BASIC CRUISING ACTUAL TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE SOLUTION GUIDE
●● apparent wind
Answer: The wind aboard a moving boat
●● aground
Answer: a boat whose keel is touching the bottom
●● balance
Answer: the capability of the boat to sail straight without changing tiller
positions
●● bail
Answer: to empty a boat of water
●● Athwartships
Answer: across the boat from side to side
●● batten
,Answer: a thin slat that slides into a pocket in the leech of a sail, helping
it hold its shape.
●● beam
Answer: the width of a boat at its widest point
●● beam reach
Answer: (point of sail) sailing approximately 90 degrees to the wind
●● bearing
Answer: the direction from one object to another expressed in compass
degrees
●● beating
Answer: a course sailed upwind
●● below
Answer: the area of a boat beneath the deck
●● bear away
Answer: to fall off, head away from the wind
●● bend
,Answer: to attach a sail to a spar or a hearsay, or attach a line to a sail.
●● bight
Answer: a loop in a line
●● blanket
Answer: to use a sail or object to block the wind from filling a sail.
●● block
Answer: a pulley on a boat
●● boat hook
Answer: a pole with a hook on the end used for grabbing hold of a
mooring or retrieving something that has fallen overboard.
●● bolt rope
Answer: the rope sown into the foot and the luff of some mainsails and
the luff of some jobs by which the sails are attached to the boat.
●● boom vang
Answer: a block and tackle system which pulls the boom down to assist
sail control
, ●● bottom
Answer: the land under the boat
●● bottom
Answer: the underside of the boat
●● Breast line
Answer: a short dockline leading off the beam of the boat directly to the
dock
●● Bow line
Answer: a line running from the bow of the boat to a dock or mooring
●● Bowline
Answer: a knot designed to make a loop that will not slip and can easily
be untied
●● broach
Answer: an uncontrolled rounding up into the wind, usually from a
downwind point of sail
●● Broad reach
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE SOLUTION GUIDE
●● apparent wind
Answer: The wind aboard a moving boat
●● aground
Answer: a boat whose keel is touching the bottom
●● balance
Answer: the capability of the boat to sail straight without changing tiller
positions
●● bail
Answer: to empty a boat of water
●● Athwartships
Answer: across the boat from side to side
●● batten
,Answer: a thin slat that slides into a pocket in the leech of a sail, helping
it hold its shape.
●● beam
Answer: the width of a boat at its widest point
●● beam reach
Answer: (point of sail) sailing approximately 90 degrees to the wind
●● bearing
Answer: the direction from one object to another expressed in compass
degrees
●● beating
Answer: a course sailed upwind
●● below
Answer: the area of a boat beneath the deck
●● bear away
Answer: to fall off, head away from the wind
●● bend
,Answer: to attach a sail to a spar or a hearsay, or attach a line to a sail.
●● bight
Answer: a loop in a line
●● blanket
Answer: to use a sail or object to block the wind from filling a sail.
●● block
Answer: a pulley on a boat
●● boat hook
Answer: a pole with a hook on the end used for grabbing hold of a
mooring or retrieving something that has fallen overboard.
●● bolt rope
Answer: the rope sown into the foot and the luff of some mainsails and
the luff of some jobs by which the sails are attached to the boat.
●● boom vang
Answer: a block and tackle system which pulls the boom down to assist
sail control
, ●● bottom
Answer: the land under the boat
●● bottom
Answer: the underside of the boat
●● Breast line
Answer: a short dockline leading off the beam of the boat directly to the
dock
●● Bow line
Answer: a line running from the bow of the boat to a dock or mooring
●● Bowline
Answer: a knot designed to make a loop that will not slip and can easily
be untied
●● broach
Answer: an uncontrolled rounding up into the wind, usually from a
downwind point of sail
●● Broad reach
