle

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8
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An upright partition in the interior of a boat

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Bulkhead

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9
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Any of the four principal points of the compass, N, E, S, or W

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Cardinal point

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10
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A table or desk used when navigating

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Chart table

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11
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A pin with a formed head used to connect rigging

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Clevis pin

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12
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When beating, the tack that brings the boat on the closest approach to the destination

A

Closest tack

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13
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The roof of the trunk cabin (or the roof of the cabin on a small boat)

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Coachroof

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14
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A low wall that deflects running water on the deck

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Coaming

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15
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In meteorology, the boundary where an advancing mass of cold air meets a mass of warm air

A

Cold front

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16
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An instrument that indicates direction relative to Earth’s magnetic field

A

Compass

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17
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The card inside a compass calibrated in degrees and/or

points of the compass

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Compass card

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18
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On a nautical chart, a representation of two concentric compass cards, one aligned to True North, the other to Magnetic North

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Compass rose

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19
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A split pin used, for example, to retain a clevis pin

A

Cotter pin

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20
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A fixed window

A

Deadlight

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21
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Compass error caused by magnetic influences aboard the boat

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Deviation

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22
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An instrument used for marking or comparing distances

A

Dividers

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23
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Of an anchor, to slide along the seabed, not hold

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Drag

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24
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An outgoing tide

A

Ebb tide

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25
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The distance over which a wind has blown uninterrupted

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Fetch

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26
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A raised edge around a horizontal surface or shelf

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Fiddle rail

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27
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An incoming tide

A

Flood tide

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28
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Heavy-weather tactic of sailing slowly to windward under much-reduced canvas

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Fore-reach

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29
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A kitchen on a boat

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Galley

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30
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A device for heating a cylinder in a diesel engine prior to starting

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Glow plug

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31
Q

Toilet compartment on a boat

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Head

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32
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A wind shift in which the wind shifts forward

A

Header

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33
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The direction in which a boat’s bow is pointing

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Heading

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34
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A region of high barometric pressure

A

High pressure

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35
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Time at which the tide is at its highest

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High tide

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36
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A tank in which sewage is stored

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Holding tank

37
Q

A line secured to the deck as a place to attach safety tethers

A

Jackline

38
Q

A supplementary anchor

A

Kedge

39
Q

Use an anchor to haul a grounded boat off the bottom

A

Kedge off

40
Q

A wind that blows over water as a result of air cooling over the land

A

Land breeze

41
Q

A shore toward which the wind is blowing

A

Lee shore

42
Q

A wind shift in which the wind shifts aft

A

Lift

43
Q

A written record of activities pertinent to the operation of a boat

A

Logbook or log

44
Q

A region of low barometric pressure

A

Low pressure

45
Q

Time at which the tide is at its lowest

A

Low tide

46
Q

The fixed marker on the compass that indicates on the compass card the boat’s heading

A

Lubber’s line

47
Q

The direction toward Earth’s North Magnetic Pole

A

Magnetic North

48
Q

A map used for the purpose of navigation

A

Nautical chart

49
Q

Tide at the moon’s first and third quarters when there is the least difference between high and low tide

A

Neap tide

50
Q

An area where sewage, treated or untreated, may not

be discharged into the water

A

No-discharge zone

51
Q

A pair of rulers hinged together, used for drawing parallel lines

A

Parallel rule

52
Q

A short length of rope or wire used as a connector, e.g., mooring _____

A

Pendant (pronounced pennant)

53
Q

One of 32 divisions on the traditional compass card

A

Point of the compass

54
Q

A window that can be opened

A

Portlight

55
Q

The effect of a propeller that pushes the boat’s stern sideways

A

Prop walk

56
Q

The flow of water off a turning propeller

A

Prop wash

57
Q

A device with radial blades that when rotated deflects water or air to create thrust

A

Propeller

58
Q

A bed or bunk fitted into the aft quarter of a boat’s

accommodations

A

Quarter berth

59
Q

A device that enhances a boat’s visibility to radar

A

Radar reflector

60
Q

Distance from

A

Range

61
Q

Two objects in alignment that provide guidance, as when negotiating a channel, e.g.

A

Range

62
Q

Water drawn from outside the boat

A

Raw water

63
Q

A device that secures a line by clamping onto it

A

Rope clutch

64
Q

A harness worn around the upper body to which a safety tether can be attached

A

Safety harness

65
Q

A length of strong line or webbing with a closable hook at each end

A

Safety tether

66
Q

The area in the accommodations used for dining and

lounging

A

Saloon

67
Q

A drain

A

Scupper

68
Q

A wind that blows from the sea toward the land as a result of hot air rising off the land

A

Sea breeze

69
Q

A marine valve often fitted to a through-hull fitting

A

Seacock

70
Q

Electricity obtained on board through a connection to

shoreside power

A

Shorepower

71
Q

A temporary sheet used to relieve the load on a working sheet

A

Short sheet

72
Q

The deck between the trunk cabin and the gunwale

A

Sidedeck

73
Q

A system of reefing a sail by lowering it partway to remove a “slab” from exposure to the wind

A

Slab reefing

74
Q

The period when the tide is neither ebbing nor flooding

A

Slack water

75
Q

A block that opens to fit around the middle of a line

A

Snatch block

76
Q

Tide at the new moon or full moon

A

Spring tide

77
Q

A fitting on the bow of a boat to which the forestay and jib tack are attached

A

Stemhead fitting

78
Q

The area around which a boat will swing at the full extent of its anchor rode

A

Swinging room

79
Q

A fitting in the hull used to draw in water or to discharge it

A

Through-hull fitting

80
Q

The difference in height between the water level at low tide and high tide

A

Tidal range

81
Q

A rail fitted around the outside edge of the deck

A

Toerail

82
Q

The direction toward Earth’s North Pole

A

True North

83
Q

The raised part of the deck above the accommodations

A

Trunk cabin

84
Q

A screw used for tightening wire rigging

A

Turnbuckle

85
Q

In a sail, the difference between the angle of attack at the foot and at the head

A

Twist

86
Q

The difference between the direction to True North and that to Magnetic North

A

Variation

87
Q

A berth in the forward cabin that follows the shape of the hull sides

A

V-berth

88
Q

In meteorology, the boundary where a mass of advancing warm air meets a mass of cold air

A

Warm front

89
Q

A winch used primarily for raising an anchor

A

Windlass

ASA 103 (5 decks)

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