ASA 101 Exam Questions and Answers
1. Aback Of a sail, when the wind is on the "wrong" side
2. Abaft Toward the stern, as in "abaft the beam"
3. Abeam Ott the boat at right angles to its center line
4. Aft Toward the stern or behind the boat
5. After Toward the stern
6. Aground When the hull or keel is touching the bottom
7. Aid to navigation A buoy or other device deployed to mark a channel, a navigational
feature, or a hazard
8. Aloft Above the deck, usually in the rig
9. Amidships At or toward the middle of the boat
10. Anchor A device lowered to the bottom while secured to the boat to hold the
boat stationary
11. Apparent wind The combination of true wind and the wind ettect of motion as felt
aboard a moving boat
12. Astern behind the stern
13. Athwartships Across the boat from side to side
14. Backing the act of setting a sail a back
15. Backstay a wire that runs from the top of the mast to the stern
16. Backwinding similar to backing
17. Ballast weight placed low in the boat to give it stability
,ASA 101 Exam Questions and Answers
18. Batten a slat inserted in the leech of a sail to support the sailcloth
19. Batten pocket a pocket sewn into the sail to hold a batten
20. Beacon an aid to navigation that's fixed in place
21. beam (1) the width of a boat at its widest point
22. beam (2) the region of the boat's sides halfway between bow and Stern
23. beam reach the point of sail where the wind is abeam of the boat
24. bear away to turn the boat away from the wind, fall ott
25. beat, beating to sail to windward close-hauled
26. bend a knot used to tie a line to another line or object
27. bend on to attach, as a sail to a spar
28. blanketed hidden from the wind, as when one sail is blanketed by another
29. block a pulley
30. boathook a pole with a hook on one end usedul for snagging a line or a ring
31. bolt rope a rope sewm into the edge of a sail, often used to attach it to the
mast or boom
32. bottom the seabed or bed under any body of water
33. boom the spar that supports the for of the mainsail
34. boom vang an item of running, rigging, often a block and tackle, used to hold
down the boom
,ASA 101 Exam Questions and Answers
35. bow the forward part of a ship
36. bowline a knot that forms a loop in the end of a line
37. bow line a dock line tied between the bow of a boat and a dock
38. broad reach starboard the point of sail between a beam reach and a run
39. buoy a floating object anchored to the bottom
40. by the lee sailing on a run with the wind on the same side as the mainsail
41. cabin the interior of the boat
42. cam cleat a fitting with spring-loaded jaws used to secure a line
43. can buoy a cylindrical buoy used as an aid to navigation and indicates the Left
side of marked passage in "returning" direction
44. capsize to turn over
45. cast off to undo completely a line that had been secured
46. catamaran a boat with two parallel hulls
47. centerboard a board that pivots down from the bottom of the boat to provide
sideways resistance
48. chafe damage caused to a sail or a line by rubbing
49. Chafing Gear material used to prevent chafe
50. chainplate metal fabrication attached to the hull and to which a stay or shroud
is connected
51. channel
1. Aback Of a sail, when the wind is on the "wrong" side
2. Abaft Toward the stern, as in "abaft the beam"
3. Abeam Ott the boat at right angles to its center line
4. Aft Toward the stern or behind the boat
5. After Toward the stern
6. Aground When the hull or keel is touching the bottom
7. Aid to navigation A buoy or other device deployed to mark a channel, a navigational
feature, or a hazard
8. Aloft Above the deck, usually in the rig
9. Amidships At or toward the middle of the boat
10. Anchor A device lowered to the bottom while secured to the boat to hold the
boat stationary
11. Apparent wind The combination of true wind and the wind ettect of motion as felt
aboard a moving boat
12. Astern behind the stern
13. Athwartships Across the boat from side to side
14. Backing the act of setting a sail a back
15. Backstay a wire that runs from the top of the mast to the stern
16. Backwinding similar to backing
17. Ballast weight placed low in the boat to give it stability
,ASA 101 Exam Questions and Answers
18. Batten a slat inserted in the leech of a sail to support the sailcloth
19. Batten pocket a pocket sewn into the sail to hold a batten
20. Beacon an aid to navigation that's fixed in place
21. beam (1) the width of a boat at its widest point
22. beam (2) the region of the boat's sides halfway between bow and Stern
23. beam reach the point of sail where the wind is abeam of the boat
24. bear away to turn the boat away from the wind, fall ott
25. beat, beating to sail to windward close-hauled
26. bend a knot used to tie a line to another line or object
27. bend on to attach, as a sail to a spar
28. blanketed hidden from the wind, as when one sail is blanketed by another
29. block a pulley
30. boathook a pole with a hook on one end usedul for snagging a line or a ring
31. bolt rope a rope sewm into the edge of a sail, often used to attach it to the
mast or boom
32. bottom the seabed or bed under any body of water
33. boom the spar that supports the for of the mainsail
34. boom vang an item of running, rigging, often a block and tackle, used to hold
down the boom
,ASA 101 Exam Questions and Answers
35. bow the forward part of a ship
36. bowline a knot that forms a loop in the end of a line
37. bow line a dock line tied between the bow of a boat and a dock
38. broad reach starboard the point of sail between a beam reach and a run
39. buoy a floating object anchored to the bottom
40. by the lee sailing on a run with the wind on the same side as the mainsail
41. cabin the interior of the boat
42. cam cleat a fitting with spring-loaded jaws used to secure a line
43. can buoy a cylindrical buoy used as an aid to navigation and indicates the Left
side of marked passage in "returning" direction
44. capsize to turn over
45. cast off to undo completely a line that had been secured
46. catamaran a boat with two parallel hulls
47. centerboard a board that pivots down from the bottom of the boat to provide
sideways resistance
48. chafe damage caused to a sail or a line by rubbing
49. Chafing Gear material used to prevent chafe
50. chainplate metal fabrication attached to the hull and to which a stay or shroud
is connected
51. channel
