ASA 103
Stem head Fitting - correct answer ✔✔A stainless-steel fitting on the bow of a boat to which the forestay
and jib tack are attached, as well as the roller fairlead for the anchor rode.
Turnbuckle - correct answer ✔✔A mechanical fitting attached to the lower ends of stays, which connects
them to the chainplate, allowing for the standing rigging to be adjusted (tightened.)
Chainplate - correct answer ✔✔Metal plate bolted to the hull of a boat to which standing rigging is
attached.
Hatch - correct answer ✔✔A covered opening in the deck.
Transom - correct answer ✔✔The flat surface forming the stern of a vessel.
Self-bailing cockpit - correct answer ✔✔A cockpit that is high enough above the waterline that any water
that gets inside will drain overboard by gravity, through scuppers (drains) located in the aft corner of the
cockpit well.
Compass - correct answer ✔✔An instrument that indicates direction relative to Earth's magnetic field.
Binnacle - correct answer ✔✔The pedestal on which the boat's main compass is mounted.
Cockpit locker - correct answer ✔✔Storage compartment in the cockpit seating area.
Emergency tiller - correct answer ✔✔On boats with wheel steering, a tiller that can be fitted to the top
of the rudder stock so the boat could be steered in the event the wheel-steering mechanism fails.
Companionway - correct answer ✔✔A staircase leading from a deck to the cabins or area below.
, Saloon - correct answer ✔✔The area of a boat that serves as the living room, dining room, and possibly
extra sleeping quarters.
Galley - correct answer ✔✔The kitchen on a boat.
V-berth - correct answer ✔✔The forward cabin of a boat that takes the shape of the bow.
Auxiliary engine - correct answer ✔✔The source of auxiliary propulsion on a sailboat. Used also to
produce electricity needed to charge the house batteries.
Bilge - correct answer ✔✔The lowest interior region of the hull.
Bilge pump - correct answer ✔✔A pump used to remove water from the bilge. Usually there is an
automatic (electric) bilge pump and a manual bilge pump on every boat.
Through-hull fitting - correct answer ✔✔A fitting in the hull through which water can be drawn in or
discarded.
Seacock - correct answer ✔✔A marine valve which opens and closes a hole through the hull for
saltwater needed on board or for discharge.
Ground tackle - correct answer ✔✔A group term for all gear used in anchoring a vessel: anchor, chain,
rode.
Windlass - correct answer ✔✔A winch used primarily for lifting and lowering an anchor.
Federally required equipment for a 33-foot recreational vessel equipped with an inboard diesel engine. -
correct answer ✔✔Boat registration certificate and hull numbers.
PFDs: one per person (type I, II or III) + one type IV.
Visual distress signals for day: distress flag and/or 3 smoke flares.
Visual distress signals for night: 3 red night flares.
Stem head Fitting - correct answer ✔✔A stainless-steel fitting on the bow of a boat to which the forestay
and jib tack are attached, as well as the roller fairlead for the anchor rode.
Turnbuckle - correct answer ✔✔A mechanical fitting attached to the lower ends of stays, which connects
them to the chainplate, allowing for the standing rigging to be adjusted (tightened.)
Chainplate - correct answer ✔✔Metal plate bolted to the hull of a boat to which standing rigging is
attached.
Hatch - correct answer ✔✔A covered opening in the deck.
Transom - correct answer ✔✔The flat surface forming the stern of a vessel.
Self-bailing cockpit - correct answer ✔✔A cockpit that is high enough above the waterline that any water
that gets inside will drain overboard by gravity, through scuppers (drains) located in the aft corner of the
cockpit well.
Compass - correct answer ✔✔An instrument that indicates direction relative to Earth's magnetic field.
Binnacle - correct answer ✔✔The pedestal on which the boat's main compass is mounted.
Cockpit locker - correct answer ✔✔Storage compartment in the cockpit seating area.
Emergency tiller - correct answer ✔✔On boats with wheel steering, a tiller that can be fitted to the top
of the rudder stock so the boat could be steered in the event the wheel-steering mechanism fails.
Companionway - correct answer ✔✔A staircase leading from a deck to the cabins or area below.
, Saloon - correct answer ✔✔The area of a boat that serves as the living room, dining room, and possibly
extra sleeping quarters.
Galley - correct answer ✔✔The kitchen on a boat.
V-berth - correct answer ✔✔The forward cabin of a boat that takes the shape of the bow.
Auxiliary engine - correct answer ✔✔The source of auxiliary propulsion on a sailboat. Used also to
produce electricity needed to charge the house batteries.
Bilge - correct answer ✔✔The lowest interior region of the hull.
Bilge pump - correct answer ✔✔A pump used to remove water from the bilge. Usually there is an
automatic (electric) bilge pump and a manual bilge pump on every boat.
Through-hull fitting - correct answer ✔✔A fitting in the hull through which water can be drawn in or
discarded.
Seacock - correct answer ✔✔A marine valve which opens and closes a hole through the hull for
saltwater needed on board or for discharge.
Ground tackle - correct answer ✔✔A group term for all gear used in anchoring a vessel: anchor, chain,
rode.
Windlass - correct answer ✔✔A winch used primarily for lifting and lowering an anchor.
Federally required equipment for a 33-foot recreational vessel equipped with an inboard diesel engine. -
correct answer ✔✔Boat registration certificate and hull numbers.
PFDs: one per person (type I, II or III) + one type IV.
Visual distress signals for day: distress flag and/or 3 smoke flares.
Visual distress signals for night: 3 red night flares.
