ASA 101 A ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔no-sail zone - ✔✔the zone in relation to the wind where the sails cannot generate
power
✔✔nun buoy - ✔✔a buoy with a cone-shaped top used as an aid to navigation
✔✔off the wind - ✔✔any point of a sail where the wind is abaft the beam
✔✔on the wind - ✔✔any point of sail where the wind is forward of the beam
✔✔outboard (1) - ✔✔away from the centerline of a boat; outside the gunwale
✔✔outboard (2) - ✔✔a portable motor that attaches (usually) to the stern of a boat
✔✔outhaul - ✔✔a line used to tension the foot of the mainsail
✔✔pier - ✔✔a structure built over the water on pilings
✔✔pinch - ✔✔to sail too close to the wind, so that the sails luff
✔✔pontoon - ✔✔a moored floating structure to which a boat can be tied
✔✔point of sail - ✔✔the directions a boat is sailing relative to the wind
✔✔port (1) - ✔✔a harbor
✔✔port (2) - ✔✔the left-hand side of a boat when facing forward
✔✔port tack - ✔✔any course where the wind is blowing on the port side of the boat
✔✔puff - ✔✔an increase of wind strength of short duration, usually with less strength
than a gust
, ✔✔pulpit - ✔✔a guardrail at the bow or stern of a boat to which (usually) the lifelines are
connected
✔✔quarter - ✔✔the sides of a boat between the beam and the stern
✔✔quay - ✔✔a solid structure to which vessels tie up to load and unload
✔✔reach - ✔✔any point of sail between close hauled and a run
✔✔"Ready about!" - ✔✔the command used to signal the crew to prepare to tach
✔✔reef (1) - ✔✔an area of rock or coral, usually submerged, that presents a hazard to
navigation
✔✔reef (2) - ✔✔to reduce the area of a sail that is exposed to the wind
✔✔rig (1) - ✔✔to attach; as a sail
✔✔rig (2) - ✔✔the total assembly of sails, spars, and rigging aboard a sailboat
✔✔rigging - ✔✔wires and lines used to support spars and to control sails
✔✔rode - ✔✔the line and/or chain that connects an anchor to the boat
✔✔roller furling - ✔✔a mechanism for furling a sail by rolling it around its stay
✔✔rope - ✔✔to a sailor, raw material for making up lines
✔✔round up - ✔✔of a boat, to spontaneously turn head to wind
✔✔rudder - ✔✔the movable appendage attached to a boat under the water and with
which it can be steered
✔✔run - ✔✔the point of sail on which the wind is aft
✔✔running rigging - ✔✔the adjustable rigging used to raise and lower or trim the sails
✔✔sail tie - ✔✔length of webbing used to secure sails
✔✔sailboard - ✔✔a sailboat that is essentially a surfboard with a sail
✔✔sailcloth - ✔✔material from which sails are made
✔✔no-sail zone - ✔✔the zone in relation to the wind where the sails cannot generate
power
✔✔nun buoy - ✔✔a buoy with a cone-shaped top used as an aid to navigation
✔✔off the wind - ✔✔any point of a sail where the wind is abaft the beam
✔✔on the wind - ✔✔any point of sail where the wind is forward of the beam
✔✔outboard (1) - ✔✔away from the centerline of a boat; outside the gunwale
✔✔outboard (2) - ✔✔a portable motor that attaches (usually) to the stern of a boat
✔✔outhaul - ✔✔a line used to tension the foot of the mainsail
✔✔pier - ✔✔a structure built over the water on pilings
✔✔pinch - ✔✔to sail too close to the wind, so that the sails luff
✔✔pontoon - ✔✔a moored floating structure to which a boat can be tied
✔✔point of sail - ✔✔the directions a boat is sailing relative to the wind
✔✔port (1) - ✔✔a harbor
✔✔port (2) - ✔✔the left-hand side of a boat when facing forward
✔✔port tack - ✔✔any course where the wind is blowing on the port side of the boat
✔✔puff - ✔✔an increase of wind strength of short duration, usually with less strength
than a gust
, ✔✔pulpit - ✔✔a guardrail at the bow or stern of a boat to which (usually) the lifelines are
connected
✔✔quarter - ✔✔the sides of a boat between the beam and the stern
✔✔quay - ✔✔a solid structure to which vessels tie up to load and unload
✔✔reach - ✔✔any point of sail between close hauled and a run
✔✔"Ready about!" - ✔✔the command used to signal the crew to prepare to tach
✔✔reef (1) - ✔✔an area of rock or coral, usually submerged, that presents a hazard to
navigation
✔✔reef (2) - ✔✔to reduce the area of a sail that is exposed to the wind
✔✔rig (1) - ✔✔to attach; as a sail
✔✔rig (2) - ✔✔the total assembly of sails, spars, and rigging aboard a sailboat
✔✔rigging - ✔✔wires and lines used to support spars and to control sails
✔✔rode - ✔✔the line and/or chain that connects an anchor to the boat
✔✔roller furling - ✔✔a mechanism for furling a sail by rolling it around its stay
✔✔rope - ✔✔to a sailor, raw material for making up lines
✔✔round up - ✔✔of a boat, to spontaneously turn head to wind
✔✔rudder - ✔✔the movable appendage attached to a boat under the water and with
which it can be steered
✔✔run - ✔✔the point of sail on which the wind is aft
✔✔running rigging - ✔✔the adjustable rigging used to raise and lower or trim the sails
✔✔sail tie - ✔✔length of webbing used to secure sails
✔✔sailboard - ✔✔a sailboat that is essentially a surfboard with a sail
✔✔sailcloth - ✔✔material from which sails are made
