ASA 101 - Sailing Made Easy - Chapter 1 Terms

ASA 101 - SAILING MADE EASY -
CHAPTER 1 TERMS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS




Hull - Correct Answers_The watertight
structural shell of a boat.


Deck - Correct Answers_The generally
horizontal surface that encloses the top of
the hull.


Cockpit - Correct Answers_The area of the
boat, usually recessed into the deck, from
which the boat is steered and sailed


Transom - Correct Answers_The flat surface
that closes the hull at the stern


Bow - Correct Answers_The forward part of the
boat


Stern - Correct Answers_The aft part of the
boat

, Rudder - Correct Answers_The movable appendage
attached to a boat under the water and with
which it can be steered


Helm - Correct Answers_The tiller or wheel
with which the boat is steered


Stanchion - Correct Answers_A metal post that
supports lifelines


Lifeline - Correct Answers_A wire supported on
stanchions around the perimeter of the deck
to prevent crew from falling overboard


Pulpit - Correct Answers_A guardrail at the
bow or stern of a boat to which the lifelines
are connected


Mast - Correct Answers_(Rig) A fixed vertical
spar that holds up a sail or sails


Boom - Correct Answers_(Rig) The spar that
supports the foot of the mainsail