ASA 101 - Sailing Made Easy - Terms, Sails, Sail Controls, Points of Sail 100% Correct
1. Hull The watertight structural shell of a boat.
2. Deck The generally horizontal surface that encloses the top of the hull.
3. Cockpit The area of the boat, usually recessed into the deck, from which the boat is steered
and sailed
4. Transom The flat surface that closes the hull at the stern
5. Bow The forward part of the boat
6. Stern The aft part of the boat
,ASA 101 - Sailing Made Easy - Terms, Sails, Sail Controls, Points of Sail 100% Correct
7. Rudder The movable appendage attached to a boat under the water and with which it can
be steered
8. Helm The tiller or wheel with which the boat is steered
9. Stanchion A metal post that supports lifelines
10. Lifeline A wire supported on stanchions around the perimeter of the deck to prevent crew
from falling overboard
11. Pulpit A guardrail at the bow or stern of a boat to which the lifelines are connected
12. Mast (Rig) A fixed vertical spar that holds up a sail or sails
,ASA 101 - Sailing Made Easy - Terms, Sails, Sail Controls, Points of Sail 100% Correct
13. Boom (Rig) The spar that supports the foot of the mainsail
14. Gooseneck (Rig) An articulated fitting that connects a boom to a mast
15. Spreader (Rig) An athwartships strut on a mast that holds a shroud away from the mast
16. Shroud (Rig) A wire that provides athwartships support to the mast
17. Head- (Rig) The stay between the top of the mast and the bow
stay/Forestay
1. Hull The watertight structural shell of a boat.
2. Deck The generally horizontal surface that encloses the top of the hull.
3. Cockpit The area of the boat, usually recessed into the deck, from which the boat is steered
and sailed
4. Transom The flat surface that closes the hull at the stern
5. Bow The forward part of the boat
6. Stern The aft part of the boat
,ASA 101 - Sailing Made Easy - Terms, Sails, Sail Controls, Points of Sail 100% Correct
7. Rudder The movable appendage attached to a boat under the water and with which it can
be steered
8. Helm The tiller or wheel with which the boat is steered
9. Stanchion A metal post that supports lifelines
10. Lifeline A wire supported on stanchions around the perimeter of the deck to prevent crew
from falling overboard
11. Pulpit A guardrail at the bow or stern of a boat to which the lifelines are connected
12. Mast (Rig) A fixed vertical spar that holds up a sail or sails
,ASA 101 - Sailing Made Easy - Terms, Sails, Sail Controls, Points of Sail 100% Correct
13. Boom (Rig) The spar that supports the foot of the mainsail
14. Gooseneck (Rig) An articulated fitting that connects a boom to a mast
15. Spreader (Rig) An athwartships strut on a mast that holds a shroud away from the mast
16. Shroud (Rig) A wire that provides athwartships support to the mast
17. Head- (Rig) The stay between the top of the mast and the bow
stay/Forestay
