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answers
bow ✔✔ front of a vessel
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stern ✔✔ rear of a vessel
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starboard ✔✔ right side of a vessel ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
port ✔✔ left side of a vessel
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hull ✔✔ body of a vessel
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gunwale ✔✔ upper edge of a vessel's side
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cleat ✔✔ metal fitting on which rope can be fastened
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propeller ✔✔ rotates and powers a boat forwards or backwards
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beam ✔✔ maximum width of a vessel
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freeboard ✔✔ distance from water to lowest point of the boat where water could come on
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draft ✔✔ Depth of water needed to float a vessel
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, keel ✔✔ Main centerline (backbone) of a vessel or the extension of hull that increases
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stability in the water ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
displacement and planing ✔✔ 2 types of boat hulls ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
slower ✔✔ Boats with displacement hulls are for _____ speeds
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round ✔✔ A ____-bottom hull shape is a displacement hull
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displacement ✔✔ Most large cruisers and sailboats have _____ hulls. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
planing ✔✔ Boats with ____ hulls are designed to rise up and glide on top of the water
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planing ✔✔ Flat-bottomed and vee-bottomed hull shapes act as ____ hulls.
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planing ✔✔ Most small power-driven vessels, including personal watercraft (PWCs), and
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some small sailboats have ____ hulls
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personal watercraft (PWCs) ✔✔ A small vessel that uses an inboard jet drive as its primary
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source of propulsion, and is designed to be operated by a person or persons sitting,
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standing, or kneeling on the vessel rather than inside the vessel ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Displacement Mode ✔✔ A planing hull, when operated at very slow speeds, will cut ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
through the water like a displacement hull in this mode.
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answers
bow ✔✔ front of a vessel
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stern ✔✔ rear of a vessel
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starboard ✔✔ right side of a vessel ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
port ✔✔ left side of a vessel
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hull ✔✔ body of a vessel
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gunwale ✔✔ upper edge of a vessel's side
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cleat ✔✔ metal fitting on which rope can be fastened
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propeller ✔✔ rotates and powers a boat forwards or backwards
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beam ✔✔ maximum width of a vessel
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freeboard ✔✔ distance from water to lowest point of the boat where water could come on
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board
draft ✔✔ Depth of water needed to float a vessel
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, keel ✔✔ Main centerline (backbone) of a vessel or the extension of hull that increases
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stability in the water ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
displacement and planing ✔✔ 2 types of boat hulls ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
slower ✔✔ Boats with displacement hulls are for _____ speeds
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round ✔✔ A ____-bottom hull shape is a displacement hull
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displacement ✔✔ Most large cruisers and sailboats have _____ hulls. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
planing ✔✔ Boats with ____ hulls are designed to rise up and glide on top of the water
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planing ✔✔ Flat-bottomed and vee-bottomed hull shapes act as ____ hulls.
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planing ✔✔ Most small power-driven vessels, including personal watercraft (PWCs), and
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some small sailboats have ____ hulls
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personal watercraft (PWCs) ✔✔ A small vessel that uses an inboard jet drive as its primary
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source of propulsion, and is designed to be operated by a person or persons sitting,
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standing, or kneeling on the vessel rather than inside the vessel ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Displacement Mode ✔✔ A planing hull, when operated at very slow speeds, will cut ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
through the water like a displacement hull in this mode.
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