Let's Get Quizzical Week 4

Which of the following is NOT a turning manoeuvre term in sailing?

Gybing

Tacking

Hull trimming

Sail trimming

Which of these is the larger sail?

Port sail

Main sail

Minor sail

Starboard sail

What use is a JACKLINE?

A line set up on which a safety harness is clipped.

Light weighted line used in docking.

Line used to lift heavy loads

Line set up on a bowsprit to control headsails

In sailing, what is a spinnaker?

A type of rope

A type of knot

The left

A type of sail

The leeward side of the boat is?

Furthest from the wind

Nearest the wind

Straight into the wind

Has the wind behind it

When windsurfing what is the uphaul rope used for?

to attach the board to your roofrack

to pull the rig out of the water

to tie to your leg

to hang on to for dear life

What are kegs on a surfboard?

The back fins

The front fins

Toothbrushes

The fins

Most sails have three corners. Which of the following is not the name of one of the corners?

Luff

Clew

Head

Tack

The lines which are used to control a sails direction in relation to the direction of the wind are called what?

Ropes

Halyards

Outhaul

Sheets

A “grommet” is…

A washer that provides spacing in a standard winch

A tell tale that gets stuck to a sail and is of no use

A very small screw inside most standing rigging hardware

A metal ring set into a sail

A “block” in sailing means

Stealing another sailor’s wind

A wooden shim

A pulley

A fastener that secures running rigging to standing rigging

Which of these names is not the name of an anchor type?

Bruce

Rake

Danforth

Plow

What are the walls within the hull of a boat called

Bullhead

Bulkhead

Bulkwall

Bullwall

What is a line on a boat

Rope

Length from bow to stern

Measure ment of widest part of boat

Direction of travel

Pinching means

How you wake your crew up

Bending a rope

Sailing too close to the wind

Stern too close to the wind

What is a traveller

Person who moves across the boat when tacking

Person(s) on board sailing from port-to-port

Attachment to adjust tension on foot of sail

A system which allows the deck attachment for the mainsheet to move scross the deck

Who is a barrelman aboard a ship

Person looking after goods being transported

Sailor stationed in the crow's nest

Crewman in charge of apportioning daily grog ration

Fattest member of the crew (like a barrel)

What is a bottle screw used for

Adjusting tension in stays, shrouds and similar lines

Keeps the crews drinks secured on board

Large screw shaped like a bottle

Nautical term for corkscrew

What does the term beam mean onboard

Width of the boat at midship

Big Smile

Horizontal rigging

Vertical rigging

Which of the following does the term Bend, not mean

A knot used to join two ropes or lines

To attach a rope to an object

To move the tiller when tacking

Fastening a sail to a yard

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