MAINE GUIDES TEST Questions and Correct
Solutions, Graded to Pass
Keel - ✔✔ A projecting strip along the bottom of the canoe, on the outside, to cut
down slide slipping.
Haystacks - ✔✔ Large standing waves which accompany deceleration of a
current
Ledge - ✔✔ The exposed edge of a rock stratum which acts as a natural low dam,
or as a series of such dams.
Lining - ✔✔ The use of ropes to work a boat down stream from the shore.
Non-power face - ✔✔ The face of the paddle blade, opposite the power face
Painter - ✔✔ A line attached to bow or stern of a boat
Pitch - ✔✔ A section of a rapid usually steeper than the surrounding section; a
drop
Pool - ✔✔ A river section slower and deeper than surrounding sections
Power face - ✔✔ The face of the paddle blade which bears against the water in a
normal forward stroke
Rapid - ✔✔ A section of a river characterized by steepening gradient, increased
water, speed, obstructions and turbulence.
,Riffle - ✔✔ A section of a river, shallower than usual, in which small waves are
noticeable, often over a gravel or sand bottom.
Rocker - ✔✔ The longitudinal curvature of the bottom at the center line of the
hull.
Setting - ✔✔ Ferry with bow down stream: largely an eastern term
Sheer - ✔✔ The upward curve of the sides of the hull from amidships to the ends
Throat - ✔✔ The section of a paddle shaft just above the blade
Thwarts - ✔✔ Transverse braces, from gunwale to gunwale, in a boat.
Trim - ✔✔ The angle to the plane of the water at which the boat rides, for
instance, down at the stern, down at the bow, or trimmed even (dead level)
Tumble home - ✔✔ An i curving in cross section from the bilge to the gun whale
Wet suit - ✔✔ A close fitting garnet of neopren sponge which affords thermal
insulation in cold water
White eddy - ✔✔ An area below a ledge or boulder over which water is flowing,
characterized by a highly aerated backflip at the surface.
Beam - ✔✔ The transverse measurement at a boats widest part
,Bilge - ✔✔ In the cross section of a hull the point of greatest curvature between
the bottom and the side
Broaching - ✔✔ The turning broadside of a boat due to action of different
currents at bow and stern: sideways against a rock
Channel - ✔✔ A canoeable through river section
Chute - ✔✔ A channel through a gap or drop in a rapid, steeper and faster than
the surrounding water.
Deck - ✔✔ On a traditional canoe, the triangular piece of wood to which the
gunwhales attach at their ends. In a whitewater canoe or kayak, a covering for the
entire hull to prevent entrance of water
Dry pack - ✔✔ A waterproof pack which is carried in the boat in white water
Ferry - ✔✔ A maneuver to move laterally across a current by paddling upstream
either backward or forward, and at an angle to the current
Black (map color) - ✔✔ man made
Green (map color) - ✔✔ vegetation over 6 feet
White (map color) - ✔✔ vegetation under 6 feet
, Blue (map color) - ✔✔ water
Brown (map color) - ✔✔ contour lines
Red (map color) - ✔✔ major roadways
Purple (map color) - ✔✔ new additions
Beam (map color) - ✔✔ the transverse measurement at a boat's widest part
Bracing stroke - ✔✔ any of several paddle strokes providing stability against the
capsizing force of a lateral current; may also be used for turning
Broaching - ✔✔ the turning boatside of a boat due to the action of different
currents at bow and stern
Hanging strokes - ✔✔ high bracing strokes, so called because the paddler hangs
some of his weight on the paddle held high
Heavy water - ✔✔ the white water term for the phenomena of supernormal flow
in a river, characterized by high standing waves, fast currents, extreme velocity
difference etc
Tumblehome - ✔✔ an incurving in cross-section from the bilge to the gunwale;
throws water away from you
Solutions, Graded to Pass
Keel - ✔✔ A projecting strip along the bottom of the canoe, on the outside, to cut
down slide slipping.
Haystacks - ✔✔ Large standing waves which accompany deceleration of a
current
Ledge - ✔✔ The exposed edge of a rock stratum which acts as a natural low dam,
or as a series of such dams.
Lining - ✔✔ The use of ropes to work a boat down stream from the shore.
Non-power face - ✔✔ The face of the paddle blade, opposite the power face
Painter - ✔✔ A line attached to bow or stern of a boat
Pitch - ✔✔ A section of a rapid usually steeper than the surrounding section; a
drop
Pool - ✔✔ A river section slower and deeper than surrounding sections
Power face - ✔✔ The face of the paddle blade which bears against the water in a
normal forward stroke
Rapid - ✔✔ A section of a river characterized by steepening gradient, increased
water, speed, obstructions and turbulence.
,Riffle - ✔✔ A section of a river, shallower than usual, in which small waves are
noticeable, often over a gravel or sand bottom.
Rocker - ✔✔ The longitudinal curvature of the bottom at the center line of the
hull.
Setting - ✔✔ Ferry with bow down stream: largely an eastern term
Sheer - ✔✔ The upward curve of the sides of the hull from amidships to the ends
Throat - ✔✔ The section of a paddle shaft just above the blade
Thwarts - ✔✔ Transverse braces, from gunwale to gunwale, in a boat.
Trim - ✔✔ The angle to the plane of the water at which the boat rides, for
instance, down at the stern, down at the bow, or trimmed even (dead level)
Tumble home - ✔✔ An i curving in cross section from the bilge to the gun whale
Wet suit - ✔✔ A close fitting garnet of neopren sponge which affords thermal
insulation in cold water
White eddy - ✔✔ An area below a ledge or boulder over which water is flowing,
characterized by a highly aerated backflip at the surface.
Beam - ✔✔ The transverse measurement at a boats widest part
,Bilge - ✔✔ In the cross section of a hull the point of greatest curvature between
the bottom and the side
Broaching - ✔✔ The turning broadside of a boat due to action of different
currents at bow and stern: sideways against a rock
Channel - ✔✔ A canoeable through river section
Chute - ✔✔ A channel through a gap or drop in a rapid, steeper and faster than
the surrounding water.
Deck - ✔✔ On a traditional canoe, the triangular piece of wood to which the
gunwhales attach at their ends. In a whitewater canoe or kayak, a covering for the
entire hull to prevent entrance of water
Dry pack - ✔✔ A waterproof pack which is carried in the boat in white water
Ferry - ✔✔ A maneuver to move laterally across a current by paddling upstream
either backward or forward, and at an angle to the current
Black (map color) - ✔✔ man made
Green (map color) - ✔✔ vegetation over 6 feet
White (map color) - ✔✔ vegetation under 6 feet
, Blue (map color) - ✔✔ water
Brown (map color) - ✔✔ contour lines
Red (map color) - ✔✔ major roadways
Purple (map color) - ✔✔ new additions
Beam (map color) - ✔✔ the transverse measurement at a boat's widest part
Bracing stroke - ✔✔ any of several paddle strokes providing stability against the
capsizing force of a lateral current; may also be used for turning
Broaching - ✔✔ the turning boatside of a boat due to the action of different
currents at bow and stern
Hanging strokes - ✔✔ high bracing strokes, so called because the paddler hangs
some of his weight on the paddle held high
Heavy water - ✔✔ the white water term for the phenomena of supernormal flow
in a river, characterized by high standing waves, fast currents, extreme velocity
difference etc
Tumblehome - ✔✔ an incurving in cross-section from the bilge to the gunwale;
throws water away from you
