ASA 101 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS

ASA 101 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS

●● Abaft.
Answer: Toward the stern, as in "abaft the beam"


●● Abeam.
Answer: Off the boat at right angles to its center line


●● Aft.
Answer: Toward the stern or behind the boat


●● After.
Answer: Toward the stern


●● Aground.
Answer: When the hull or keel is touching the bottom


●● Aid to navigation.
Answer: A buoy or other device deployed to mark a channel, a
navigational feature, or a hazard

,●● Aloft.
Answer: Above the deck, usually in the rig


●● Amidships.
Answer: At or toward the middle of the boat


●● Anchor.
Answer: A device lowered to the bottom while secured to the boat to
hold the boat stationary


●● Apparent wind.
Answer: The combination of true wind and the wind effect of motion as
felt aboard a moving boat


●● Astern.
Answer: behind the stern


●● Athwartships.
Answer: Across the boat from side to side


●● Backing.
Answer: the act of setting a sail a back

,●● Backstay.
Answer: a wire that runs from the top of the mast to the stern


●● Backwinding.
Answer: similar to backing


●● Ballast.
Answer: weight placed low in the boat to give it stability


●● Batten.
Answer: a slat inserted in the leech of a sail to support the sailcloth


●● Batten pocket.
Answer: a pocket sewn into the sail to hold a batten


●● Beacon.
Answer: an aid to navigation that's fixed in place


●● beam (1).
Answer: the width of a boat at its widest point

, ●● beam (2).
Answer: the region of the boat's sides halfway between bow and Stern


●● beam reach.
Answer: the point of sail where the wind is abeam of the boat


●● bear away.
Answer: to turn the boat away from the wind, fall off


●● beat, beating.
Answer: to sail to windward close-hauled


●● bend.
Answer: a knot used to tie a line to another line or object


●● bend on.
Answer: to attach, as a sail to a spar


●● blanketed.
Answer: hidden from the wind, as when one sail is blanketed by another


●● block.