and Answers (2026) | Real Practice
Questions | Verified Answers | A+
• The aft corner of the Main -✓✓tack
• Edge of the main along the mast -✓✓luff
• Edge of the main along the back stay -✓✓leech
• A boat with the boom on the port side is on _____ tack. -✓✓Starboard
• A boat with the boom on the Starboard side is on _____ tack. -✓✓Port
• The jib is attached to the forward stay by connectors called _____ -✓✓hanks
• Two sails on a sloop -✓✓Main, Jib (Genoa, Spinnaker)
• Three main sails on a cutter -✓✓Main, jib, stay sail
• How many mast on a split rig? -✓✓two Main and Mizzen
• Yawl has a _____ mizzen mast ______ of the rudder -✓✓smaller, aft
• Ketch has a ______ mizzen mast and it is ____ of the rudder post. -✓✓larger, forward
• name the parts of a winch: -✓✓Drum, handle hole, silver tailing arm, self tailing jam
cleat
• Standing rigging includes: -✓✓Forestay, shrouds S/P backstay,
• Running rigging includes: -✓✓Halyards, sheets, main sheet, boom vang,
• name two electrical systems on a boat: -✓✓house system (DC), Shore power (AC)
• Name the part of a fuel system -✓✓fuel tank, line, seperator, filter, pump, injector
pump, injectors, return line.
• trace the raw water through the engine: -✓✓through hull, strainer, Rwater pump, heat
exchanger, engine oil, transmission, "water lift" muffler, exhaust.