ASA 101 - Sailing Made Easy - Chapter 1 Terms Questions And Answers Rated 100% Correct!!

Rudder - ️️The movable appendage attached to a boat under the water and with which it can be steered Lifeline - ️️A wire supported on stanchions around the perimeter of the deck to prevent crew from falling overboard Deck - ️️The generally horizontal surface that encloses the top of the hull. Cockpit - ️️The area of the boat, usually recessed into the deck, from which the boat is steered and sailed Transom - ️️The flat surface that closes the hull at the stern Bow - ️️The forward part of the boat Stern - ️️The aft part of the boat Helm - ️️The tiller or wheel with which the boat is steered Stanchion - ️️A metal post that supports lifelines Pulpit - ️️A guardrail at the bow or stern of a boat to which the lifelines are connected Hull - ️️The watertight structural shell of a boat. Mast - ️️(Rig) A fixed vertical spar that holds up a sail or sails Boom - ️️(Rig) The spar that supports the foot of the mainsail Gooseneck - ️️(Rig) An articulated fitting that connects a boom to a mast Spreader - ️️(Rig) An athwartships strut on a mast that holds a shroud away from the mastShroud - ️️(Rig) A wire that provides athwartships support to the mast Headstay/Forestay - ️️(Rig) The stay between the top of the mast and the bow Backstay - ️️(Rig) A wire support from the top of the mast to the stern Mainsail - ️️(Rig) The sail attached to the aft side of the mainmast Headsail/Jib - ️️(Rig) Any sail set forward of the forwardmost mast Halyard - ️️(Rig) A line used to raise and lower a sail Mainsheet - ️️(Rig) The line used to control the main boom and to trim the mainsail Jibsheet - ️️(Rig) A line attached to the clew of a jib used to adjust its angle to the wind Boom Vang - ️️(Rig) An item of running rigging, often a block and tackle, used to hold down the boom Head - ️️(Parts of a Sail) The top of a sail Tack - ️️(Parts of a Sail) The forward lower corner of a sail Clew - ️️(Parts of a Sail) The aft lower corner of a sail Luff - ️️(Parts of a Sail) The forward edge of a sail Leech - ️️(Parts of a Sail) The after edge of a sail Foot - ️️(Parts of a Sail) The bottom of a sail Batten - ️️(Parts of a Sail) A slat inserted in the leech of a sail to support the sailcloth Port - ️️The left-hand side of the boat when facing forward Starboard - ️️The right-hand side of the boat when facing forward