CALIFORNIA BOATER EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(GRADED A+)
Port - ANSWER-Left side of boat
Starboard - ANSWER-Right side of boat
Bow - ANSWER-Front of the boat
Stern - ANSWER-Back of the boat
Gunwhale - ANSWER-Upper edge of a boat's side
Cleat - ANSWER-Metal fitting on which a rope can be fastened
Hull - ANSWER-Body of a boat; basic structure or shell
Beam - ANSWER-Maximum width of a vessel
Freeboard - ANSWER-Distance from water to lowest point of the boat
where water could come on board
Draft - ANSWER-Depth of water needed to float a vessel
What can a round-bottomed hull act as? - ANSWER-A displacement hull
What does a planning hull do? - ANSWER-Allows boats to rise up and glide
on top of the water when enough power is supplied.
What type of hulls do flat-bottomed and Vee-bottomed hull shapes act as -
ANSWER-Planning hulls
What types of boats have planning hull? - ANSWER-Most small power-
driver vessels, including personal watercraft (PWCs), and some small
sailboats. Allowing them to move more rapidly across the water.
Keel - ANSWER-Main centerline (backbone) of a vessel or the extension of
hull the increases stability in the water
What are Displacement hulls? - ANSWER-Boats move through the water by
pushing the water aside and are designed to cut through the water with
very little propulsion
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(GRADED A+)
Port - ANSWER-Left side of boat
Starboard - ANSWER-Right side of boat
Bow - ANSWER-Front of the boat
Stern - ANSWER-Back of the boat
Gunwhale - ANSWER-Upper edge of a boat's side
Cleat - ANSWER-Metal fitting on which a rope can be fastened
Hull - ANSWER-Body of a boat; basic structure or shell
Beam - ANSWER-Maximum width of a vessel
Freeboard - ANSWER-Distance from water to lowest point of the boat
where water could come on board
Draft - ANSWER-Depth of water needed to float a vessel
What can a round-bottomed hull act as? - ANSWER-A displacement hull
What does a planning hull do? - ANSWER-Allows boats to rise up and glide
on top of the water when enough power is supplied.
What type of hulls do flat-bottomed and Vee-bottomed hull shapes act as -
ANSWER-Planning hulls
What types of boats have planning hull? - ANSWER-Most small power-
driver vessels, including personal watercraft (PWCs), and some small
sailboats. Allowing them to move more rapidly across the water.
Keel - ANSWER-Main centerline (backbone) of a vessel or the extension of
hull the increases stability in the water
What are Displacement hulls? - ANSWER-Boats move through the water by
pushing the water aside and are designed to cut through the water with
very little propulsion
