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1. Aback - Correct Answer: Of a sail, when the wind is on the "wrong" side
2. Abaft - Correct Answer: Toward the stern, as in "abaft the beam"
3. Abeam - Correct Answer: Off the boat at right angles to its center line
4. Aft - Correct Answer: Toward the stern or behind the boat
5. After - Correct Answer: Toward the stern
6. Aground - Correct Answer: When the hull or keel is touching the bottom
7. Aid to navigation - Correct Answer: A buoy or other device deployed to
mark a channel, a navigational feature, or a hazard
8. Aloft - Correct Answer: Above the deck, usually in the rig
,9. Amidships - Correct Answer: At or toward the middle of the boat
10.Anchor - Correct Answer: A device lowered to the bottom while secured
to the boat to hold the boat stationary
11.Apparent wind - Correct Answer: The combination of true wind and the
wind effect of motion as felt aboard a moving boat
12.Astern - Correct Answer: behind the stern
13.Athwartships - Correct Answer: Across the boat from side to side
14.Backing - Correct Answer: the act of setting a sail a back
15.Backstay - Correct Answer: a wire that runs from the top of the mast to
the stern
16.Backwinding - Correct Answer: similar to backing
17.Ballast - Correct Answer: weight placed low in the boat to give it
stability
, 18.Batten - Correct Answer: a slat inserted in the leech of a sail to support
the sailcloth
19.Batten pocket - Correct Answer: a pocket sewn into the sail to hold a
batten
20.Beacon - Correct Answer: an aid to navigation that's fixed in place
21.beam (1) - Correct Answer: the width of a boat at its widest point
22.beam (2) - Correct Answer: the region of the boat's sides halfway
between bow and Stern
23.beam reach - Correct Answer: the point of sail where the wind is abeam
of the boat
24.bear away - Correct Answer: to turn the boat away from the wind, fall
off
25.beat, beating - Correct Answer: to sail to windward close-hauled
26.bend - Correct Answer: a knot used to tie a line to another line or object
27.bend on - Correct Answer: to attach, as a sail to a spar