Vocabulary - nautical

Question 1

knot

Answer 1

A knot is one nautical mile per hour (1 knot = 1.15 miles per hour). A nautical mile is based on the circumference of the earth, and is equal to one minute of latitude. It is slightly more than a statute (land measured) mile (1 nautical mile = 1.1508 statute miles).

Question 2

prow

Answer 2

the portion of a ship’s bow above water

Question 3

galleon

Answer 3

large three-masted sailing ship

Question 4

founder

Answer 4

1. of a boat or ship : to fill with water and sink. 2. (v) fail miserably; collapse

Question 5

jib

Answer 5

1. a triangular staysail set forward of the forwardmost mast 2. the projecting arm of a crane