ASA105/ASA106 TERMS FROM BOOKS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A++

ASA105/ASA106 TERMS FROM BOOKS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A++ Leave the first rating Practice questions for this set Terms in this set (134) Aback When the forward side of the sail is facing the wind Afterguy The windward spin naker sheet , run through the end of the spinnaker pole and secured aft Angle of attack The angle at which the wind hits the sail Angle of heel The amount the boat is heeling away from upright Apparent wind The combina tion of true wind and the wind effect of motion as felt aboard a moving boat Apparent wind speed As we sail upwind the apparent wind speed will be stronger than the true wind speed When broad reaching or running before the wind our apparent wind speed will be lighter than the true wind speed . Apparent wind angle always forward of ( more toward the bow ) than the true wind angle Asymmetric cruising spinna ker Also known as a Gennaker a spinnaker that is flown with out a pole and with a tack line from the bow Backstay A wire support from the top of the mast to the stern Balance of the helm the bal ance between weather helm , pointing upwind , and leeward helm , falling off the wind Bernoulli's Principle The effect leading of faster moving air on the . outside of a sail exerting less pressure on the sail than the slower moving air on the inside the wind of the sail Boat speed The speed of the boat through the water Boomvang an item of running Coastal rigging , often block and tackle , conduct used to hold down the boom Bow line The line securing the other bow to the something Broach An abrupt , uninten tional change in a vessel's course , caused by loss of direc tional control Camber In sailing , camber cani mean ' draft , but it really refers to the curvature of an airfoil , when viewed in cross - section from luff to leech , away from ( positive ) or toward ( negative ) the chord line Catenary The curve that a hanging chain assumes under its own weight Center of Effort The geometric center of the sail plan Center of Lateral Resistance The geometric center of the boat Chord The line between the leading and trailing edges of a sail Close hauled The point of sail where the boat sails as close to the wind as possible Close reach The point of sail between close - hauled and a beam reach Coastal navigation The safe conduct of a boat where the navigator has the land on one side and the open sea on the other