NJ BOAT CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS FULL REVIEW
SHEET
●● Cleat
Answer: Metal fitting on which a rope can be fastened
●● gunwale
Answer: Upper edge of vessel's side (generally pronounced "gunnel")
●● Hull
Answer: Body of a vessel
●● port
Answer: Left side of a vessel
●● propeller
Answer: Rotates and powers a boat forward or backward
●● starboard
Answer: right side of a vessel
,●● stern
Answer: Rear of a vessel
●● beam
Answer: Maximum width of a vessel
●● draft
Answer: Depth of water needed to float a vessel
●● Freeboard
Answer: Distance from water to lowest point of the boat where water
could come on board
●● keel
Answer: Main centerline (backbone) of a vessel or the extension of hull
that increases stability in the water
●● Displacement Hull
Answer: move through the water by pushing the water aside and are
designed to cut through the water with very little propulsion
, ●● If you lower a boat into the water, some of the water moves out of
the way to adjust for the boat. If you could weigh that displaced water,
you would find it equals the weight of the boat. That weight is
Answer: the boat's displacement.
●● Boats with _________ hulls are limited to slower speeds.
Answer: displacement
●● A round-bottomed hull shape acts as a ___________________. Most
large cruisers and most sailboats have ___________, allowing them to
travel more smoothly through the water.
Answer: displacement hulls
●● Two types of Hulls
Answer: displacement and planing
●● personal watercraft
Answer: A small vessel that uses an inboard jet drive as its primary
source of propulsion, and is designed to be operated by a person or
persons sitting, standing, or kneeling on the vessel rather than inside the
vessel
●● planing hulls are
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS FULL REVIEW
SHEET
●● Cleat
Answer: Metal fitting on which a rope can be fastened
●● gunwale
Answer: Upper edge of vessel's side (generally pronounced "gunnel")
●● Hull
Answer: Body of a vessel
●● port
Answer: Left side of a vessel
●● propeller
Answer: Rotates and powers a boat forward or backward
●● starboard
Answer: right side of a vessel
,●● stern
Answer: Rear of a vessel
●● beam
Answer: Maximum width of a vessel
●● draft
Answer: Depth of water needed to float a vessel
●● Freeboard
Answer: Distance from water to lowest point of the boat where water
could come on board
●● keel
Answer: Main centerline (backbone) of a vessel or the extension of hull
that increases stability in the water
●● Displacement Hull
Answer: move through the water by pushing the water aside and are
designed to cut through the water with very little propulsion
, ●● If you lower a boat into the water, some of the water moves out of
the way to adjust for the boat. If you could weigh that displaced water,
you would find it equals the weight of the boat. That weight is
Answer: the boat's displacement.
●● Boats with _________ hulls are limited to slower speeds.
Answer: displacement
●● A round-bottomed hull shape acts as a ___________________. Most
large cruisers and most sailboats have ___________, allowing them to
travel more smoothly through the water.
Answer: displacement hulls
●● Two types of Hulls
Answer: displacement and planing
●● personal watercraft
Answer: A small vessel that uses an inboard jet drive as its primary
source of propulsion, and is designed to be operated by a person or
persons sitting, standing, or kneeling on the vessel rather than inside the
vessel
●● planing hulls are
