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17 Cards in this Set
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Port |
Left side of the boat, looking forward |
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Draft |
the boat's depth below the water |
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Ahead |
In front of the boat |
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Starboard |
the right side of the boat, looking toward the bow |
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Freeboard |
the distance from the deck to the water or the height of the topsides |
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Astern |
behind the boat |
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Forward |
toward the bow |
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Skipper |
the captain or the person in charge of the boat |
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Abeam |
at right angles to the to a boat |
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Aft |
toward the back of the boat (stern) |
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Helmsman |
person steering |
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Windward |
upwind |
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Beam |
a boat's greatest width |
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Crew |
everybody that helps sail the boat |
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Leeward |
Downwind |
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Heel |
The lean caused by the wind's force on the sails of a sailing vessel.
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Weatherhelm |
a boat's tendency to head up, into the wind; opposite of the lee helm |