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The fastest way to change a sails power is to change its _____ to the _______ -
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✔✔angle, wind ||




The shape of the mainsail may be changes by adjusting tension in the edges of
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the sail. Match the sail control with the edge of sail it affects:
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Outhaul

Halyard or downhaul or Cunnigham || || || ||




Boom Vang ||




Luff ||




Leech ||




Foot - ✔✔Outhaul - foot
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Halyard - luff || ||




Boom vang - leech || || ||




The outhaul changes the depth of the _____ of the mainsail - ✔✔draft
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Tightening the downhaul or the cunnigham moves the draft of the mainsail
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_____ - ✔✔forward || ||

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Tightening the ________ ________ holds the boom down on a downwind point
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of sail. - ✔✔boom vang
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To get full power and optimum use out of the mainsail, _______ it until it starts
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to luff then trim in the mainsail so it just stops _____ - ✔✔ease, luffing
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Two ways to change a sail's angle to the wind are:
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________ or _______ the sail || || || || ||




________ _______ or ________ ________ - ✔✔ease, trim || || || || || || ||




head up, bear away || || ||




The tendency of a boat to head toward the wind on its own is called ______
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helm - ✔✔weather || ||




The tendency of the boat to bear away from the wind on its own is called _____
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helm - ✔✔lee || ||




When sailing close-hauled four ways to decrease the heel of the boat are:
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A. move the crew to the ___ side of the boat
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B._____ _____ slightly, into the edge of the no sail zone
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C. ______ the main ______
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D. Move the _____ to the leeward - ✔✔windward
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head up ||

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