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79 Cards in this Set
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Bow |
Front of boat |
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Stern |
Back of boat |
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Lifelines |
Ropes around boat |
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Boom |
Horizontal pipe |
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Mainsheet |
Rope controlling mainsail |
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Mainsail |
Biggest sail |
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Rudder |
Turns the boat |
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Keel |
Bottom fin |
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Winch |
Helps pull lines |
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Shrouds |
Wires on the side |
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Boom vang |
Keeps boom down |
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Mast |
Vertical pipe |
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Jib |
Front sail |
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Backstay |
Wire in the back |
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In Irons |
Dead into the wind, can’t sail. |
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Close-hauled |
Wind close to bow, about 45 ̊ off bow. Sails hauled close in. |
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Close Reach |
Wind about 60 ̊ off bow, sails let out about 1⁄4 of the way. |
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Beam Reach |
Wind 90 ̊ to boat, sails let out half way. |
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Broad Reach |
Wind from the back corner of the boat. Sails all the way out. |
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Running |
Wind directly behind you. Sails all the way out. |
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Head up |
Turn towards the wind. |
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Bear away |
Turn away from the wind. |
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Windward |
Direction towards the wind (preposition) |
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Leeward |
Direction away from the wind (preposition) |
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To tack |
To turn towards the wind, then through it, bow first. |
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To jibe |
To turn away from the wind, then through it, stern first. |
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Head |
Top corner |
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Tack |
Front corner |
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Clew |
Back corner |
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Luff |
Front edge |
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Foot |
Bottom edge |
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Leech |
Back edge |
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Go up |
Turn the bow towards the wind |
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Fall off |
Turn the bow away from the wind |
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Bear away |
Turn the bow away from the wind |
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Pinch |
Accidentally sail inside the no-go zone |
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Feather |
Sail in & out of the no-go zone gently |
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Scope |
Ratio of rode length to water depth |
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Batten |
A slat of fiberglass, plastic or wood inserted into a pocket of the sail to help it hold its shape |
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Telltales |
Pieces of cloth, yarn or tape that indicate wind flow over a sail |
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Spreaders |
Struts that extend from the sides of the boat to the mast that keep the mast from falling to either side |
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Transom |
The flat or slightly curved surface at the stern of the boat |
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Companionway |
A passageway from the cockpit to the area below the deck |
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Cabin trunk |
The roof and sides of the cabin house |
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Halyards |
Lines used to raise and lower the sails, they are often led inside the mast |
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Jib halyard |
Line that runs over an internal pulled in the front of the mast |
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Main halyard |
Line that runs over the sheave on the back side of the mast |
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Metal hanks |
Spring-loaded clips that hold the jib to the forestay |
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Shackle |
A closable fastening that connects the halyard to the head |
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Gooseneck |
A fitting capable of moving in all directions that connects the boom to the mast - this is where the tack of the mainsail is usually attached |
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Slot or track |
The luff and foot of mainsail are attached to the mast and boom by one of these two. |
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Cunningham (or downhaul) |
A line that is used to properly tension the luff of the mainsail along the mast. |
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Fairleads |
The jib sheets run through these pulleys (or blocks) - which run along adjustable tracks on the deck or to a rail (toe rail) on the side of a deck. |
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Cam cleat |
A fastening that has jaws with "teeth" spring-loaded to press and grip the line snugly |
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Outhaul |
A line running along the boom used to properly tension the foot of the mainsail. |
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Traveler |
The bar across the cockpit that controls the position of the boom across the boat |
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Horn cleat |
The most common fastener - holds fast and is easy to release under heavy load |
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Cleat hitch |
Knot used to secure a line that is left unattended, such as when you are docking. |
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Clam cleat |
A fastener that is very easy to use - simply pull the line through and let go. To release the line, pull and lift it out. This can be a difficult task under heavy load.
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Bear away or trim the jib |
These are your two options if the windward telltale is fluttering |
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Ease the sails, or head up |
IMPORTANT: These are your two options if the leeward telltale is fluttering |
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Spring line, bow line, stern line |
The three types of docking lines (two of one and one each of the other kinds) |
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Stand on vessel |
Term that describes the boat that has right-of-way
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Give-way vessel |
Term used to describe the boat that does not have the right-of-way |
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The one on a starboard tack is the stand on vessel |
If two sailboats with different tacks are heading toward each other, which boat has the right of way? |
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The leeward vessel is the stand on vessel |
If two sailboats are on the same tack, which vessel has right of way? |
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The sailboat must yield - this is the only situation that the sailboat is not the stand-on vessel between a sailboat and a powerboat. |
Overtaking vs overtaken: If a sailboat is overtaking a powerboat, which vessel must yield? |
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The sailboat is the stand on vessel |
If a sailboat and a powerboat are about to merge paths (not overtaking each other), which vessel has the right of way? |
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1. Disabled vessels 2. Vessels that are difficult to maneuver, such as a barge 3. Vessels restricted by draft, such as a tanker in a channel 4. Commercial fishing vessel 5. Sailboat 6. Powerboat |
The priority for stand-on vessels, from top to bottom: |
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Can |
Green buoy with a flat top |
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Nun |
Red buoy with a pointy top |
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Daymarks |
Green (square) or red (triangle) signs mounted to pilings making the sides of channels (in place of buoys) |
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Even |
Odd or even: the number on a red buoy |
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Odd |
Odd or even: the number on a green buoy |
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Starboard (Red, right, returning) |
When returning to dock, the red buoys will be on this side of the ship |
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Port (left) |
When leaving the dock, the red buoys will be on this side of the ship |
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Starboard (right) |
When leaving the dock, the green buoys will be on this side of the ship |
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Port (left) |
When returning from sailing, the green buoys will be on this side of the ship |
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7:1 |
The proper scope of rode you need to safely anchor a ship |
