Maritime Quiz 3 Sailing Seamanship Results #1. What is the act of turning a sailing boat’s bow through the wind called? Gybing Tacking Reaching Running #2. What is the large, colourful, balloon-shaped sail used when sailing downwind? Jib Spinnaker Mainsail Genoa #3. What is the opposite of tacking (turning the stern through the wind)? Heaving to Gybing (or jibing) Luffing Bearing away #4. What do you call the rope used to control the angle of a sail? Halyard Sheet Painter Warp #5. What is the line used to raise or lower a sail called? Sheet Halyard Cleat Boom vang #6. What does it mean when a sailing boat is “on a reach”? Sailing directly into the wind Sailing with the wind coming from the side (neither directly behind nor ahead) Sailing with the wind directly behind Motoring with no sails #7. What is the term for sailing directly into the wind? On a reach In irons (or head to wind) Running free Close hauled #8. What device is used to measure the speed of the boat through the water? Compass Log (or speed log) Depth sounder GPS #9. What is the horizontal spar at the bottom of a sail called? Mast Boom Gaff Yard #10. What is the name for the angle between the boat’s heading and the wind direction? Apparent wind Point of sail True wind Heel angle Previous Finish Join Us Today
