Boating Exam - Chapter 1 questions with correct answers

Aft - answer-near or at the stern of the boat Beam - answer-the width of a boat, also the direction at right angles to the centerline of a vessel Bilge - answer-the lowest point of a boat's interior hull Draft - answer-the vertical distance from the waterline to the lowest point of the keel; the minimum depth of water in which a vessel will float Forward - answer-aboard a boat, the direction to the front, to the bow Freeboard - answer-the vertical distance from the waterline to the gunwale Keel - answer-the main structural member of a boat; its backbone; the lateral area beneath the hull that helps to provide stability and reduce the sideways drift of a boat Waterline - answer-the intersection of a boat's hull and the water's surface Hull - answer-Body of the Vessel Gunwale - answe