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Vocabulary not covered in ASA 101

1
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The living quarters inside a boat

A

Accommodations

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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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A bed on a boat

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Berth

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Where a boat ties up or docks

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Berth

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The lowest interior regions of the hull

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Bilge

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A pump for removing water from the bilge

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Bilge pump

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

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Binnacle

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An upright partition in the interior of a boat

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Bulkhead

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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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A table or desk used when navigating

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Chart table

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A pin with a formed head used to connect rigging

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Clevis pin

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

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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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A low wall that deflects running water on the deck

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Coaming

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

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Cold front

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

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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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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

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Cotter pin

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20
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A fixed window

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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

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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

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Ebb tide

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The distance over which a wind has blown uninterrupted
Fetch
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A raised edge around a horizontal surface or shelf
Fiddle rail
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An incoming tide
Flood tide
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Heavy-weather tactic of sailing slowly to windward under much-reduced canvas
Fore-reach
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A kitchen on a boat
Galley
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A device for heating a cylinder in a diesel engine prior to starting
Glow plug
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Toilet compartment on a boat
Head
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A wind shift in which the wind shifts forward
Header
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The direction in which a boat's bow is pointing
Heading
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A region of high barometric pressure
High pressure
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Time at which the tide is at its highest
High tide
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A tank in which sewage is stored
Holding tank
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A line secured to the deck as a place to attach safety tethers
Jackline
38
A supplementary anchor
Kedge
39
Use an anchor to haul a grounded boat off the bottom
Kedge off
40
A wind that blows over water as a result of air cooling over the land
Land breeze
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A shore toward which the wind is blowing
Lee shore
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A wind shift in which the wind shifts aft
Lift
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A written record of activities pertinent to the operation of a boat
Logbook or log
44
A region of low barometric pressure
Low pressure
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Time at which the tide is at its lowest
Low tide
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The fixed marker on the compass that indicates on the compass card the boat's heading
Lubber's line
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The direction toward Earth's North Magnetic Pole
Magnetic North
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A map used for the purpose of navigation
Nautical chart
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Tide at the moon's first and third quarters when there is the least difference between high and low tide
Neap tide
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An area where sewage, treated or untreated, may not | be discharged into the water
No-discharge zone
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A pair of rulers hinged together, used for drawing parallel lines
Parallel rule
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A short length of rope or wire used as a connector, e.g., mooring _____
Pendant (pronounced pennant)
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One of 32 divisions on the traditional compass card
Point of the compass
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A window that can be opened
Portlight
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The effect of a propeller that pushes the boat's stern sideways
Prop walk
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The flow of water off a turning propeller
Prop wash
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A device with radial blades that when rotated deflects water or air to create thrust
Propeller
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A bed or bunk fitted into the aft quarter of a boat's | accommodations
Quarter berth
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A device that enhances a boat's visibility to radar
Radar reflector
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Distance from
Range
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Two objects in alignment that provide guidance, as when negotiating a channel, e.g.
Range
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Water drawn from outside the boat
Raw water
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A device that secures a line by clamping onto it
Rope clutch
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A harness worn around the upper body to which a safety tether can be attached
Safety harness
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A length of strong line or webbing with a closable hook at each end
Safety tether
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The area in the accommodations used for dining and | lounging
Saloon
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A drain
Scupper
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A wind that blows from the sea toward the land as a result of hot air rising off the land
Sea breeze
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A marine valve often fitted to a through-hull fitting
Seacock
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Electricity obtained on board through a connection to | shoreside power
Shorepower
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A temporary sheet used to relieve the load on a working sheet
Short sheet
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The deck between the trunk cabin and the gunwale
Sidedeck
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A system of reefing a sail by lowering it partway to remove a "slab" from exposure to the wind
Slab reefing
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The period when the tide is neither ebbing nor flooding
Slack water
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A block that opens to fit around the middle of a line
Snatch block
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Tide at the new moon or full moon
Spring tide
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A fitting on the bow of a boat to which the forestay and jib tack are attached
Stemhead fitting
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The area around which a boat will swing at the full extent of its anchor rode
Swinging room
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A fitting in the hull used to draw in water or to discharge it
Through-hull fitting
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The difference in height between the water level at low tide and high tide
Tidal range
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A rail fitted around the outside edge of the deck
Toerail
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The direction toward Earth's North Pole
True North
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The raised part of the deck above the accommodations
Trunk cabin
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A screw used for tightening wire rigging
Turnbuckle
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In a sail, the difference between the angle of attack at the foot and at the head
Twist
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The difference between the direction to True North and that to Magnetic North
Variation
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A berth in the forward cabin that follows the shape of the hull sides
V-berth
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In meteorology, the boundary where a mass of advancing warm air meets a mass of cold air
Warm front
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A winch used primarily for raising an anchor
Windlass

ASA 103 (5 decks)

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