1. The process of reducing sail area by shortening the mainsail is called:
a) reefing
b) "heaving to"
c) cowardly action
d) none of the above
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2.When a sailboat is not making way and has both sails luffing since it is pointed into the wind, the boat is said to be:
a) "in irons"
b) stalled
c) reaching
d) beating
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3. Which of the following are refrred to a "running rigging":
a) the anchor, the tiller, the shrouds
b) the halyards, the sheets
c) the shrouds, fore-stay & back-stay d) none of the above Answer:

4. The point of sail where the boat sails as close as possible to the wind direction is:
a) reaching
b) running
c) beating (or close hauled)
d) none of the above
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5. The point of sail where the wind is directly abeam of the boat is called:.
a) beating
b) reaching
c) running
d) tacking
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6. When a sailboat is "broad reaching on a port tack" the wind is:
a) too strong
b) coming over the port side of the vessel
c) coming over the starboard side of the vessel
d) coming from astern
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7. "Fore-reaching" can best be determined by experience. It is the:
a) distance the boat will "coast" after it is turned into the wind
b) the point of sail the boat is on when the wind is coming directly from abeam
c) the point of sail when the wind is directly astern
d) none of the above
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8. The reason a sailboat has a larger rudder than a power boat is because:
a) normally there is a discharge current flowing past a sailboat's rudder
b) sailboats tend to "plane" more easily than power boats
c) power boats have a discharge current flowing past their rudders
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9. Sailboats must have large deep keels to:
a) minimize "leeway"
b) avoid excessive "heeling"
c) provide balance to the forces which the wind exerts on the sails
d) All of the above
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10. The best and quickest way to stop a sailboat while it is sailing is to:
a) start the engine and put it in reverse
b) drop all sails
c) turn the boat directly into the wind
d) None of the above are safe methods of stopping
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11. The only way a sailboat can sail towards the direction of the wind is:
a) to drop all sails and motor
b) to operate the boat using a series of "tacks"
c) to use a series of long "broad reaches"
d) Any of the above methods will work well
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12. You are sailing a large boat with engine failure and you must approach a dock on shore with the wind from astern. You should:
a) turn into the wind and drift down to the dock
b) turn into the wind, lower your anchor, lower your sails and drift back to the dock
c) drop all sails, lower the anchor and drift down to dock.
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13. When securing a boat to the dock, which of the following lines is LEAST necessary:
a) a bowline
b) a breast line
c) a stern line
d) a spring line
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14.Under which of the following conditions does a sailboat NOT have "right of way":
a) When sailing in a narrow channel
b) When sailing in a narrow channel
c) When overtaking a motor vessel
d) A sailboat does not have the "right of way" in any of the above situations
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15. Which of the above questions were not part of the information of this section of your boating course:
a) question #3
b) question #7
c) question #12
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