Sailing

Jib

Sail at the front of the boat

Forestay

Rigging supporting the mast; the jib wraps around it

Pulpit

Guardrails at the bow

Shrouds

metal wires that hold up the mast

cleat

metal that mooring lines are secured on

Stanchion

Poles that hold the guard rails

Guard Rails

Line the boat to keep us inside

Mooring lines

Ropes that secure the ship in the marina

roller-furling drum

Metal under the forestay that rolls and unrolls the jib

topsides

The sides of the boat between the waterline and the deck.

Jib sheets

Ropes that control the jib

Waterline

Where the hull meets the surface of the water

Toe rail

Raised railing on both side edges of deck

Fenders

Balloons on the side of the boat to prevent damage to other boats during docking

Backstay

Wire that supports the mast

Kicker or Vang

Holds down the boom

Winch Handle

Levers used to turn winches

Fairlead

Metal that guides the mooring lines to the cleats

Keel

Heavy part at the bottom of the boat

P-Bracket

Supports propeller shaft

Skeg

A vertical fin in front of the rudder

Rudder

A vertical blade on the bottom stern that controllers the boats movement

Sacrificial anodes

Protects other metal by corroding first

Rope Jammers

Mechanisms that prevent the ropes from easing out

Danbuoy

Thrown into the water to mark a position

Mainsheet

Controls the boom and mainsail

Boom

The controllable bottom of a sail

Halyards

Ropes that hoist

What do Halyards hoist

Sails, Flags, People

Pushpit

Metal rails at the stern

Tiller

Lever used to turn a rudder to steer a boat

Transom

The flat surface forming the stern of a vessel

Head

Top corner of a sail

Leech

The back end of a sail (on our main sail, it is the hypotenuse)

Luff (Sail part)

The front end of a sail (on our main sail it is attached to the mast)

Luff (Verb)

When the sail ripples in the wind

Telltales

Strings on a sail that we use to tell the angle of the boat during running or beating

Tack (Sail Part)

Bottom and front corner of a sail (on our main sail it is the 90 degree angle corner)

Foot

Bottom edge of a sail

Clew

Bottom and back corner of a sail

What is a figure eight knot used for

Stopping a rope from sliding through a car or jammer

What is a clove hitch used for

Tying a rope to something perpendicularly, like fenders to the guardrails

What is a bowline knot used for

Making a loop at the end of a rope

What is a square knot used for

Tying two ropes of the same size together

What are the steps to raising the main sail

1. Get in irons
2. Ease out the main sheets
3. Hoist by pulling the main halyard

What are the steps to opening the jib

1. Get to a 45 or more angle

2. Pull the active jib sheet while leaving the inactive jib sheet alone

How do we secure a rope on a winch

Self-tail through the groove in the top

Which vessel type has utmost right of way

Vessels Not Under Command (NUC)

Which vessel type has second right of way

Vessels Restricted in their Ability to Maneuver (RAM)

Which vessel type has third right of way

Fishing Vessels

Which vessel type has fourth right of way

Sailing Vessels

Which vessel type has fifth right of way

Motor Driven Vessels

If two sailboats are approaching from different tacks, who gives way/keeps clear

The port tack vessel

If two sailboats are approaching from the same tack, who gives way/keeps clear

The windward vessel

If a sailboat approaches another sailboat from behind, who gives way/keeps clear

The overtaking vessel

Giving way/keeping clear

Moving to avoid a vessel in a collision course

Standing on

Keeping your course with caution in a collision course

Windward

Facing the wind

Leeward

Facing away from the wind

Port tack

The wind is approaching from the left side

Starboard tack

The wind is approaching from the right side

Close hauled

The vessel is 45 degrees away from the wind

Beam reach

The vessel is 90 degrees away from the wind

Broad reach

The vessel is 135 degrees away from the wind

In irons

The vessel is directly into the wind

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