Sailing101 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Also called in stays. | on either tack |
| On or in a boat; close to a boat. | aboard |
| A continuatio of the keel aft taht protects the propeller and sometimes connects to the heel of the rudder. | skeg |
| The line that pulls the mainsail away from the mast and tightens the foot of the sail along the boom | outhaul |
| A stay on the upper forward paret of the mast | jumper |
| Docking line leading roughly at right angles from the boat's sides. | breast line |
| A heavy anchor or weight permanently in position | mooring |
| To change tack on a downwind course. A boat begins to do this at the moment when, with the wind aft, the foot of her mainsail crosses her centerline. The boat completes the maneuver when the mainsail fills on the new tack. | jibe |
| A nautical pulley. | block |
| The after edge of a sail. | leech |
| Support for the boom when the sails are furled. | crutch |
| To lean over the side of a boat to help counterbalance heeling. | hike |
| A line attached to the tack of the sail, used to trim the draft forward. | downhaul |
| To secure (for example, a sail to a spar or a line to a sail). | bend |
| To damage a line by rubbing. | chafe |
| The wire or lines used to adjust sails. | rigging |
| The timber at the extreme forward part of a boat, secured to the forward end of the keel and supporting the bow planks. | stem |
| The left side of a boat as one faces forward. | port |
| A short post inside a compass used as a reference point when steering or taking bearings. | lubber's line |
| Describes a craft capable of sailing very close to the wind. | close-winded |
| A triangular sail set forward of the mainmast. | jib |
| A vessel that maintains her course and speed. | stand-on vessel |
| A fitting used to change the direction of a line, giving it a better angle from a sail or block to a winch or cleat. | fairlead |
| 1) The forward lower corner of a sail where the luff and foot meet. 2) Any course on which the wind comes from either side of the boat. 3) To change course by passing into the wind. | tack |
| A spar extending forward from the bow | bowsprit |
| The width of a boat at its widest point | beam |
| Thin wooden or plastic strips placed in pockets in the leech of a sail to help hold its form | battens |
| The waves from a boat. | wake |
| A U-shaped piece of iron or steel with eyes in the ends, closed by a shackle pin. | shackle |
| The delicate adjustment of a boat's rigging, sails, and hull to the proepr balance to assure the best sailing performance. | tuning |
| To head clsoe to the wind. | point |
| A small space below deck, usually aft, where spare parts are kept or an outboard motor is mounted. | lazarette |
| Keeping a boat out of the water when not in use. | dry sailing |
| Forward part of the boat. | bow |
| A three-sided flag. | pendant |
| 1) A small boat employed to go back and forth to the shore from a larger boat. 2) Heeling easily when close-hauled. | tender |
| A metal ring worked into the sail. | cringle |
| A piece of rope or canvas used to secure a furled sail. | gasket |
| The twisting or a rope's strands. | lay |
| To remove water from the boat. | bail |
| Away from the wind. | leeward, lee |
| Overhead | Aloft |
| A two-masted sailing vessel with a small after mast stepped forward of the rudderpost. | ketch |
| A light spar extending from the mast and used to hold the jib out when sailig off the wind. | whisker pole |
| Abuoy with a conical top, found on the starboard hand on entering a channel and painted red. They are usually numbered evenly. | nun |
| Loop. | bight |
| A device affixed to the deck and used as a guide for an anchor or mooring line. | chock |
| Well equipped. | well found |
| A device that secures the boom to the mast. | gooseneck |
| To fold or roll a sail on a boom and then secure it with sail ties. | furl |
| The forward part of the keel, adjoining the lower part of the stern. | forefoot |
| The distance from the top of the hull to the water. | freeboard |
| Between fore and aft; the middle of the boat | amidships |
| A course with the wind coming from the starboard and the sails trimmed on the port side. | starboard tack |
| The angle of a boat's mast from the vertical | rake |
| To reduce the area of a sail. | reef |
| A device for catching hold of a ring bolt or line when coming alongside a pier or picking up a mooring. | boat hook |
| A device used for suspending the compass so it remains level. | gimbal |
| Toward the centerline of the boat; mounted inside the hull. | inboard |
| Point of sail with the wind aft. | run |
| Rope secured to the edge of a sail to give it strength and to facilitate adjusting foot and luff tension. | bolt rope |
| General term for a boat used solely for the personal pleasure of the owner | yacht |
| An iron ring grooved on the outside for a rope grommet. | thimble |
| A wire supporting the mast to which the luff of the jib is attached. | jibstay |
| 1) The depth or fullness of a sail; or 2) The depth of the keel or centerboard in the water. | draft |
| A balloonlike sail used on a downwind course. | spinnaker |
| Sailing sa close to the wind as possible with all the sails full. | full-and-by |
| The state of the atmosphere at a certian time and place. | weather |
| The wheel of a block pulley. | sheave |
| The skeleton of the ship, which holds the hull together and gives support. | frames |
| Metal plates bolted to the side of a boat to which shrouds are attached to support the rigging | chainplates |
| A line used to haul sails up and down the mast. | halyard |
| An athwartships support atht holds the shrouds away from the mast. | spreader |
| The main body of a boat. | hull |
| To join rope by tucking the strands together. | splice |
| That part of a ship's rigging that is permanently secured and not movable (stays, shrouds, and spreaders). | standing rigging |
| The line used to control the forward or athwartships movement of a sail. | sheet |
| The compass (magnetic) direction from one object to another. | bearing |
| To make secure. | belay |
| A line to steady the boom when off the wind. | boom vang |
| The shorter mast aft on a yawl or ketch. | mizzen |
| A brief storm that arrives suddenly. | squall |
| The regular sails on a boat. | working sails |
| The straight-line compass course between two points; hence the shortest course, except over long distances, where the great circle course is shorter | rhumb line |
| Entangled or clogged. | fouled |
| A buoy, used to mark a channel, colored green or black and given an odd number. | can |
| To bind the strands of a line's end with yam or cord. | whip |
| A threaded link that pulls two eyes together, used for setting up standing rigging. | turnbuckle |
| Any sail used forward of the mast, a foresail. | headsail |
| A sailboat with a single sail. | catboat |
| The after section of the boat. | stern |
| A fitting attached to the hull into which the rudder's pintles are inserted. | gudgeon |
| The stern facing of the hull | transom |
| A bolt of metal secured to the rudder and fitting into the grudgeon. It gives a swinging suppor to the rudder | pintle |
| To break or tear loose. | carry away |
| The top of a sail. | head |
| The line for controlling the main boom. | mainsheet |
| To turn the bow away from the wind | pay off |
| Running before the wind with the sails set on both sides. | wing-and-wing |
| A change of direction, as in the wind. | veer |
| To let out. | ease |
| Weight placed in the bottom fo the boat to give it stability. | ballast |
| An overlapping foresail. | genoa |
| The most forward mast of a sailboat having two or more masts. | foremast |
| The principal mast of a sailboat. | mainmast |
| To let out a reef and hoist the sail. | shake out |
| Any floating object anchored in one place to mark a position or provde a mooring | buoy |
| A windward course by which a craft can make her destination without having to tack. | fetch |
| A course with the wind coming from the port and the sails trimmed on the starboard side. | port tack |
| Sailing close-hauled. | on the wind |
| To clear a lee shore. | claw off |
| A small triangular sail used forward of the mast on a reaching course. | staysail |
| a wind that blows across the boat from side to side. | beam wind |
| Foresail | A jib. |
| A wire that encircles the deck to prevent crew members from falling overboard. | lifeline |
| To fill with water. | swamp |
| The largest regular sail on a modern sailboat. | mainsail |
| The frame into which the heel of a mast fits or stops. | step |
| A storage compartment on a boat. | locker |
| A sliding fitting to which the mainsheet is attached, keeping the boom in the same place as it is moved in and out. | traveler |
| The line and chain that secure the anchor to the boat | rode |
| A nautical unit of speed: 6,076 feet or one nautical mile per hour. | knot |
| The raised protection around a cockpit. | coaming |
| The right side of a boat as one faces forward. | starboard |
| An area with rough or moderate waves. | seaway |
| Sails made of a lightweight material for use in light winds. | light sails |
| To stop a boat by turning the bow to the wind and holding it there. A boat stopped this way is hove to. | heave to |
| A mechanical device to aid in trimming a line. It consists basically of a coil, on which the line is wound, and a crank to do the winding. | winch |
| Away from the centerline of the boat; mounted on the stern. | outboard |
| Any equipment pertaining to a sailboat. | gear |
| The leeway or movement sideways of a boat. | drift |
| 1) In general, a boat's upper works. 2) To set up the spars and standing and running rigging of a sailboat. | rig |
| 1) A line or wire to hold the boom off the deck when not in use (also called a boom lift). 2) A line from the mast to the spinnaker pole, controlling spinnaker pole height. | topping lift |
| To spin out of control and capsize or come close to a capsize; loss of steering. | broach |
| A floating platorm, usually accessible from shore, to which a boat is tied up when docked. | float |
| 1) To adjust the sails. 2) The position of the sails relative to the wind. | trim |
| A pole extending from a mast to support the head of a sail. | gaff |
| A line fastened to an object, such as a pail, whistle, knife, or other small too for purposes of securing it. | lanyard |
| The spar to which the foot of the sail is attached with lacing, slides or a groove. | boom |
| On a run, having the wind coming slightly from the side on which the sails are trimmed. | by the lee |
| A heavy fin filled wit lead ballast under the hull. It prevents the boat from sideslipping by resisting the lateral force of the wind, and it gives the boat stability. | keel |
| A nautical measurement for the depth of water. | fathom. One fathom is equal to six feet. |
| Rope span with ends secured for the sheet block to ride on. | bridle |
| At right angles to the centerline of a boat. | abeam |
| The space at a lower level than the deck in which the tiller or wheel is located;It may be center or aft. | cockpit |
| Immersed in water. | awash |
| A row of planks in the hull. | strake |
| A leaning sideways due to excess weighton one side. | list |
| To move the rudder rapidly back and forth to propel the bioat forward. | scull |
| A wire support from the mast to the stern of the boat. | backstay |
| Anchor, rode, etc., used to secure a boat to her mooring. | ground tackle |
| An imaginary line around the hull at the surface of the water when the boat is on an even keel | waterline |
| A forward stay supporting the mast. | headstay |
| A buoy fitted with a ring and used for mooring a boat. | mooring buoy |
| The rail of the boat at deck level. | gunwale |
| To tip over. | capsize |
| The most windward point of sail on which the wind is at about 45 degree. | close-hauled |
| The tiller or wheel mechanism by which the boat is steered. | helm |
| To let go of a line when leaving the dock or mooring; to ease sheets. | cast off |
| A boat required to keep out of the way of another vessel. | give-way vessel |
| Toward the stern | Aft, after |
| To make safe. | secure |
| The body of water in which the boat sits while tied up to a float or pier (often used to mean the float or pier itself). | dock |
| To sail so close to the wind as to allow the sails to luff. | pinch |
| Vertical wires that hold the mast upright. | shrouds |
| To place a boat on her side so that work may be carried out on her underwater parts. | careen |
| Sailing on any point of sail except close-hauled. | free |
| Away from the shore. | offshore |
| With all sails down. | bare poles |
| In the direction of the keel, from front to back. | fore-and-aft |
| The outer edge of the deck. | rail |
| On deck. | topside |
| A flat wooden shape fitted on the sternpost by pintles and grudgeons. | rudder |
| Lengths of webbing used to secure a furled sail to a boom. | sail ties |
| To take wind from a sail. | blanket. |
| Sailing with a beam wind. | reach |
| To put away. | stow |
| With the bow headed into the wind and the sails luffing. | head to wind |
| The vertical edge of a sail; to haul aloft. | hoist |
| A tall mast used with a jibheaded rig. | marconi |
| A shaped blade attached to the underside of the hull to give the boat lateral resistance when it is sailing to windward. | centerboard |
| A line or wire used to adjust and position the spinnaker pole. | guy |
| The weight of water displaced by a boat. | displacement |
| A rope of hemp, wire, or iron used for supporting a mast fore-and_aft. | stay |
| A short piece of rope secured to the bow of a small boat and used for making her fst to a dock | painter |
| The outer corner of a sail. | clew |
| That portion of a vessel's side near the stern. | quarter |
| The command given to prepare for coming about. | ready about |
| The upper after comer of a gaff sail. | peak |
| A two-masted boat with a small after mast located abaft the steering gear. | yawl |
| The direction of the leeway of a vessel or of tde or current. | set |
| The curve of the edge of the sail. | roach |
| Sailing downwind or before the wind. | off the wind |
| 1) The forward vertical edge of a sail, 2) To alter course toward the wind until the boat is head to wind. 3) The flapping of a sail caused by the boat being head to wind. | luff |
| A metal ring fastend in a sail. | grommet |
| Steering instrument that controls the rudder. | tiller |
| In the wind's eye and having lost all headway. A boat in this will not go off | in irons |
| The part of a tackle to which the power is applied in a hoisting. | fall |
| A line used when the boat is docked to keep her from moving forward and aft. | spring line |
| To sail to windward. | beat |
| The command used in coming about to inform the crew that the helm is being pushed hard. to leeward, turning the boat into the wind. | hard alee |
| An arrangement of ropes and blocks to give a mechanical advantage. | tackle |
| Toward the wind, the opposite of leeward. | windward |
| The bottom length of a sail. | foot |
| The very lowest part of a boat's interior; where water is most likely to collect. | bilge |
| Toward the stern. | abaft |
| The athwartships seat in a boat. | thwart |
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