ASA 104 Exam v2(Latest 2026/ 2027
Update) Questions & Answers {Grade A}
100% Correct (Verified Solutions)
Can buoy - correct answer A cylindrical buoy used as an aid to navigation
Cardinal point - correct answer Any of the four principal points of the compass, N, E, S,
W
Catamaran - correct answer a boat with two parallel hulls
Centerboard - correct answer A board that pivots down from the bottom of the boat to
provide sideways resistance
Chafe - correct answer Damage caused to a sail or a line by rubbing
Chainplate - correct answer Metal fabrication attached to the hull and to which a stay
or shroud is connected
,Channel - correct answer Narrow passage; a deeper water route often marked with
ATON
Chart - correct answer A nautical map
Chock - correct answer A fixed fairlead through which dock lines are led
Cleat - correct answer A fitting used to secure a line under load
Clevis pin - correct answer A pin with a formed head
Used to connect rigging
Clew - correct answer The aft lower corner of a sail
Closest tack - correct answer When beating, the tack that brings the boat on the
closest approach to the destination
,Coaming - correct answer a low wall that deflects running water on the deck
Cockpit - correct answer The area of the boat, usually recessed into the deck, from
with the boat is steered and sailed
Cold Front - correct answer The boundary where an advancing mass of cold air meets
a mass of warm air
Compass - correct answer An instrument that indicates direction related to Earths
Magnetic field.
Compass rose - correct answer On a nautical chart, a representation of two concentric
compass cards, one aligned to True North and the other to Magnetic North.
Coordinates - correct answer A pair of numbers, one latitude and the other longitude,
that describe a position on the Earth's surface
, Coriolis Effect - correct answer The apparent tendency, due to the Earth's rotation of
an object of fluid in motion to follow a curved path
Cotter pin - correct answer A split pin used, for example to retain a clevis pin
Course - correct answer The direction of the intended travel chosen when navigating
Cringle - correct answer An eye formed by sewing a rope
Or metal ring into, e.g., a sail
Crossbeam - correct answer A beam that connects the
Hulls of a catamaran
Cunningham - correct answer A line used to tension the luff of a sail
Daggerboard - correct answer A board that lowers vertically down from the bottom of
the boat to provide sideways resistance
Update) Questions & Answers {Grade A}
100% Correct (Verified Solutions)
Can buoy - correct answer A cylindrical buoy used as an aid to navigation
Cardinal point - correct answer Any of the four principal points of the compass, N, E, S,
W
Catamaran - correct answer a boat with two parallel hulls
Centerboard - correct answer A board that pivots down from the bottom of the boat to
provide sideways resistance
Chafe - correct answer Damage caused to a sail or a line by rubbing
Chainplate - correct answer Metal fabrication attached to the hull and to which a stay
or shroud is connected
,Channel - correct answer Narrow passage; a deeper water route often marked with
ATON
Chart - correct answer A nautical map
Chock - correct answer A fixed fairlead through which dock lines are led
Cleat - correct answer A fitting used to secure a line under load
Clevis pin - correct answer A pin with a formed head
Used to connect rigging
Clew - correct answer The aft lower corner of a sail
Closest tack - correct answer When beating, the tack that brings the boat on the
closest approach to the destination
,Coaming - correct answer a low wall that deflects running water on the deck
Cockpit - correct answer The area of the boat, usually recessed into the deck, from
with the boat is steered and sailed
Cold Front - correct answer The boundary where an advancing mass of cold air meets
a mass of warm air
Compass - correct answer An instrument that indicates direction related to Earths
Magnetic field.
Compass rose - correct answer On a nautical chart, a representation of two concentric
compass cards, one aligned to True North and the other to Magnetic North.
Coordinates - correct answer A pair of numbers, one latitude and the other longitude,
that describe a position on the Earth's surface
, Coriolis Effect - correct answer The apparent tendency, due to the Earth's rotation of
an object of fluid in motion to follow a curved path
Cotter pin - correct answer A split pin used, for example to retain a clevis pin
Course - correct answer The direction of the intended travel chosen when navigating
Cringle - correct answer An eye formed by sewing a rope
Or metal ring into, e.g., a sail
Crossbeam - correct answer A beam that connects the
Hulls of a catamaran
Cunningham - correct answer A line used to tension the luff of a sail
Daggerboard - correct answer A board that lowers vertically down from the bottom of
the boat to provide sideways resistance
