Seamanship Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions

Seamanship Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions The art of working with line or rope is called - Answer-marlinespike seamanship or marelinespiking It is important to learn special terminology associated with marlinespike seamanship, primarily to - Answer-avoid confusion To earn the respect of those more experienced that you - Answer-you should make an effort to think, act, and speak like a Sailor: Use 24-hour time call a deck a deck(not a floor) Know the difference between rope and line Rope refers to - Answer-both fiber and wire Fiber rope includes those made of such natural materials as - Answer-manila and hemp and those made of synthetic materials such as nylon Fiber rope is called "rope" only as - Answer-long as it is still in its original coil Once a piece has been cut to be used for some purpose, the rope(fiber rope) is called a - Answer-line Rope made of wire(or combination of wire and fiber) is usually called - Answer-wire rope or wire(even if it has been cut from its original coil and being used for some specific purpose) EMILLYCHARLOTTE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YAER ©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024 Page 2/21 There are exceptions: The lifelines on ships are nearly always made of - Answer-wire You are probably safe if you just forget about the word - Answer-rope and use the words line and wire What you would probably call a "loop" in a line is called - Answer-bight Looping a line around an object is called - Answer-taking a turn or taking a round turn Lines do not "break" in the Navy, they - Answer-part The free end of a length of line is called - Answer-bitter end The simplest construction of a fiber is with - Answer-small fibers small fibers - Answer-They are twisted until they form larger pieces called "yarn" The yarns are then twisted in the OPPOSITE direction to form - Answer-strands After strand is twisted to the OPPOSITE direction to become a - Answer-line The direction of this final twisting determines they - Answer-lay of the line Line can be either - Answer-three- or four-stand, though three-strand is most common in the Navy. Nearly all three-strands line used in Navy is what we called - Answer-right-laid right-laid - Answer-the strands are twisted to the right It is important to know the right laid because you should always try to - Answer-coil a line in the direction of its lay EMILLYCHARLOTTE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YAER ©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024 Page 3/21 For example, right-laid line should always be coiled in - Answer-right-hand turns Right-laid prevent - Answer-kinking and extend the life of the line. Lines can also be formed by a different process called - Answer-braiding Braiding lines have certain advantages over twisted ones - Answer-They will not kink and will not flex open to admit dirt or abrasives The construction of braided lines - Answer-make it impossible to inspect the inner yarns for damage The more common braided lines are - Answer-hollow braided stuffer braided solid braided double braided The common synthetic fibers are - Answer-nylon polyester (Dacron) polypropylene polyethylene(in descending order of strength) The common synthetic fibers are generally - Answer-stronger than fibers and not subject to rot Nylon is over - Answer-twice as strong as manila manila is the - Answer-most common natural fiber EMILLYCHARLOTTE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YAER ©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024 Page 4/21 Nylon last - Answer-five times as long as manila and will stand seven times the shock load Dacron gets stronger when - Answer-wet polypropylene - Answer-is so light it floats Most ships use four-strand Aramid nylon lines, due to - Answer-its strength and no snap back The biggest disadvantages of synthetic lines when compared to natural-line fiber line is that - Answer-synthetics stretch under heavy loads and it is more