ASA 101 Practice Questions with Correct
Answers
Airfoil
An object designed to take advantage of the energy of the wind by deflecting or bending the
wind without greatly disturbing it's flow.
No-Sail Zone
45 degrees on either side of the direction the wind is coming from.
Close-Hauled
At either edge of the no-sale zone (sails hauled close to the boats centerline)
Reaching
Zone where the wind is coming across the boat.
3 Reaching Zones
Close Reach, Beam Reach, Broad Reach
Beam Reaching
Boat sailing 90 degrees to the wind.
Close Reaching
As course gets closer to close-hauled from beam reaching.
Broad Reaching
Boats heading is past beam reaching closer to downwind.
Running
, Sailing downwind.
Apparent Wind
A combination of the true wind and the wind that you create by virtue of your own motion
through the air.
True Wind
The wind you feel standing still.
Which wind governs how a boat sails?
Apparent wind.
Hull
Watertight floating body of the boat that gives it form.
Keelboat
Sailboat with a keel
Keel
A fixed appendage on the bottom of the hull that revises the sideways resistance needed to
counter the force of the wind on the sails.
Ballast
Carried in the keel; a weight which counteracts the force ofnthe wind that causes a sailboat to
heel.
Heel
Lean over
Answers
Airfoil
An object designed to take advantage of the energy of the wind by deflecting or bending the
wind without greatly disturbing it's flow.
No-Sail Zone
45 degrees on either side of the direction the wind is coming from.
Close-Hauled
At either edge of the no-sale zone (sails hauled close to the boats centerline)
Reaching
Zone where the wind is coming across the boat.
3 Reaching Zones
Close Reach, Beam Reach, Broad Reach
Beam Reaching
Boat sailing 90 degrees to the wind.
Close Reaching
As course gets closer to close-hauled from beam reaching.
Broad Reaching
Boats heading is past beam reaching closer to downwind.
Running
, Sailing downwind.
Apparent Wind
A combination of the true wind and the wind that you create by virtue of your own motion
through the air.
True Wind
The wind you feel standing still.
Which wind governs how a boat sails?
Apparent wind.
Hull
Watertight floating body of the boat that gives it form.
Keelboat
Sailboat with a keel
Keel
A fixed appendage on the bottom of the hull that revises the sideways resistance needed to
counter the force of the wind on the sails.
Ballast
Carried in the keel; a weight which counteracts the force ofnthe wind that causes a sailboat to
heel.
Heel
Lean over
