Question 1
Which of the following describes the sailing term "Burgee"?
Your Answer:
A flag identifying the recreational organisation of a boat
Question 2
Which of the following describes the sailing term "Kicking Strap"?
Your Answer:
A line that connects the boom to the lower of the mast to provide down force on the boom
Question 3
Lift is a force generated by the air travelling faster around the inside of the sail than the outside. True or False?
Your Answer:
True
Correct Answer:
False
Question 4
Air pressure around the inside of a sail is higher than the air pressure on the outside of the sail. True or false?
Your Answer:
False
Correct Answer:
True
Question 5
The following image identifies which part of a sail?
Your Answer:
Head
Question 6
Boats can sail faster than the wind that powers them. True or False?
Your Answer:
True
Question 7
Red lateral marks are numbered with even numbers. True or False?
Your Answer:
False
Correct Answer:
True
Question 8
The following chart symbol represents which Cardinal mark?
Your Answer:
South
Question 9
Wind is the only force required for a boat to travel upwind. True or False?
Your Answer:
False
Question 10
Which letter is represented by the following semaphore flag signal?
Your Answer:
C
Correct Answer:
E
Question 11
The following image identifies which buoy?
Your Answer:
Safe Water
Question 12
The following image identifies which part of a sail?
Your Answer:
Tack
Question 13
The red circle in the following image identifies which sailing term?
Your Answer:
AHead
Question 14
Which of the following sailing terms is described as "Watertight body of the boat"?
Your Answer:
Hull
Question 15
Enter the assigned phonetic code name to the letter "T"?
Your Answer:
Dot dash
Correct Answer:
Tango
Question 16
Which of the following describes a run point of sail?
Your Answer:
When a boat is sailing directly downwind.
Question 17
Enter the assigned phonetic code name to the letter "S"?
Your Answer:
Sierra
Correct Answer:
Sierra
Question 18
What colour is a starboard lateral marker if you are entering a harbour in the UK?
Your Answer:
Question 19
Which of the following images identifies a Morse Code sequence for the number "5"?
Your Answer:
Question 20
A sailing boat cannot while on a Head to Wind point of sail?
Your Answer:
True
Correct Answer:
False