Boat Parts
What is the tall metal thing sticking straight out of the boat?
The mast
What is capsizing?
Flipping the boat halfway upside down, so that water is filling it halfway.
What is the smallest boat at Hoofers?
A zest.
How do you tack?
You turn tiller towards sail and duck.
Where is Hoofers located? Be specific.
Madison, WI, UW, Lake Mendota, the Union.
What is the thing you steer with called, and how does it work?
A tiller. To turn left you turn it right, and to turn right you turn it left.
What is turtling?
flipping the boat all the way upsidown.
What boat has an orange sail?
A teck.
How do you jibe?
You turn tiller away from sail and duck faster than a tack.
How do you tell which way the wind is blowing?
Morning field, telltale, waves, and nose toward wind.
What is a center board and what does it do?
It is a wooden or fiberglass shark fin shaped board on the bottom of the boat. It helps the boat not tip over and sail straight.
How do you unturtle or capsize?
You hold on to the centerboard or hiking steps and lean back until it tips back write side up.
What is a Catalina?
A big sailboat.
What do you say before you tack?
"Ready to tack?" and your crew says "Ready!"
how do you tie a cleat hitch?
Action.
What are the straps on the bottom of the boat?
Hiking straps. You use them to lean out of the boat.
What do you do before you capsize or turtle?
You say to your cremates "Ready to capsize/turtle?" and they say "Yes!"
What is a dinghy?
A small open boat with a shallow draft.
What do you say before you jibe?
"Prepare to jibe!" and your crew says "Ready!(in my opinion, "prepared!")"
Name two points of sail.
Answers vary.
What is a spinnaker? Explain.
A sail that goes in front of the jib on a boat. You only use it going downwind.
What do you do if your center board falls down and you can't unturtle without it?
You raise your hands and wave them around and when the mother boat comes over you ask them to help you unturtle.
Name all the boats on the T dock.
Zests, tecks, 4.20s, and rangers.
What do you do if you are tacking or jibbing and someone doesn't say "Ready!"?
You don't tack or jibe! Someone could get hurt if they are not ready!
Tell the story of Timmy Tommy.
If you know, you know.