US Sailing Basic Keelboat Exam NEWEST 2025
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
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Back - CORRECT ANSWER- to stop or to propel boat backward by holding the clew of a sail out
to windward.
apparent wind - CORRECT ANSWER- The wind aboard a moving boat
aground - CORRECT ANSWER- a boat whose keel is touching the bottom
balance - CORRECT ANSWER- the capability of the boat to sail straight without changing tiller
positions
bail - CORRECT ANSWER- to empty a boat of water
Athwartships - CORRECT ANSWER- across the boat from side to side
,batten - CORRECT ANSWER- a thin slat that slides into a pocket in the leech of a sail, helping it
hold its shape.
beam - CORRECT ANSWER- the width of a boat at its widest point
beam reach - CORRECT ANSWER- (point of sail) sailing approximately 90 degrees to the wind
bearing - CORRECT ANSWER- the direction from one object to another expressed in compass
degrees
beating - CORRECT ANSWER- a course sailed upwind
below - CORRECT ANSWER- the area of a boat beneath the deck
bear away - CORRECT ANSWER- to fall off, head away from the wind
bend - CORRECT ANSWER- to attach a sail to a spar or a hearsay, or attach a line to a sail.
bight - CORRECT ANSWER- a loop in a line
blanket - CORRECT ANSWER- to use a sail or object to block the wind from filling a sail.
block - CORRECT ANSWER- a pulley on a boat
, boat hook - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER- a block and tackle system which pulls the boom down to
assist sail control
bottom - CORRECT ANSWER- the land under the boat
bottom - CORRECT ANSWER- the underside of the boat
Breast line - CORRECT ANSWER- a short dockline leading off the beam of the boat directly to
the dock
Bow line - CORRECT ANSWER- a line running from the bow of the boat to a dock or mooring
Bowline - CORRECT ANSWER- a knot designed to make a loop that will not slip and can easily
be untied
broach - CORRECT ANSWER- an uncontrolled rounding up into the wind, usually from a
downwind point of sail
Broad reach - CORRECT ANSWER- (point of sail) sailing in a direction with the wind at the rear
corner of the boat (approximately 135 degrees from the bow)
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!
Back - CORRECT ANSWER- to stop or to propel boat backward by holding the clew of a sail out
to windward.
apparent wind - CORRECT ANSWER- The wind aboard a moving boat
aground - CORRECT ANSWER- a boat whose keel is touching the bottom
balance - CORRECT ANSWER- the capability of the boat to sail straight without changing tiller
positions
bail - CORRECT ANSWER- to empty a boat of water
Athwartships - CORRECT ANSWER- across the boat from side to side
,batten - CORRECT ANSWER- a thin slat that slides into a pocket in the leech of a sail, helping it
hold its shape.
beam - CORRECT ANSWER- the width of a boat at its widest point
beam reach - CORRECT ANSWER- (point of sail) sailing approximately 90 degrees to the wind
bearing - CORRECT ANSWER- the direction from one object to another expressed in compass
degrees
beating - CORRECT ANSWER- a course sailed upwind
below - CORRECT ANSWER- the area of a boat beneath the deck
bear away - CORRECT ANSWER- to fall off, head away from the wind
bend - CORRECT ANSWER- to attach a sail to a spar or a hearsay, or attach a line to a sail.
bight - CORRECT ANSWER- a loop in a line
blanket - CORRECT ANSWER- to use a sail or object to block the wind from filling a sail.
block - CORRECT ANSWER- a pulley on a boat
, boat hook - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER- a block and tackle system which pulls the boom down to
assist sail control
bottom - CORRECT ANSWER- the land under the boat
bottom - CORRECT ANSWER- the underside of the boat
Breast line - CORRECT ANSWER- a short dockline leading off the beam of the boat directly to
the dock
Bow line - CORRECT ANSWER- a line running from the bow of the boat to a dock or mooring
Bowline - CORRECT ANSWER- a knot designed to make a loop that will not slip and can easily
be untied
broach - CORRECT ANSWER- an uncontrolled rounding up into the wind, usually from a
downwind point of sail
Broad reach - CORRECT ANSWER- (point of sail) sailing in a direction with the wind at the rear
corner of the boat (approximately 135 degrees from the bow)
