Boat Parts
This gear protects a boat from impact or damage when docking or tied to another vessel. It's often made of vinyl.
What is a fender.
This is the channel used for hailing & distress on the VHF radio. It is the channel that you should leave on and monitor while boating.
What is VHF ch. 16.
This knot is used to create a secure loop at the end of a line and can easily be untied, even after bearing a heavy load.
What is the bowline.
This is the largest island in the Chesapeake Bay.
What is Kent Island.
This is currently the most popular dog breed in the USA.
What is the French Bulldog. The French Bulldog holds the title of the most popular dog breed in the United States, according to the American Kennel Club (AKC). This marks the third consecutive year that French Bulldogs have topped the AKC's rankings, having taken the lead from the Labrador Retriever in 2022 after its 31-year reign.
This device is designed to save lives by sending a distress signal and GPS coordinates to rescue authorities when activated in an emergency situation.
What is a PLB or EPIRB.
This grid system, compromising horizontal (E & W) and vertical lines (N & S), allows navigators to determine precise locations on charts.
What are latitude and longitude.
This knot is used to join two lines or two ends of a line together. Hint: it is used in the Chesapeake Boating Academy logo.
What is the square knot.
This city was the first capital of Maryland, serving as capital from 1632 to 1695.
What is St. Mary's City
This is the flat, vertical structure at the stern (back) of a boat. It's where the outboard engine is mounted and often the rudder on smaller sailboats.
What is the transom.
Name 3 pieces of USCG required gear on vessels 26' and less.
What are: fire extinguisher, sound producing device, visual distress signal (flare), life jackets, type IV throwable, vessel registration, ventilation (inboard), back-fire flame arrestor (inboard).
To stay in the channel, you should leave the green marks with odd numbers on this side of your boat when entering a U.S. harbor from the sea.
What is port.
This knot is used to secure a line to a stationary object on a boat or a dock. It starts by wrapping the line around the stationary objects two horns, doing a few figure 8 turns and then a locking hitch.
What is a cleat hitch.
Name 2 of the 3 largest rivers that drains fresh water into the Chesapeake Bay.
What are the Susquehanna, Potomac and James River. Collectively these rivers provide more than 80% of the fresh water to the Bay.
This fruit is known to be "bad luck" when boating and discouraged by many for bringing aboard.
Federal law mandates that operators of recreational vessels of 26' and less must be attached to the engine cut-off switch at this speed (displacement mode) when underway.
What is anything above displacement speed: semi-displacement mode or plowing mode. As soon as you begin to see the vessels bow rising, (often around 7-8 knots on many boats) the operator should be clipped in or wearing a wireless ECOS.
When building a route on a chart, you can mark points. These points are known as:
What are waypoints.
This type of line is commonly used for docking.
What is double-braid or 3 strand.
This is the approximate length of the Chesapeake Bay- from Havre de Grace, MD. to Virginia Beach, VA.
What is 200 miles.
This is where Dolly Parton was born.
What is Pittman Center, Tennessee, a small town in Sevier County, near the Great Smoky Mountains.
You should run the engine compartment blower for this long before starting an inboard, gasoline engine to ventilate the engine space and remove any potential fuel vapors.
What is 4 minutes.
Contour lines on a nautical chart represent this.
What are areas of equal depth.
After tying to a dock, people often coil their excess line into a spiral shape, laying flat on the dock.
What is the flemish coil.
This is the year that the Bay Bridge (William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge) was built.
What is 1952. The first span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, the eastbound span, opened to traffic on July 30, 1952. A second, westbound span, was added and opened in June 1973.
Name at least 3 U.S. Presidents that are from the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
What is the following: There have been 10 Presidents from the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Tyler, Woodrow Wilson, James Buchanan and Joe Biden.