103 Vocab Flashcards
(139 cards)
1
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Off the boat at right angle to centerline
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Abeam
2
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The angle at which the apparent wind strikes the chord of the sail
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Angle of attack
3
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Behind the stern
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Astern
4
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Across the boat from side to side
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Athwardships
5
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A wire support from the top of the mast to the stern
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Back stay
6
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A slat inserted in the leech of a sail to support the sail cloth
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Batten
7
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A pocket sewn into the sail to hold a batten
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Batten pocket
8
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A navigation aid that is fixed in place
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Beacon
9
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The width of the boat at its widest point
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Beam
10
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To turn the boat away from the wind or fall off
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Bear away
11
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Lowest interior region of the hull
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Bilge
12
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The stand on which the boats main compass is mounted
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Binnacle
13
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Another name for pulley
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Block
14
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The spar that supports the foot of the sail
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Boom
15
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Running rigging, block and tackle that holds down the boom
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Boom vang
16
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A knot that forms a loop in the end of a line
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Bow Line
17
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Upright partition in the interior of the boat
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Bulkhead
18
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A floating object anchored to the bottom
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Buoy
19
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Sailing on a run with the wind on the same side of the mainsail
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By the Lee
20
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A fitting with a spring loaded jaws used to secure a line
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Cam cleat
21
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A cylindrical buoy used as a nav aid
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Can buoy
22
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Any of the 4 principal points on a compass
N E S W
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Cardinal point
23
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A boat with 2 hulls
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Catamaran
24
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Metal fabrication attached to the hull and to which a stay or shroud is connected
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Chain plate
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A fitting used to secure a line under load
Cleat
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Aft lower corner of a sail
Clew
27
Low wall that deflects running water on the deck
Coaming
28
The area of the boat usually recessed into the deck where to boat is steered and sailed
Cockpit
29
Entrance from the cockpit or deck to the cabin
Companionway
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The direction the boat is being steered
Course
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An eye formed by sewing a rope or metal ring into a sail
Cringle
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A line used to tension the luff of a sail
Cunningham
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A board that lowers vertically down from the bottom of the boat to provide sideways resistance
Daggerboard
34
A fixed window
Dead light
35
The horizontal surface that encloses the top of the hull
Deck
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Compass error caused by magnetic influences on the boat
Deviation
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A line used to tension the luff of a sail by pulling down the boom at the gooseneck
Downhaul
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In the direction the wind is blowing
Downwind
39
Depth of boat below the water
Draft
40
The curvature of a sail
Draft
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To let out a line that has a load on it
Ease
42
Outgoing tide
Ebb
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Fitting used to lead a line fair and at the correct angle to a winch or cleat
Fair lead
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To lay out a line in parallel lengths so it can run freely
Fake
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An inflatable cushion placed between the boat and dock
Fender
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The distance over which the wind has blown uninterrupted
Fetch
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Raised edge around a shelf
Fiddle rail
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To lay in even loose folds
| Like a sail
Flake
49
Incoming tide
Flood tide
50
Bottom edge of a sail
Foot
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A sail set forward of the mainsail often a jib or headsail
Fore sail
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A stay that supports the mast from forward
Forestay
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Height of boat above the waterline
Freeboard
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To stow a sail on a spar or stay
Furl
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Kitchen on a boat
Galley
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A large jib that extends aft of the mast
Genoa
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To be moving backward
Going Astern
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Articulated fitting that connects a boom to a mast
Gooseneck
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A metal ring set into a sail
Grommet
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Top edge of deck where it joins the hull
Gunwale
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A line used to raise and lower a sail
Halyard
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Metal clip or tab used to attach a sails luff to a stay
Hank
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Covered opening in the deck
Hatch
64
Top of sail
Head
65
Toilet on boat
Head
66
Reinforcement at the head of sail
Head board
67
Metal or plastic cover that fits over a forestay to accept the luff tape of jib when its hoisted
Headfoil
68
The stay between the top of the mast and the bow
Head stay
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To hold a boat almost stationary by setting the sails and rudder in opposition
Heave to
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The tiller or wheel from which the boat is steered
Tiller
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The person steering the boat
Helmsman
72
Watertight structure of a boat
Hull
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A line attached to the deck as a place to attach safety tethers
Jack line
74
A rope clutch
Jammer
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Triangular sail set forward of the mainmast
Jib
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To turn the boat so it’s stern passes through the wind
Jibe
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Line attached to the clew of a jib used to adjust its angle to the wind
Jibsheet
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Appendix fin shaped structure filled with ballast attached to bottom of boat
Keel
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Aft edge of sail
Leech
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Tendacy of boat to turn downwind
Lee’s helm
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A wire supported by stanchions around the perimeter of the deck to keep crew from falling overboard
Lifeline
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Fixed mark on a compass that indicates the boats heading
Lubber line
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Forward edge of Sail
Luff
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Fluttering of a sail when the boat is too close to the wind for the sails trim
Luffing
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Direction toward the earths magnetic pole
Magnetic north
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Boom that supports the main sail
Main boom
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Principal mast on a sail boat
Main mast
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Sail attached to the aft side of main mast
Mainsail
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Line used to control the main boom and thereby trim the mainsail
Mainsheet
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To secure to a cleat
Make fast
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Fixed spar that holds up a sail or sails
Mast
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A wind vane attached to top of mast head
Masthead fly
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To tie up a boat
Moor
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Permanently set anchor
Mooring
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Cone shaped buoy top used for navigation
Nun buoy
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Line used to tension the foot of the mainsail
Out haul
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Direction a boat is sailing relative to the wind
Point of sail
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To the left of boat
Port
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A window that can be opened
Port light
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The effect of a prop that pushes the stern of the boat sideways
Prop walk
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Flow of water off a propeller
Prop wash
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Guard rail at bow or stern which lifelines are connected to
Pulpit
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Device that enhances boats visibility to radar
Radar reflector
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To reduce the size of a sail
Reef
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Line and or chain attached to anchor
Rode
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Mechanism for furling a sail by rolling it around its stay
Roller furling
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Movable appendage attached under the boat to steer it
Rudder
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Adjustable rigging used to raise , lower or trim sails
Running rigging
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Length of webbing used to secure sails
Sail tie
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Material from which sail is made
Sail cloth
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Sailing on a run with the wind on the same side of the boat as the mainsail
Sailing by the Lee
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The area in the cabin used for dining and lounging
Saloon
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Ratio of the length of anchor rode deployed to the vertical distance from bow to bottom
Scope
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A drain
Scupper
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Wind that blows from the sea towards land
Sea breeze
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Marine valve often fitted to a thru hull fitting
Seacock
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Device on a winch that enables it to grasp and gather the rail of a line as its wound on the winch
Self tailer
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Closable metal connector used in rigging
Shackle
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Line used to control the alignment of a sail to the wind
Sheet
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Electricity from shore
Shore power
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Temporary sheet used take load of a working sheet
Short sheet
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Wire that provides athwartships support to the mast
Shroud
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System of reefing a sail by lowering it partway to remove a slab from exposure to the wind
Slab reefing
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Period of tide where the tide is neither ebbing or flooding
Slack water
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Sailboat with one mast, a mainsail and one headsail
Sloop
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Block that opens to fit around the middle of a line
Snatch block
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Large lightweight rounded sail used when sailing downwind
Spinnaker
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An athwartships strut on a mast that holds the shroud away from the mast
Spreader
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Metal post that supports lifelines
Stanchion
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Shrouds and stays that support spare but stay in place when not sailing
Standing rigging
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Vessel that must maintain its course and speed when two vessels converge
Stand on vessel
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Right side of the boat
Starboard
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Any course where the wind is blowing on the starboard side of the boat
Starboard tack
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Any course where the wind is blowing on the port side of boat
Port tack
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Standing rigging that supports mast in fore and aft direction
Stay
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Fitting on the bow to which the forestay and jib tack are attached
Stem head fitting
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Aft part of boat
Stern
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Forward Lower corner of sail
Tack
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To change course of boat by turning to the bow through the wind
Tack
