ASA 101 Anatomy of a sailboat TEST (Graded A+ actual test)
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ASA 101 Anatomy of a sailboat
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ASA 101 Anatomy Of A Sailboat
Spar - ️️A pole of any type used to support the sails.
Mast - ️️Is a spar which stands vertically from the deck.
Boom - ️️A spar which supports the bottom edge of the mainsail.
Mainsail - ️️The aft most sail.
Headsail - ️️Any sail that sets forward of the mast.
Luff - ️�...
ASA 101 Anatomy of a sailboat
Spar - ✔️✔️A pole of any type used to support the sails.
Mast - ✔️✔️Is a spar which stands vertically from the deck.
Boom - ✔️✔️A spar which supports the bottom edge of the mainsail.
Mainsail - ✔️✔️The aft most sail.
Headsail - ✔️✔️Any sail that sets forward of the mast.
Luff - ✔️✔️The sails forward edge. It feels the wind first.
Foot - ✔️✔️The bottom edge of the sail.
Tack - ✔️✔️Between the luff and the foot at the sails bottom front corner.
Head - ✔️✔️The corner at the very top of the sail between the luff and the leach.
Clew - ✔️✔️The third corner of our triangle, between the leech and the foot.
Stern - ✔️✔️Back of the boat
Bow - ✔️✔️Front of the boat
Rudder - ✔️✔️Attached beneath the boat toward the stern, used to steer
Keel - ✔️✔️Fixed appendage on bottom of hull. Provides sideways resistance to
counter force of wind on sails.
Pulleys - ✔️✔️Called blocks, are used increase pulling power.
Dinghy - ✔️✔️Small boat.
Multihull - ✔️✔️Boats with more than one hull.
Beam - ✔️✔️Width of the boat
LOA - ✔️✔️Length overall
Freeboard - ✔️✔️Height of hull above waterline.
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