If not that than this
If you’re not the windward boat, you’re probably this
What is leeward boat?
The name of the river we can briefly see along the left side of the road as we approach the club
What is Charles Creek?
If you’re a crew on a 420 and you’re going downwind, you’re not responsible for the main sail, rather you must focus on this type of sail instead.
What is a Spinnaker?
You really should attach this thing to your boat before throwing it over board. Otherwise, you may lose it forever
What is an anchor?
Use this or these to protect against the sun
What is sunblock or sunglasses?
If you’re not the Leeward boat you’re probably this
What is the windward boat?
Drivers call them maps. Sailors call them this
What is a chart?
Opti’s have a Dagger board Trunk that the Dagger Board slides into. $20’s have these instead
What is a centerboard trunk?
Some people call them “rats with wings”
What are seagulls?
If it’s time to go home, but there’s no wind and you’re just floating out to sea you really need one of these
What is a puff of wind?
Small sailboats have dagger boards or center boards. Bigger sailboats have these instead
What is a keel?
The name of a place to tie up your boat, or the act of landing your boat at that place
What is dock?
If you like to sail , but you are not very nice, rather you are greedy, smelly and don’t feel the need to follow laws, you are one of these
What is a Pirate?
When windy, sailors use these to help keep their sailboats from capsizing. But if your feet miss them, you’re going swimming
What are hiking straps?
It’s windy. You’re hiking out. But you can’t reach the tiller anymore, so you grab this
What is a tiller extension?
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation, or a type of Olympic class sailboat
What is a Laser?
The name of an island near Nantucket or the name for a pulley on a sailboat
What is block?
If you’re no longer right side up, you are this
What is capsized?
It’s not called a death jacket for a reason
What is a life jacket?
You wake up one morning and when you look in the mirror and strangely you look like a main sail. But you’re late for school and you have to get going so you pull in one of these
what is a sheet?
A device used to measure the amount of pressure the atmosphere is exerting at any given moment and which provides the basis of most weather predictions
What is a baraometer?
Where to go to prove you are the fastest sailor
What is a regatta?
If you’re on the water, but not in a sailboat, you are probably swimming. Or you’re in one of these
What is a motor boat?
A short visual summary from a film about boats
What is a boat trailer?
The next day you wake up for school. Again, you’re late. You missed the bus, and this time you look like you, not a sail, so you realize you need one of these to get to school.
What is a ride?