ASA 101 EVALUATION EXAM TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔downhaul - ✔✔a line used to tension the luff of a sail by pulling down the boom and
the gooseneck
✔✔downwind - ✔✔in the direction toward which the wind is blowing
✔✔draft (1) - ✔✔the depth of a boat below the water
✔✔draft (2) - ✔✔the curvature of a sail
✔✔ease - ✔✔to let out a line that has load on it
✔✔eye of the wind - ✔✔directly to windward
✔✔fair - ✔✔smooth, unobstructed
✔✔fairlead - ✔✔a fitting used to lead a line fair and at the correct angle to a winch,
cleat, or other fitting
✔✔fake, flake - ✔✔to lay out a line in parallel lengths so it can run freely
, ✔✔fall off - ✔✔to turn away from the wind, bear away
✔✔fender - ✔✔a cushion, usually an inflated cylinder if rubber or similar material,
placed between a boat and a touching object (dock, another boat)
✔✔fitting - ✔✔a piece of hardware that is fixed to the boat or its spars
✔✔flake - ✔✔to lay in even loose folds, as a sail
✔✔foot - ✔✔the bottom edge of a sail
✔✔fore-and-aft - ✔✔the direction parallel with the centerline of a boat
✔✔foredeck - ✔✔the forward part of the deck, usually forward of the forwardmost mast
✔✔foresail - ✔✔a sail set forward of the mainsail, often a jib or a headsail
✔✔forestay - ✔✔a stay that supports the mast from forward
✔✔forward - ✔✔toward the bow
✔✔fouled - ✔✔tangled, anagges
✔✔freeboard - ✔✔the height of the gull above the waterline
✔✔full - ✔✔about a sail, when it is not flapping or luffing
✔✔furl - ✔✔to stow a sail on a spar or a stay
✔✔gear - ✔✔general term for equipment abord a sailboat
✔✔Genoa - ✔✔a large job that extends aft of the mast
✔✔give-way vessel - ✔✔under the navigation rules, the vessel that is obliged to adjust
its course or speed to avoid collision with another vessel
✔✔going astern - ✔✔to be moving backwards
✔✔gooseneck - ✔✔an articulated fitting that connects a boom to a mast
✔✔grommet - ✔✔a metal ring set into a sail
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔downhaul - ✔✔a line used to tension the luff of a sail by pulling down the boom and
the gooseneck
✔✔downwind - ✔✔in the direction toward which the wind is blowing
✔✔draft (1) - ✔✔the depth of a boat below the water
✔✔draft (2) - ✔✔the curvature of a sail
✔✔ease - ✔✔to let out a line that has load on it
✔✔eye of the wind - ✔✔directly to windward
✔✔fair - ✔✔smooth, unobstructed
✔✔fairlead - ✔✔a fitting used to lead a line fair and at the correct angle to a winch,
cleat, or other fitting
✔✔fake, flake - ✔✔to lay out a line in parallel lengths so it can run freely
, ✔✔fall off - ✔✔to turn away from the wind, bear away
✔✔fender - ✔✔a cushion, usually an inflated cylinder if rubber or similar material,
placed between a boat and a touching object (dock, another boat)
✔✔fitting - ✔✔a piece of hardware that is fixed to the boat or its spars
✔✔flake - ✔✔to lay in even loose folds, as a sail
✔✔foot - ✔✔the bottom edge of a sail
✔✔fore-and-aft - ✔✔the direction parallel with the centerline of a boat
✔✔foredeck - ✔✔the forward part of the deck, usually forward of the forwardmost mast
✔✔foresail - ✔✔a sail set forward of the mainsail, often a jib or a headsail
✔✔forestay - ✔✔a stay that supports the mast from forward
✔✔forward - ✔✔toward the bow
✔✔fouled - ✔✔tangled, anagges
✔✔freeboard - ✔✔the height of the gull above the waterline
✔✔full - ✔✔about a sail, when it is not flapping or luffing
✔✔furl - ✔✔to stow a sail on a spar or a stay
✔✔gear - ✔✔general term for equipment abord a sailboat
✔✔Genoa - ✔✔a large job that extends aft of the mast
✔✔give-way vessel - ✔✔under the navigation rules, the vessel that is obliged to adjust
its course or speed to avoid collision with another vessel
✔✔going astern - ✔✔to be moving backwards
✔✔gooseneck - ✔✔an articulated fitting that connects a boom to a mast
✔✔grommet - ✔✔a metal ring set into a sail
