ASA 101 Questions And Answers With Verified Solutions
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ASA 101
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ASA 101
Rudder - ️️The movable appendage attached to the boat under the water and with
which it can be steered.
Winch - ️️Device consisting of a gear driven drum that is operated with a handle to
provide mechanical advantage when hauling on a line. (Also used to snub a line.)
Standing rigging -...
ASA 101
Rudder - ✔️✔️The movable appendage attached to the boat under the water and with
which it can be steered.
Winch - ✔️✔️Device consisting of a gear driven drum that is operated with a handle to
provide mechanical advantage when hauling on a line. (Also used to snub a line.)
Standing rigging - ✔️✔️Generally refers to lines, wires, or rods which are more or less
fixed in position while the boat is under sail (often stainless steel wire, stainless steel
rod or synthetic fiber.)
Hull - ✔️✔️Watertight body of a ship or boat.
Deck - ✔️✔️Permanent, horizontal covering over a compartment or a hull on a ship.
Transom - ✔️✔️The surface that forms the stern of a vessel.
Keel - ✔️✔️A structural element attached to the bottom of the hull to provide stability
through its ballast and to convert the sideways force of the wind into forward motion for
the vessel.
Mast - ✔️✔️A pole that holds a sail on sailing ships or antennas on modern warships.
Boom - ✔️✔️A spar along the foot of the mainsail.
Gooseneck - ✔️✔️The swivel connection on a sailboat by which the boom attaches to
the mast.
Bow - ✔️✔️The forward part of the hull on a boat or ship.
Stern - ✔️✔️The back or aft-most part of a ship or boat.
Helm/tiller/wheel - ✔️✔️The lever used to control the angle of the rudder and thereby
steer the boat
Shroud - ✔️✔️A wire that provides athwartships support to the mast.
, Spreader - ✔️✔️An athwartships strut on a mast that holds the shroud away from the
mast.
Chainplate - ✔️✔️Metal fabrication attached to the hull and to which a stay or shroud is
connected.
Headstay/forestay - ✔️✔️A piece of standing rigging between the top of the mast and
the bow.
Backstay - ✔️✔️A piece of standing rigging that supports the mast from the stern.
Stanchion - ✔️✔️A metal post that supports lifelines.
Lifeline - ✔️✔️A wire supported on stanchions around the perimeter of the deck to
prevent crew from falling overboard.
Pulpit - ✔️✔️A guardrail at the bow of a boat to which the lifelines are connected.
Cleat - ✔️✔️Fitting used to secure a line under load.
Fender - ✔️✔️A cushion, usually an inflated cylinder of rubber, placed between a boat
and a dock.
Docklines - ✔️✔️Lines used to tie a boat to a dock.
Block - ✔️✔️A pulley.
Fairlead - ✔️✔️A fitting used to lead a line fair and at the correct angle to a winch, cleat
or other fitting.
Cockpit - ✔️✔️The area of the boat, usually recessed into the deck, from which the
boat is steered and sailed.
Cabin - ✔️✔️The interior of a boat.
Athwartships - ✔️✔️Across the boat from side to side.
Pushpit - ✔️✔️A guardrail at the stern of a boat to which lifelines are connected.
Mainsail - ✔️✔️The sail attached to the aft side of the mainmast.
Jib/genoa - ✔️✔️Triangular sail set forward of the mast. If it goes over the mainsail
when unfurled, it's called a genoa.
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