Sailing Terms 2022 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Sailing Terms 2022 Abeam Correct Answer: At right angles to the centerline of the hulls Aft Correct Answer: In or near the stern. To the back or behind the boat Apparent Wind Correct Answer: To those aboard a boat in motion, the direction from which the wind appears to blow. The sum of the true wind and the wind created by the boat's forward motion Batten Correct Answer: A fiberglass strip inserted into a pocket in the sail to support the leach and provide shape Block Correct Answer: A seagoing pulley through which lines and sheets run Bow Correct Answer: The forward or front end of the boat Chainplate Correct Answer: A metal strip, connected to the hull or bridle wire, to which shrouds or forestay are attached Cleat Correct Answer: A device used to hold a sheet or line Clew Correct Answer: The lower aft corner of the jib or mainsail Close-Hauled Correct Answer: Sailing upwind as close to the wind as possible (all sails trimmed in) Downwind Correct Answer: Sailing with the wind or in the same direction as the wind(sails trimmed out) Ease Correct Answer: To let out a sheet or line, as in easing out the sail Footing Correct Answer: Sailing to windward slightly below an optimum course (the opposite of pinching) Furl Correct Answer: To roll up a sail, typically wound around the forestay Gudgeon Correct Answer: The fitting on the stern into which the rudder pin is inserted Halyard Correct Answer: A line to raise a sail. A main halyard for raising the main and a jib halyard for raising the jib Harden Correct Answer: To trim in the sheets (opposite of easing the sheets) Harden Up Correct Answer: To sail closer to the wind Header Correct Answer: A wind shift that shifts toward the bow and thus makes you steer below your previous course to avoid luffing or losing speed. Headers work against you when sailing upwind, but aid in downwind Head Off Correct Answer: To steer away from the wind or turn off the wind. The opposite of head up Head-To-Wind Correct Answer: With the bow headed into the wind. The boat will come to a stop and then back up Head Up Correct Answer: To steer the boat toward the wind. The opposite of head off Irons Correct Answer: A boat when it is pointing into the wind and unable to bear away on either tack Jib Correct Answer: The triangular shaped front sail Jibe Correct Answer: Passing from one down wind tack to another by swinging the stern of the boat through the wind Lay Correct Answer: To sail a course that will clear a point of land, mark or buoy on the desired side. Also called "fetch" Layline Correct Answer: The line leading up to a windward mark along which you can sail an optimum close-hauled course and lay the mark, or the line down to a leeward mark, along which you sail fastest to the mark Lazy Sheet Correct Answer: The windward jib sheet, which has no pressure on it. The leeward jib sheet bears the load Leech Correct Answer: The rear edge of the jib or mainsail Leeward Correct Answer: The side of the boat that is down wind Lift Correct Answer: A wind shift that shifts toward the stern and thus allows you to sail a higher course in order to maintain the same angle with the wind. Works against you when sailing downwind Line Correct Answer: Every rope used on a boat except a sheet or bolt rope Luff Correct Answer: The forward edge of a sail; to turn the boat toward or into the wind; a flapping sail Mainsheet Correct Answer: The line used to trim or adjust the mainsail Overlap Correct Answer: The positioning of two boats, in close proximity and on the same course, the bow of the boat astern extending past the stern of the forward boat; can be used to establish right of way Overstand Correct Answer: To sail farther past a mark or layline than is necessary before tacking for it or rounding it