New Hampshire Boat Test with complete
solutions!
Bow - correct answer ✔✔Front of vessel
Stern - correct answer ✔✔Rear of vessel
Starboard - correct answer ✔✔Right side of vessel
Port - correct answer ✔✔Left side of vessel
Hull - correct answer ✔✔Body of vessel
Gunwale - correct answer ✔✔Upper edge of vessels side (pronounced "gunnel")
Cleat - correct answer ✔✔Metal fitting where rope can be fastened
Propellor - correct answer ✔✔Rotates and powers the boat backwards or forwards
Beam - correct answer ✔✔Max. Width of vessel
Freeboard - correct answer ✔✔Distance from water to lowest point of the boat where water could come
on board
Sailboat keel - correct answer ✔✔Attached to bottom of hull and stops sailboat from sliding sideways
through water
Sailboat Rudder - correct answer ✔✔Used to steer, turned by tiller or steering wheel
, Sailboat Rigging - correct answer ✔✔Includes many parts of sailboat: lines, mainsail, headsail, boom and
mast
Sailboat Halyards - correct answer ✔✔Lines (ropes) used to raise and lower the sails
Sailboat Sheets - correct answer ✔✔Lines (ropes) used to control the angle of sails to the wind
Mainsail - correct answer ✔✔Sail controlled by boom
Sailboat Boom - correct answer ✔✔Large pole across that controls mainsail and direction
Location of capacity plate - correct answer ✔✔Operators position or transom of boat
Maximum weight = combination of... - correct answer ✔✔Passengers & gear & motors
Capsize - correct answer ✔✔To turn on side or completely turn over
Swamp - correct answer ✔✔To fill with water
Transom - correct answer ✔✔Vertical surface at back of hull
Federal law requires capacity plate on boats less than..... - correct answer ✔✔20 feet in length
NMMA - correct answer ✔✔National Marine Manufacturers Association
NMMA requires capacity plate on boats less than...... - correct answer ✔✔26 feet in length
solutions!
Bow - correct answer ✔✔Front of vessel
Stern - correct answer ✔✔Rear of vessel
Starboard - correct answer ✔✔Right side of vessel
Port - correct answer ✔✔Left side of vessel
Hull - correct answer ✔✔Body of vessel
Gunwale - correct answer ✔✔Upper edge of vessels side (pronounced "gunnel")
Cleat - correct answer ✔✔Metal fitting where rope can be fastened
Propellor - correct answer ✔✔Rotates and powers the boat backwards or forwards
Beam - correct answer ✔✔Max. Width of vessel
Freeboard - correct answer ✔✔Distance from water to lowest point of the boat where water could come
on board
Sailboat keel - correct answer ✔✔Attached to bottom of hull and stops sailboat from sliding sideways
through water
Sailboat Rudder - correct answer ✔✔Used to steer, turned by tiller or steering wheel
, Sailboat Rigging - correct answer ✔✔Includes many parts of sailboat: lines, mainsail, headsail, boom and
mast
Sailboat Halyards - correct answer ✔✔Lines (ropes) used to raise and lower the sails
Sailboat Sheets - correct answer ✔✔Lines (ropes) used to control the angle of sails to the wind
Mainsail - correct answer ✔✔Sail controlled by boom
Sailboat Boom - correct answer ✔✔Large pole across that controls mainsail and direction
Location of capacity plate - correct answer ✔✔Operators position or transom of boat
Maximum weight = combination of... - correct answer ✔✔Passengers & gear & motors
Capsize - correct answer ✔✔To turn on side or completely turn over
Swamp - correct answer ✔✔To fill with water
Transom - correct answer ✔✔Vertical surface at back of hull
Federal law requires capacity plate on boats less than..... - correct answer ✔✔20 feet in length
NMMA - correct answer ✔✔National Marine Manufacturers Association
NMMA requires capacity plate on boats less than...... - correct answer ✔✔26 feet in length
