ASA 101 Vocabulary Questions And Answers With Verified Solutions
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ASA 101 Vocabulary
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ASA 101 Vocabulary
Boom Vang - ️️an item of running rigging, often a block and tackle, used to hold
down the boom
Apparent wind - ️️The combination of true wind and the wind effect of motion as felt
aboard a moving boat
Abaft - ️️Toward the stern, as in "abaft the beam"
Abeam - ️️Off the boat at ...
ASA 101 Vocabulary
Boom Vang - ✔️✔️an item of running rigging, often a block and tackle, used to hold
down the boom
Apparent wind - ✔️✔️The combination of true wind and the wind effect of motion as felt
aboard a moving boat
Abaft - ✔️✔️Toward the stern, as in "abaft the beam"
Abeam - ✔️✔️Off the boat at right angles to its centerline.
Aft - ✔️✔️Toward the stern or behind the boat
Aground - ✔️✔️When the hull or keel is touching the bottom
Aid to navigation - ✔️✔️A buoy or other device deployed to mark a channel, a
navigational feature, or hazard
Aloft - ✔️✔️Above the deck, usually in the rig
Amidships - ✔️✔️At or toward the middle of the boat
Anchor - ✔️✔️A device lowered to the bottom while secured to the boat to hold the
boat stationary
Astern - ✔️✔️Behind the stern
Athwartship - ✔️✔️Across the boat from side to side
Backstay - ✔️✔️A wire support from the top of the mast to the stern
Ballast - ✔️✔️Weight placed low in the boat to give it stability
Batten - ✔️✔️A slat inserted in the leech of a sail to support the sailcloth
Batten Pocket - ✔️✔️A pocket sewn into the sail to hold a batten
Beacon - ✔️✔️An aid to navigation that's fixed in place
, Beam (1) - ✔️✔️The width of a boat at it's widest point
Beam (2) - ✔️✔️The region of the boats sides halfway between bow and stern
Beam Reach - ✔️✔️The point of sail where the wind is abeam of the boat
Bear away - ✔️✔️To turn the boat away from the wind, fall off
Bend - ✔️✔️A knot used to tie a line to another line or to an object
Blanketed - ✔️✔️Hidden from the wind, as when one sail is blanketed by another
Block - ✔️✔️A pully
Boathook - ✔️✔️A pole with a hook on one end useful for snagging a line or a ring
Bolt rop - ✔️✔️a rope sewn into the edge of a sail, often used to attach it to the mast or
boom
Boom - ✔️✔️the spar that supports the foot of the mainsail
Bow - ✔️✔️the forward part of a boat
Bowline - ✔️✔️a knot that forms a loop in the end of a line
Bow line - ✔️✔️a dock line tied between the bow of a boat and a dock
Broad reach - ✔️✔️the point of sail between a beam reach and a run
Buoy - ✔️✔️a floating object anchored to the bottom
By the lee - ✔️✔️sailing on a run with the wind on the same side as the mainsail
Cam cleat - ✔️✔️a fitting with spring-loaded jaws used to secure a line
Can buoy - ✔️✔️a cylindrical buoy used as an aid to navigation
Cast off - ✔️✔️to undo completely a line that has been secured
Chainplate - ✔️✔️Metal fabrication attached to the hull and to which a stay or shroud is
connected
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