ASA 101 BASIC KEELBOAT SAILING EXAM TEST BANK QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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ASA 101 BASIC KEELBOAT SAILING
ASA 101 BASIC KEELBOAT SAILING EXAM TEST BANK QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Heel - Answer-To lean or tip under the influence of the wind on sails, controlled by ballast and underwater design of boat
Weather Helm - Answer-A tendency in a sailing ship to head into the wind if the tiller is re...
ASA 101 BASIC KEELBOAT SAILING
EXAM TEST BANK QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Heel - Answer-To lean or tip under the influence of the wind on sails, controlled by
ballast and underwater design of boat
Weather Helm - Answer-A tendency in a sailing ship to head into the wind if the tiller is
released
Skipper - Answer-The captain of a ship or boat
Helmsman - Answer-A person who steers a ship or baot
Crew - Answer-A group of people who work on and operate a ship
Head-to-Wind - Answer-Point of sail to describe orientation and relation to the wind, a
boat will be on either a port tack or a starboard tack
No-Sail Zone - Answer-A boat cannot sail directly into the wind, nor on a course that is
too close to the direction from which the wind in blowing
Close Hauled - Answer-By sailing at either the port or starboard edge of the no-sail
zone, the sails are pulled as close at possible to the boat's center
Close Reach - Answer-Turning the boat slightly further away from the wind, the 10:00 or
2:00 position
Beam Reach - Answer-The wind is blowing directly across the boat's beam, its widest
part, the 9:00 or 3:00 position
Broad Reach - Answer-Headed slightly downwind
Run - Answer-When the boat is going directly downwind at 6 o'clock
Sailing-by-the-Lee - Answer-
In Irons - Answer-With the wind coming from 12 o'clock, you will not be able to sail
, Luffing - Answer-If a boat turns to leeward too far, or sails "by the lee", the boat can jibe
accidentally if the lee side of the sail catches the wind, causing the boom to swing
across the boat quickly
Port Tack - Answer-If the wind is coming from anywhere on the port side
Starboard Tack - Answer-If the wind is coming from anywhere on the starboard side
Jibing - Answer-A turning maneuver, opposite of a tack, the stern passes through the
wind
Stand-on - Answer-The vessel that must maintain course and speed when meeting
another vessel at sea and collision is possible
Give-way - Answer-The vessel that does not maintain course and speed when meeting
another vessel at sea and collision is possible
"Heading Up" - Answer-If a navigator wants you to go closer to the wind
"Bearing Away" - Answer-If a navigator wants you to turn away from the wind
"Ready About", "Ready", "Helms-a-Lee" - Answer-Tiller will be put leeward to cause the
boat to come about (tacking)
"Prepare to Jibe", "Ready", "Jibe-Ho" - Answer-Tiller will be put windward to cause the
boat to jibe
Rule 5: Look-out - Answer-Every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper look-out by
sight and hearing as well as by all available means appropriate in the prevailing
circumstances and conditions so as to make a full appraisal of the situation and the risk
of collision
Rule 12(a)(i) - Answer-When two sailing vessels are approaching one another, so as to
involve risk of collision, one of them shall keep out of the way of the other as follows: (i)
When each has the wind on a different side, the vessel which has the wind on the port
side shall keep out of the way of the other
Rule 12(a)(ii) - Answer-(ii) When both have the wind on the same side, the vessel which
is to windward shall keep out of way of the vessel which is to leeward
Rule 12 (a)(iii) - Answer-(iii) If a vessel with the wind on the port side sees a vessel to
windward and cannot determine with certainty whether the other vessel has the wind on
the port of on the starboard side, she shall keep out of the way of the other
Rule 13 - Answer-Overtaking a) Any vessel overtaking any other shall keep out of the
way of the vessel being overtaken b) A vessel shall be deemed to be overtaking when
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