ASA 101 ALL COMPREHENSIVE ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔headfoil - ✔✔a metal or plastic cover that fits over a forestay to accept the luff tape
of a jib when its hoisted
✔✔headsail - ✔✔any sail set forward of the forwardmost mas; a jib
✔✔headstay - ✔✔the stay between the top of the mast and the bow
✔✔head up - ✔✔to steer more toward the wind
✔✔headway - ✔✔motion forward
✔✔heave-to - ✔✔to hold a boat almost stationary by setting the sails and rudder in
opposition
✔✔heel - ✔✔(of a boat) to lean sideways under the pressure of the wind on the sails
✔✔helm - ✔✔the tiller or wheel with which the boat is steered
✔✔helmsman - ✔✔the person at the helm steering the boat
✔✔hiking stick - ✔✔an extension to the tiller that allows the helmsman more freedom of
the movement
✔✔hitch - ✔✔a type of know, used to attach a line to an object or to another line
✔✔hoist - ✔✔to haul aloft
✔✔hull - ✔✔the watertight structural shell of a boat
✔✔inboard - ✔✔toward the centerline of the boat; inside the hull
, ✔✔in irons - ✔✔of a boat that's head to wind, having lost all headway
✔✔jammer - ✔✔a device that holds a line by an internal mechanism
✔✔jib - ✔✔a triangular sail set forward of the mainmast
✔✔jibe - ✔✔to turn the boat so that its stern passes through the wind
✔✔"jibe-ho!" - ✔✔announcement by the helmsman that he is about to steer the boat
into a jibe; also a warning that an accidental jibe is imminent
✔✔jibsheet - ✔✔a line attached to the clew of a jib used to adjust its angle to the wind
✔✔jump - ✔✔when hoisting a sail, to haul on the halyard at the mast
✔✔keel - ✔✔the main structural member along the bottom of a boat hull' on a sailboat
often an appendant fin-shaped structure that contains ballast
✔✔keelboat - ✔✔a sailboat that has a keel and ballast, usually combined
✔✔knot (1) - ✔✔a fastening made by entwining a rope, line or cord with itself or with
other ropes, lines or cords
✔✔knot (2) - ✔✔unit of speed: one nautical mile (6,076 feet) per hour
✔✔lay - ✔✔of a ropes strands, the direction they are twisted, as in right-hand or left-
hand
✔✔lazy - ✔✔of, for example, a jibsheet, the windward one thats not under load
✔✔leech - ✔✔the after edge of a sail
✔✔lee - ✔✔sheltered area to leeward of something (boat, building, island) thats
protected from the wind
✔✔lee helm - ✔✔the tendency of a sailboat when sailing to turn away from the wind
✔✔lee side - ✔✔the side away from the wind, or downwind side
✔✔leeaward - ✔✔the direction, or side of the boat, away from the wind
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔headfoil - ✔✔a metal or plastic cover that fits over a forestay to accept the luff tape
of a jib when its hoisted
✔✔headsail - ✔✔any sail set forward of the forwardmost mas; a jib
✔✔headstay - ✔✔the stay between the top of the mast and the bow
✔✔head up - ✔✔to steer more toward the wind
✔✔headway - ✔✔motion forward
✔✔heave-to - ✔✔to hold a boat almost stationary by setting the sails and rudder in
opposition
✔✔heel - ✔✔(of a boat) to lean sideways under the pressure of the wind on the sails
✔✔helm - ✔✔the tiller or wheel with which the boat is steered
✔✔helmsman - ✔✔the person at the helm steering the boat
✔✔hiking stick - ✔✔an extension to the tiller that allows the helmsman more freedom of
the movement
✔✔hitch - ✔✔a type of know, used to attach a line to an object or to another line
✔✔hoist - ✔✔to haul aloft
✔✔hull - ✔✔the watertight structural shell of a boat
✔✔inboard - ✔✔toward the centerline of the boat; inside the hull
, ✔✔in irons - ✔✔of a boat that's head to wind, having lost all headway
✔✔jammer - ✔✔a device that holds a line by an internal mechanism
✔✔jib - ✔✔a triangular sail set forward of the mainmast
✔✔jibe - ✔✔to turn the boat so that its stern passes through the wind
✔✔"jibe-ho!" - ✔✔announcement by the helmsman that he is about to steer the boat
into a jibe; also a warning that an accidental jibe is imminent
✔✔jibsheet - ✔✔a line attached to the clew of a jib used to adjust its angle to the wind
✔✔jump - ✔✔when hoisting a sail, to haul on the halyard at the mast
✔✔keel - ✔✔the main structural member along the bottom of a boat hull' on a sailboat
often an appendant fin-shaped structure that contains ballast
✔✔keelboat - ✔✔a sailboat that has a keel and ballast, usually combined
✔✔knot (1) - ✔✔a fastening made by entwining a rope, line or cord with itself or with
other ropes, lines or cords
✔✔knot (2) - ✔✔unit of speed: one nautical mile (6,076 feet) per hour
✔✔lay - ✔✔of a ropes strands, the direction they are twisted, as in right-hand or left-
hand
✔✔lazy - ✔✔of, for example, a jibsheet, the windward one thats not under load
✔✔leech - ✔✔the after edge of a sail
✔✔lee - ✔✔sheltered area to leeward of something (boat, building, island) thats
protected from the wind
✔✔lee helm - ✔✔the tendency of a sailboat when sailing to turn away from the wind
✔✔lee side - ✔✔the side away from the wind, or downwind side
✔✔leeaward - ✔✔the direction, or side of the boat, away from the wind
