Right of Way: - ANSWERSGive right of way to cargo ships not because they are big, but because they have LESS maneuverability
Standard method of determining which way to go on a collision course - ANSWERSturn starboard
planing hull - ANSWERSfor speed. Can go sometimes up to 40 knots. Racing
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Nautical Sailing Questions & Answers
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Right of Way: - ANSWERSGive right of way to cargo ships not because they are big,
but because they have LESS maneuverability
Standard method of determining which way to go on a collision course - ANSWERSturn
starboard
planing hull - ANSWERSfor speed. Can go sometimes up to 40 knots. Racing
displacement hull - ANSWERSmade to go 10-20 knots
A waterski is a planning or displacement hull? - ANSWERS...
theoretical hull speed variables/formula (2 variables) - ANSWERS= (square root of
LWL) x (1.4)
Length of waterline and draft?
LOA = - ANSWERSlength overall: includes everything and anything that extends length
of boat
LOD = - ANSWERSlength on deck: space you can move around on
Draft - ANSWERSreference depth from waterline to deepest point. Can change
depending on weight and density of water (sea water vs. freshwater) - how much water
it needs to float
Beam - ANSWERSwidth of widest point on ship
A Lubber (Lubberline) - ANSWERSLine parallel to the keel line vessel
2 types of standing rigging and what they do - ANSWERS1. Mast: piece of wood or
other material that is in the center of the boat that holds the masts
2. Stays - fore/asft:
o Backstay: connects top of mast to back of boat
o Forestay: connects front of boat to mast
o Running back stays: connect mast to sides of back of boat
3. Shrouds: lateral support for your mast that keep it from falling over. Bigger the vessel
the more shrouds there are. Big bronze straps on outside of hull → vessel made of
wood.
, 2 types of running rigging and what they do - ANSWERS1. Sheet: line (rope), that
controls sails laterally: to let them out or bring them back in
2. Halyards: goes through wooden block
5 sailing rigs - ANSWERS1. sloops (most of the ones you see now)
a. Single masted vessel [USC's is called Artemis) - 2 sails
b. Popular because of its rig efficiency
i. Can sail 30 degrees into the eye of the wind... almost straight into the wind
ii. Cutter = sloop with 2 head sail (2 sails forward) *ON FINAL
c. Gaff Headed Sloop
i. Square sails
2. Gaff Headed Schooner
a. 2 masts
b. can sail 45 degrees into the eye of the wind
c. forward section of a full rigged ship
d. ex: USC Atlantis
e. main mast = biggest fore mast = not as big
3. Ketch
a. After section of full rigged ship
b. Good cruising boats
c. 2 masts
i. main mast
ii. mizzen mast - smaller mast on the stern
4. Yawls
a. Looks like a ketch
b. Originally for fishing
c. 2 masts:
i. 1 mizzen (stern)
ii. 1 main mast
5. Brigantine
a. 125 feet long, USC uses these (Dockside Demo)
b. Schooner with squares on the foremast
c. About same age as schooners
d. 70 degrees/60 degrees to the eye of wind, so not very desirable for near shore
sailing
Order of raising sails - ANSWERSCheck the lines, Pull all lines out of their cleats and
off their winches, Secure the bottom front (tack) of the mainsail and jib to their
respective shackles on the boom and the bow of the boat, Hoist the mainsail
When a vessel is stalled into the wind? What is that? - ANSWERStacking = Coming
About = means changing the direction (or tack) of a sailboat by turning the bow of the
boat up through the wind
5 points of sail - know point of sail if shown picture - ANSWERS1. Beat - pointed as far
as you can towards the wind (could be 30 degrees or 60 degrees, depends on vessel)
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