ASA 104 FINAL EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔A skipper is responsible for - ✔✔Crew and the ship
✔✔List the four safety items that should be checked before departing - ✔✔Radio, bilge
pumps, life jacket, flares
✔✔When controlling a dockline - ✔✔Wrap a cleat
✔✔Current and wind - ✔✔Are the primary factors when docking
✔✔Prop wash - ✔✔Flow of water generated by the propeller
✔✔Standing turn - ✔✔180 degree turn in limited space.
✔✔Springer lines - ✔✔Helps control boat during docking and undocking
✔✔Docklines - ✔✔The greater the tidal range the longer these will have to be
✔✔Vibrations, change in bearing, closer to another vessel - ✔✔3 ways to know your
anchor is dragging
✔✔forked moor - ✔✔2 anchors set 45 to 60 degrees apart
✔✔Bahamian moor - ✔✔2 anchors placed 180 degree off the bow
✔✔fore and aft anchor - ✔✔2 anchors one bow and one stern
✔✔Mayday - ✔✔A life threatening call
✔✔Pan Pan - ✔✔non life-threatening situations call
✔✔securite - ✔✔navigation or weather hazards call
✔✔Rule 2 - ✔✔Everyone is responsible for preventing a collison
✔✔Tricolor light - ✔✔A under sail masthead light
✔✔Steaming light - ✔✔White light above deck level
✔✔Before towing a dinghy - ✔✔Remove loose gear and tilt or remove the outboard
, ✔✔Quarantine flag - ✔✔must fly when you first pull into foreign country port
✔✔Fly the local national flag - ✔✔After going through customs and immigration
✔✔Large scale chart - ✔✔Shows everything in detail
✔✔Latitude - ✔✔Measure this for distance
✔✔1 minute of latitude - ✔✔1 nautical mile
✔✔course - ✔✔Direction of intended travel
✔✔Track - ✔✔path boat actually follows
✔✔Dead reckoning - ✔✔position using heading, speed and time.
✔✔Line of position - ✔✔Established by a bearing or range on which the boat lies
✔✔MLLW - ✔✔Datum established for tide charts in US
✔✔In the southern latitudes wind circluates - ✔✔counterclockwise
✔✔Small craft advisory - ✔✔20 knots
✔✔Gale - ✔✔35 knots
✔✔Storm - ✔✔50 knots
✔✔Radiation fog - ✔✔Forms on clear nights with calm wind
✔✔Advection fog - ✔✔fog that requireds wind to transport warm air over cold water
✔✔Take a fix, hoist radar, use horn - ✔✔When visibility is low
✔✔Synoptic scale - ✔✔weather patterns over a large area
✔✔Sea breeze - ✔✔an onshore breeze, drive by differential heating of land and sea
✔✔Hydrated, medicate, sleep - ✔✔List three measures to prevent seasickness
✔✔Mob, fire, dangerous grounding - ✔✔Situations that call for mayday
✔✔heat exhaustion - ✔✔A form of physical stress on the body caused by overheating
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔A skipper is responsible for - ✔✔Crew and the ship
✔✔List the four safety items that should be checked before departing - ✔✔Radio, bilge
pumps, life jacket, flares
✔✔When controlling a dockline - ✔✔Wrap a cleat
✔✔Current and wind - ✔✔Are the primary factors when docking
✔✔Prop wash - ✔✔Flow of water generated by the propeller
✔✔Standing turn - ✔✔180 degree turn in limited space.
✔✔Springer lines - ✔✔Helps control boat during docking and undocking
✔✔Docklines - ✔✔The greater the tidal range the longer these will have to be
✔✔Vibrations, change in bearing, closer to another vessel - ✔✔3 ways to know your
anchor is dragging
✔✔forked moor - ✔✔2 anchors set 45 to 60 degrees apart
✔✔Bahamian moor - ✔✔2 anchors placed 180 degree off the bow
✔✔fore and aft anchor - ✔✔2 anchors one bow and one stern
✔✔Mayday - ✔✔A life threatening call
✔✔Pan Pan - ✔✔non life-threatening situations call
✔✔securite - ✔✔navigation or weather hazards call
✔✔Rule 2 - ✔✔Everyone is responsible for preventing a collison
✔✔Tricolor light - ✔✔A under sail masthead light
✔✔Steaming light - ✔✔White light above deck level
✔✔Before towing a dinghy - ✔✔Remove loose gear and tilt or remove the outboard
, ✔✔Quarantine flag - ✔✔must fly when you first pull into foreign country port
✔✔Fly the local national flag - ✔✔After going through customs and immigration
✔✔Large scale chart - ✔✔Shows everything in detail
✔✔Latitude - ✔✔Measure this for distance
✔✔1 minute of latitude - ✔✔1 nautical mile
✔✔course - ✔✔Direction of intended travel
✔✔Track - ✔✔path boat actually follows
✔✔Dead reckoning - ✔✔position using heading, speed and time.
✔✔Line of position - ✔✔Established by a bearing or range on which the boat lies
✔✔MLLW - ✔✔Datum established for tide charts in US
✔✔In the southern latitudes wind circluates - ✔✔counterclockwise
✔✔Small craft advisory - ✔✔20 knots
✔✔Gale - ✔✔35 knots
✔✔Storm - ✔✔50 knots
✔✔Radiation fog - ✔✔Forms on clear nights with calm wind
✔✔Advection fog - ✔✔fog that requireds wind to transport warm air over cold water
✔✔Take a fix, hoist radar, use horn - ✔✔When visibility is low
✔✔Synoptic scale - ✔✔weather patterns over a large area
✔✔Sea breeze - ✔✔an onshore breeze, drive by differential heating of land and sea
✔✔Hydrated, medicate, sleep - ✔✔List three measures to prevent seasickness
✔✔Mob, fire, dangerous grounding - ✔✔Situations that call for mayday
✔✔heat exhaustion - ✔✔A form of physical stress on the body caused by overheating
