ASA 101 STUDYS CORRECT ALL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Bottom - ✔✔1. the underside of the boat. 2. the land under the water.
✔✔Bow - ✔✔the forward part of the boat.
✔✔Bow line - ✔✔a line running from the bow of a boat to the dock or mooring.
✔✔Bowline - ✔✔a knot designed to make a loop that will not slip and can be easily
untied.
✔✔Breast line - ✔✔a short dockline leading off the beam of the boat directly to the
dock.
✔✔Broach - ✔✔an uncontrolled rounding up into the wind, usually from a downwind
point of sail.
✔✔Broad reach - ✔✔point of sail: sailing in a direction with the wind at the rear corner
of the boat, approximately 135 degrees from the bow.
✔✔Bulkhead - ✔✔a wall that runs athwartships on a boat, usually providing structural
support to the hull.
,✔✔Buoy - ✔✔a floating marker.
✔✔Buoyancy - ✔✔the ability of an object to float.
✔✔By the lee - ✔✔sailing on a run with the wind coming over the same side of the boat
as the boom.
✔✔Cabin - ✔✔the interior of a boat.
✔✔Can - ✔✔an odd-numbered, green, flat-topped buoy marking the left side of a
channel as you return to port.
✔✔Capsize - ✔✔to tip or turn a boat over.
✔✔Cast off - ✔✔to release a line when leaving a dock or mooring.
✔✔Centerline - ✔✔the midline of a boat running from bow to stern.
✔✔Chafe - ✔✔wear on a line caused by rubbing.
✔✔Chainplates - ✔✔strong metal plates which connect the shrouds to the boat.
✔✔Channel - ✔✔a usually narrow path in the water, marked by buoys, in which the
water is deep enough to sail.
✔✔Chart - ✔✔a nautical map.
✔✔Charter - ✔✔to rent a boat.
✔✔Chock - ✔✔a guide mounted on the deck through which docklines and anchor rode
are run.
✔✔Choke - ✔✔a control for starting the outboard, which changes the fuel/air ratio.
✔✔Chop - ✔✔rough, short, steep waves.
✔✔Cleat - ✔✔a nautical fitting that is used to secure a line.
✔✔Cleat hitch - ✔✔the knot used to secure a line to a horn cleat.
✔✔Clew - ✔✔the lower, aft corner of a sail. The clew of the mainsail is held taut by the
outhaul. The jib sheets are attached to the clew of the jib.
, ✔✔Close-hauled - ✔✔the point of sail that is closest to the wind.
✔✔Close reach - ✔✔point of sail: sailing in a direction with the wind forward of the
beam, about 70 degrees from the bow.
✔✔Clove hitch - ✔✔a knot used to attach a line to a spar or other round object.
✔✔Coaming - ✔✔the short protective wall surrounding the cockpit.
✔✔Cockpit - ✔✔the lower area in which the steering controls and sail controls are
located.
✔✔Coil - ✔✔to loop a line neatly so it can be stored.
✔✔Come about - ✔✔see tack.
✔✔Companionway - ✔✔the steps leading from the cockpit or deck to the cabin below.
✔✔Compass - ✔✔the magnetic instrument which indicates the direction in which the
boat is headed.
✔✔Cooling water outlet - ✔✔the place where the cooling water exits the outboard.
Seeing this discharge verifies water circulation.
✔✔Course - ✔✔the direction in which the boat is steered.
✔✔Crew - ✔✔besides the skipper, anyone on board who helps sail the boat.
✔✔Crew Briefing - ✔✔a meeting where members of a sailing crew discuss and
coordinate various aspects of their roles, responsibilities, and plan for a specific sailing
activity or race.
✔✔Crowning - ✔✔the process of securing a coiled line.
✔✔Cunningham - ✔✔a line running through a grommet about eight inches up from the
tack of a mainsail that is used to tighten the luff of the sail.
✔✔Current - ✔✔the horizontal movement of water caused by tides, wind, and other
forces.
✔✔Daysailer - ✔✔a small sailboat.
✔✔Dead downwind - ✔✔sailing in a direction straight downwind.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Bottom - ✔✔1. the underside of the boat. 2. the land under the water.
✔✔Bow - ✔✔the forward part of the boat.
✔✔Bow line - ✔✔a line running from the bow of a boat to the dock or mooring.
✔✔Bowline - ✔✔a knot designed to make a loop that will not slip and can be easily
untied.
✔✔Breast line - ✔✔a short dockline leading off the beam of the boat directly to the
dock.
✔✔Broach - ✔✔an uncontrolled rounding up into the wind, usually from a downwind
point of sail.
✔✔Broad reach - ✔✔point of sail: sailing in a direction with the wind at the rear corner
of the boat, approximately 135 degrees from the bow.
✔✔Bulkhead - ✔✔a wall that runs athwartships on a boat, usually providing structural
support to the hull.
,✔✔Buoy - ✔✔a floating marker.
✔✔Buoyancy - ✔✔the ability of an object to float.
✔✔By the lee - ✔✔sailing on a run with the wind coming over the same side of the boat
as the boom.
✔✔Cabin - ✔✔the interior of a boat.
✔✔Can - ✔✔an odd-numbered, green, flat-topped buoy marking the left side of a
channel as you return to port.
✔✔Capsize - ✔✔to tip or turn a boat over.
✔✔Cast off - ✔✔to release a line when leaving a dock or mooring.
✔✔Centerline - ✔✔the midline of a boat running from bow to stern.
✔✔Chafe - ✔✔wear on a line caused by rubbing.
✔✔Chainplates - ✔✔strong metal plates which connect the shrouds to the boat.
✔✔Channel - ✔✔a usually narrow path in the water, marked by buoys, in which the
water is deep enough to sail.
✔✔Chart - ✔✔a nautical map.
✔✔Charter - ✔✔to rent a boat.
✔✔Chock - ✔✔a guide mounted on the deck through which docklines and anchor rode
are run.
✔✔Choke - ✔✔a control for starting the outboard, which changes the fuel/air ratio.
✔✔Chop - ✔✔rough, short, steep waves.
✔✔Cleat - ✔✔a nautical fitting that is used to secure a line.
✔✔Cleat hitch - ✔✔the knot used to secure a line to a horn cleat.
✔✔Clew - ✔✔the lower, aft corner of a sail. The clew of the mainsail is held taut by the
outhaul. The jib sheets are attached to the clew of the jib.
, ✔✔Close-hauled - ✔✔the point of sail that is closest to the wind.
✔✔Close reach - ✔✔point of sail: sailing in a direction with the wind forward of the
beam, about 70 degrees from the bow.
✔✔Clove hitch - ✔✔a knot used to attach a line to a spar or other round object.
✔✔Coaming - ✔✔the short protective wall surrounding the cockpit.
✔✔Cockpit - ✔✔the lower area in which the steering controls and sail controls are
located.
✔✔Coil - ✔✔to loop a line neatly so it can be stored.
✔✔Come about - ✔✔see tack.
✔✔Companionway - ✔✔the steps leading from the cockpit or deck to the cabin below.
✔✔Compass - ✔✔the magnetic instrument which indicates the direction in which the
boat is headed.
✔✔Cooling water outlet - ✔✔the place where the cooling water exits the outboard.
Seeing this discharge verifies water circulation.
✔✔Course - ✔✔the direction in which the boat is steered.
✔✔Crew - ✔✔besides the skipper, anyone on board who helps sail the boat.
✔✔Crew Briefing - ✔✔a meeting where members of a sailing crew discuss and
coordinate various aspects of their roles, responsibilities, and plan for a specific sailing
activity or race.
✔✔Crowning - ✔✔the process of securing a coiled line.
✔✔Cunningham - ✔✔a line running through a grommet about eight inches up from the
tack of a mainsail that is used to tighten the luff of the sail.
✔✔Current - ✔✔the horizontal movement of water caused by tides, wind, and other
forces.
✔✔Daysailer - ✔✔a small sailboat.
✔✔Dead downwind - ✔✔sailing in a direction straight downwind.
