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NJ Boaters License Exam (200 Terms in this set) 100%
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bow - ✔✔✔Front of a vessel
cleat - ✔✔✔Metal fitting on which a rope can be fastened
gunwale - ✔✔✔Upper edge of vessel's side
hull - ✔✔✔Body of a vessel
port - ✔✔✔Left side of a vessel
propeller - ✔✔✔Rotates and powers a boat forward or backward
starboard - ✔✔✔Right side of a vessel
stern - ✔✔✔Rear of a vessel
beam - ✔✔✔Maximum width of a vessel
draft - ✔✔✔Depth of water needed to float a vessel
freeboard - ✔✔✔Distance from water to lowest point of the boat where water could
come on board
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keel - ✔✔✔Main centerline (backbone) of a vessel or the extension of hull that increases
stability in the water
displacement and planning - ✔✔✔two basic types of boat hulls are...
displacement - ✔✔✔Boats with ____________________ hulls move through the water by
pushing the water aside and are designed to cut through the water with very little
propulsion.
slower speeds - ✔✔✔Boats with displacement hulls are limited to
round-bottomed hull - ✔✔✔A ___________________________________ shape acts as a
displacement hull. Most large cruisers and most sailboats have displacement hulls,
allowing them to travel more smoothly through the water.
planing hulls - ✔✔✔Boats with ________________________ are designed to rise up and glide
on top of the water when enough power is supplied
true - ✔✔✔T or F: boats may operate like displacement hulls when at rest or at slow
speeds but climb toward the surface of the water as they move faster
high speed - ✔✔✔Boats with planing hulls can skim along at _____________________, riding
almost on top of the water rather than pushing it aside
Flat-Bottomed and Vee-Bottomed Hull - ✔✔✔____________________ and
_____________________ shapes act as planing hulls
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NJ Boaters License Exam (200 Terms in this set) 100%
Solved Latest Update.
bow - ✔✔✔Front of a vessel
cleat - ✔✔✔Metal fitting on which a rope can be fastened
gunwale - ✔✔✔Upper edge of vessel's side
hull - ✔✔✔Body of a vessel
port - ✔✔✔Left side of a vessel
propeller - ✔✔✔Rotates and powers a boat forward or backward
starboard - ✔✔✔Right side of a vessel
stern - ✔✔✔Rear of a vessel
beam - ✔✔✔Maximum width of a vessel
draft - ✔✔✔Depth of water needed to float a vessel
freeboard - ✔✔✔Distance from water to lowest point of the boat where water could
come on board
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keel - ✔✔✔Main centerline (backbone) of a vessel or the extension of hull that increases
stability in the water
displacement and planning - ✔✔✔two basic types of boat hulls are...
displacement - ✔✔✔Boats with ____________________ hulls move through the water by
pushing the water aside and are designed to cut through the water with very little
propulsion.
slower speeds - ✔✔✔Boats with displacement hulls are limited to
round-bottomed hull - ✔✔✔A ___________________________________ shape acts as a
displacement hull. Most large cruisers and most sailboats have displacement hulls,
allowing them to travel more smoothly through the water.
planing hulls - ✔✔✔Boats with ________________________ are designed to rise up and glide
on top of the water when enough power is supplied
true - ✔✔✔T or F: boats may operate like displacement hulls when at rest or at slow
speeds but climb toward the surface of the water as they move faster
high speed - ✔✔✔Boats with planing hulls can skim along at _____________________, riding
almost on top of the water rather than pushing it aside
Flat-Bottomed and Vee-Bottomed Hull - ✔✔✔____________________ and
_____________________ shapes act as planing hulls
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