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45 Cards in this Set
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M.O.B. Procedures
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• Get Away
• Get Down Wind • Get Stopped |
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Sailing approximately 90° to the wind?
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Beam Reach
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Sailing closest to the wind?
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Close Hauled
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Sailing with the wind over the aft quarter?
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Broad Reach
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Sailing with the wind over the forward quarter?
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Close Reach
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Sailing with the wind dead astern?
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Run
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3 meanings of tack?
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• Course
• Change in course • Lower fwd corner of the sail |
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Steerage is lost when there is not water flowing over the ___.
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Rudder
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Get out of Irons by ____ the jibe and move the ____ in the direction the bow is turning.
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Backing. Tiller.
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Dead downwind warning sign of impending jibe?
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Jib is limp.
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By the lee?
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wind coming over the same side of the boat as the boom.
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Tacks are usually made at __°
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90°
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Sailing upwind is also called ___ to ____.
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Beating to Windward
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Bolt rope?
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Rope sewn into foot and/or luff of sail.
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Gooseneck?
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Fitting connecting boom to mast.
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The ____ is used to tighten the luff.
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Cunningham
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The ____ prevents the boom from lifting.
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Boom Vang
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The ____ tensions the foot of the main.
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Outhaul
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To ____ is to pull in on a sheet. To ____ is let it out.
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Trim. Ease.
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To adjust trim move sail towards fluttering ____.
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Telltale
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References to indicate when boat is "in the groove"? (close hualed)
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• Boat speed
• Angle of heel • Jib telltales |
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Sailing in the groove is done on the verge of the ____.
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No Go zone.
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Windward telltale fluttering indicates and less heel indicates?
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Sailing too high.
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Leeward telltale fluttering and too much heel indicates?
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Sailing too low.
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Figure 8 Points of Sail?
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Beam Reach (4-6 BL)
Tack Broad Reach Close Reach |
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Quick Stop Points of Sail?
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Tack (Backwind Jib)
Jibe (Jib Backwinded) Tack (MOB abaft of beam) Close Reach |
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Fundamentals of MOB?
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Get Away
Get Down Wind Get Stopped |
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Define Deck Edge Immersion?
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Angle at which deck edge is immersed; risks downfloding.
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When sailing in higher winds the rig and sails should be ____.
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Tensioned.
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Defintion of Feathering (Pinching)?
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Depowering the sail by allowing leading edge to flutter.
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Pivot Point of most sailboats is the ____.
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Keel.
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In high winds the traveller should be ____.
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Down.
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Four Steps to Reefing?
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1. Loose! Main Sheet and Vang.
2. Luff! Main Halyard down till Cringle to Reefing Horn. 3. Clew. Reef and tension the clew. 4. Clean up. Gather Bunting with reef points. |
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Two types of Vangs?
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Block and Tackle - does not support the boom.
Solid - supports the boom. |
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Functions of Jib, Main and Tiller when Hove too? Never Center the ____!
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Jib - pushes down wind
Main - pushes up wind Tiller - hard over to head up Tiller! |
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Main sheet controls the ____ of ____.
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angle of attack.
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Fishermans Reef?
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Tight Jib and Slack Main to reduce heel and keep way on.
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Scandalize?
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Depower gaff rig by lowering the peak halyard. Immeadiatly reducing angle of heel.
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Accidental Jibe otherwise know as a ____.
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Flying Jibe.
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To depower spinnaker; turn ____.
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downwind
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Tightening the ____ depowers the luff of the sail in higher winds.
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Cunningham
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Tightening the ____ depowers the foot of the sail in higher winds.
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Outhaul
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Wind shift which allows you to head up is a ___.
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lift
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Wind shift which forces you to bear away is a ___.
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header
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Favor the tack which has the ___ angle to your destination.
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closest
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