Parts of the Boat
Rigging
Steering
Wind
Wolfhound
100
The name for the front of the boat
What is the bow
100
The kind of knot do you use to tie sail ties to the mast and boom on an opti
What is a square knot
100
When you are sailing upwind and you want to turn the boat, pushing the tiller away does this.
What is a tack
100

When you are pointing your bow directly into the wind you are in this.

What is the no-go-zone/head to wind/irons/nasty pizza

100
This is the name of the STPCS mascot

Who is Wolfgang

200

The tall metal pole that goes up and down that holds the sail up

What is the mast

200
The part of the boat that you put on last when the boat is in the water that is used to steer the boat
What is rudder/tiller
200
The part you use to steer the boat
What is the tiller
200

Name one way that you can tell where the wind is coming from

What is flag, wind indicators, or perched birds.

200

This is the Saint Patrick Catholic School prayer. 

What is:

I arise today through

God's strength to pilot me,

God's wisdom to teach me, 

God's words to give me speech.

Christ be with me,

Christ be before me,

Christ be after me,

Christ be within me.

And may I follow Christ

this day and always.

Amen

300

The line that controls the mainsail

What is the mainsheet

300
The other name for a stopper knot
What is an eight knot
300
When you are sailing downwind and you want to turn the boat, pulling the tiller towards you does this.
What is a gybe
300
When the wind is directly behind you, you are sailing in this direction.
What is downwind/run
300

This person is the STPCS Head of Schooll

Who is Mrs. Mazzari

400
The line on the boom that pulls the sail out
What is the outhaul
400
The line on the boom that connects to the bottom of the mast which pulls the boom down
What is the boom vang
400

When you are sailing upwind and you want to turn the boat a little bit closer towards the wind you do this.

What is push the tiller towards the sail (or heading up)

400
When your sails are trimmed in all the way you are sailing in this direction.
What is upwind
400

These are the "Life of's"

What are: Life of Mind, Life of Character and Courage, Life of Spirit, Life of Relationship, Life of Vocation, and Life of Health and Wellness.

500
The pole that holds the top of an opti sail up and connects to the mast
What is the sprit pole
500

What does the daggerboard go into?

What is the daggerboard trunk

500
After a tack and your happy with the direction that you are sailing in you do this.
What is straighten the tiller
500
When your sails are trimmed in halfway and you are not going upwind or downwind but your going in between
What is beam reach
500

This is the street address of Saint Patrick Catholic School

What is 1000 Bolling Avenue, Norfolk, VA

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