ASA 101 CORRECT FINALS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔cleat - ✔✔a fitting used to secure a line under load
✔✔clew - ✔✔the aft lower corner of the sail
✔✔close-hauled - ✔✔the point of sail where a boat sails as close to the wind as
possible
✔✔close reach - ✔✔the point of sail between close-hauled and beam reach
✔✔cockpit - ✔✔the area of the boat, usually recessed into the deck, from which the
boat is steered and sailed
✔✔coil (1) - ✔✔to make up a line into tidy loops
✔✔coil (2) - ✔✔a line that has been coiled
✔✔come about - ✔✔to tack
✔✔companionway - ✔✔the entrance from the cockpit or deck to the cabin
✔✔course - ✔✔the direction in which a boat is being steered
✔✔cringle - ✔✔an eye made by setting a rope or metal ring into (for example) a sail
✔✔Cunningham - ✔✔a line used to tension the luff of a sail by pulling down its tack or
near-tack area
✔✔daggerboard - ✔✔a board that lowers vertically down from the bottom of the boat to
provide sideways resistance
, ✔✔deck - ✔✔the generally horizontal surface that encloses the top of the hull
✔✔dinghy - ✔✔small boat
✔✔dock (1) - ✔✔a place where a vessel is berthed, but generally used to refer to the
pier, quay, or pontoon to which is tied when in that berth
✔✔dock (2) - ✔✔to bring a boat to it's dock
✔✔dock line - ✔✔a line used to tie a boat to its dock
✔✔docking - ✔✔the process of bringing a boat into its dock
✔✔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
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔cleat - ✔✔a fitting used to secure a line under load
✔✔clew - ✔✔the aft lower corner of the sail
✔✔close-hauled - ✔✔the point of sail where a boat sails as close to the wind as
possible
✔✔close reach - ✔✔the point of sail between close-hauled and beam reach
✔✔cockpit - ✔✔the area of the boat, usually recessed into the deck, from which the
boat is steered and sailed
✔✔coil (1) - ✔✔to make up a line into tidy loops
✔✔coil (2) - ✔✔a line that has been coiled
✔✔come about - ✔✔to tack
✔✔companionway - ✔✔the entrance from the cockpit or deck to the cabin
✔✔course - ✔✔the direction in which a boat is being steered
✔✔cringle - ✔✔an eye made by setting a rope or metal ring into (for example) a sail
✔✔Cunningham - ✔✔a line used to tension the luff of a sail by pulling down its tack or
near-tack area
✔✔daggerboard - ✔✔a board that lowers vertically down from the bottom of the boat to
provide sideways resistance
, ✔✔deck - ✔✔the generally horizontal surface that encloses the top of the hull
✔✔dinghy - ✔✔small boat
✔✔dock (1) - ✔✔a place where a vessel is berthed, but generally used to refer to the
pier, quay, or pontoon to which is tied when in that berth
✔✔dock (2) - ✔✔to bring a boat to it's dock
✔✔dock line - ✔✔a line used to tie a boat to its dock
✔✔docking - ✔✔the process of bringing a boat into its dock
✔✔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
