va boating license Questions & Answers(Latest Update

port - ANSWER left side of a boat bow - ANSWER front of a boat hull - ANSWER body of a boat gunwale - ANSWER upper edge of a boat's side starboard - ANSWER right side of a boat cleat - ANSWER metal fitting on which a rope can be fastened propeller - ANSWER rotates and powers a boat forward or backward stern - ANSWER rear of a boat beam - ANSWER maximum width of a vessel freeboard - ANSWER distance from water to lowest point of the boat where water could come on board draft - ANSWER depth of water needed to float a vessel keel - ANSWER main centerline (backbone) of a vessel or the extension of hull that increases stability in the water two types of boat hulls - ANSWER displacement and planing boats with ____ hulls move through the water by pushing the water aside and are designed to cut through the water with little propulsion - ANSWER displacement what is the boat's displacement" - ANSWER the weight of the displaced water boats with displacement hulls are limited to ___ speeds - ANSWER slower a round-bottomed hull shape acts as a ____ hull - ANSWER displacement most large cruisers and sailboats have ___ hulls because it allows them to travel more ___ through the water - ANSWER displacement, smoothly boats with planing hulls are designed to ____ and ____ - ANSWER rise up and glide on top of the water boats with planing hulls may operate like displacement hulls when at rest/slow speeds but will ___ as they move faster - ANSWER climb toward the surface boats with planing hulls can skim along at ___, riding almost on top of the water rather than pushing it aside - ANSWER high speed flat bottomed and vee-bottomed hull shapes act as ___ hulls - ANSWER planing most small power-driven vessels, including personal watercraft, have ____ - ANSWER planing hulls personal watercraft - ANSWER a small vessell that uses an inboard jet drive as its primary source of propulsion, and is designed to be operated by a person