Intro Sailboat Quiz for Beginners August 20, 2019 admin Leave a comment 0% 30 Intro Sailboat Quiz 12 Question Illustrated Sailing QuizBy Captain F Jay Winters 1 / 12 You raise a flag and a sail up a Mast Boom Cleat Main A Halyard line is connected to the top of the sail (or flag). As the halyard is pulled down, the sail (or flag) is raised up the Mast. A sailboat mast is a vertical pole inserted into the deck of the boat. 2 / 12 The line used to haul up a sail is the Main Boom Mast Halyard A Yardarm was a perpendicular pole placed high up on a mast on old sailboats. The ancient mariners used halyards to haul up the yardarm. Then the sail was lowered from the Yardarm. Today, the Halyard is simply the line used to Haul a sail up a mast. 3 / 12 You turn the boat with the Main Boom Mast Tiller Basically, the Tiller is a wooden pole. As you push it right, the bow turns left. When you push it left, the bow turns right.Memory Aid: You Turn with the Tiller 4 / 12 You typically steer from the Hull Bow Stern Main The Stern is the back of the boat. That is where the Tiller is connected to the Rudder.Memory Aid: You typically Steer from the Stern. 5 / 12 A vertical board hinged to the stern’s transom used for steering. Rudder Keel Centerboard Daggerboard A Rudder is similar in shape and function to a fish fin. It is used to stabilize small sailboats like a Sunfish or Opti. 6 / 12 A removable keel inserted like a dagger through the center of the hull. Transom Rudder Centerboard Daggerboard A Centerboard is not inserted. It is always connected and rotates down.A Keel is fixed and is used on larger boats.Daggerboards, Centerboards and Keels are all used to stabilize sailboats. 7 / 12 The pole on the bottom of the main sail is the Main Boom Mast Halyard It may go Boom on your head if you do not duck under it during a tack. 8 / 12 The line used to trim or control the main sail is the Mainsheet Jibsheet Trimsheet Halyard The Mainsheet controls the trim or shape of the Main Sail. The Jib sheet controls the trim of the foresail. In the accompanying figure, a Sunfish Mainsheet is secured in a Cam Cleat. 9 / 12 The front of a boat is the Hull Bow Stern Deck 10 / 12 The back of a boat is the Hull Bow Stern Deck 11 / 12 The right side of a boat is the Starboard Port Lee Windward The ancients used to call it the Steer Board, when a right-handed man sat at the back of the boat and used a large steering oar. 12 / 12 The left side of a boat is the Starboard Port Lee Windward Because the Steering Board or Steering Oar was on the right side, when the ancient mariners would come to port they would dock on the left side, so they did not break the steering oar.Memory Aid: Left, Dock, and Port all have four letters Your score is 0%