MAINE GUIDE EXAM SCRIPT 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔throat - ✔✔the section of a paddle shaft just above the blade
✔✔tracking - ✔✔use of ropes to work a canoe upstream from the shore
✔✔tumblehome - ✔✔an incurving in cross-section from the bilge to the gunwale; throws
water away from you
✔✔bilge - ✔✔in the cross-section of a hull, the point of greatest curvature between the
bottom and the side
✔✔J-stroke - ✔✔forward stroke used in the stern to provide forward momentum;
feathering the stroke outward at the tail counteracts the off-center stroke and helps to
maintain straight line of travel
✔✔draw - ✔✔side stroke used to pull canoe toward the paddle
✔✔cross-draw - ✔✔used with draw strokes primarily from the bow in order to move the
canoe from side to side
✔✔pry - ✔✔side stroke in the stern used both fro sideward movement and for turning;
can be used in bow but is not as powerful as the draw for side movement
✔✔sweep - ✔✔for forward motion and turning; describes the arc of the gunwale
✔✔inverted sweep - ✔✔for single paddling from center of canoe; begin and end stroke
away from boat, sharp hook at finish will turn canoe toward paddle side
✔✔ black - ✔✔man made
✔✔green - ✔✔vegetation over 6 feet
✔✔white - ✔✔vegetation under 6 feet
✔✔blue - ✔✔water
✔✔brown - ✔✔contour lines
✔✔red - ✔✔major roadways
✔✔purple - ✔✔new additions
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔throat - ✔✔the section of a paddle shaft just above the blade
✔✔tracking - ✔✔use of ropes to work a canoe upstream from the shore
✔✔tumblehome - ✔✔an incurving in cross-section from the bilge to the gunwale; throws
water away from you
✔✔bilge - ✔✔in the cross-section of a hull, the point of greatest curvature between the
bottom and the side
✔✔J-stroke - ✔✔forward stroke used in the stern to provide forward momentum;
feathering the stroke outward at the tail counteracts the off-center stroke and helps to
maintain straight line of travel
✔✔draw - ✔✔side stroke used to pull canoe toward the paddle
✔✔cross-draw - ✔✔used with draw strokes primarily from the bow in order to move the
canoe from side to side
✔✔pry - ✔✔side stroke in the stern used both fro sideward movement and for turning;
can be used in bow but is not as powerful as the draw for side movement
✔✔sweep - ✔✔for forward motion and turning; describes the arc of the gunwale
✔✔inverted sweep - ✔✔for single paddling from center of canoe; begin and end stroke
away from boat, sharp hook at finish will turn canoe toward paddle side
✔✔ black - ✔✔man made
✔✔green - ✔✔vegetation over 6 feet
✔✔white - ✔✔vegetation under 6 feet
✔✔blue - ✔✔water
✔✔brown - ✔✔contour lines
✔✔red - ✔✔major roadways
✔✔purple - ✔✔new additions
