Know Your Coaches
Who's the 420 Race Team Coach?
Maddie
Where do you put your daggerboard in your boat?
Daggerboard Trunk
What is the closest angle to the wind that you can sail?
close-hauled
You're sailing with the wind behind you. What point of sail is this?
Run
Starboard boat has rights
Which direction is the wind coming from if you're sailing upwind?
off the front of the boat
What do you pull on to raise the sail?(Rope)
Halyard
If your boat stops while turning through the wind, you may be stuck in...
irons
What should you do with your mainsail when heading downwind?
let it out (ease)?
When a Boat is leeward of another boat and they are going to run into each other, which boat has rights, leeward boat or windward boat?
Leeward boat has rights
If you want to turn the front of the boat through the wind, what is that called?
Tacking
What is the The part of the boat called that connects your shroud to the boat?
Chainplate
What do you do with your sails when sailing upwind
pull them in (trim)
If the boom suddenly swings across the boat when downwind, what is this called?
Gybe
When a boat is in irons does it have rights?
No, boats in irons do not have rights.
When coming back from open water, on which side should you keep red buoys?
right/starboard side?
Spinnaker pole
What small pieces of fabric help you trim your sails correctly
telltales or ticklers
What happens if your boat turns too quickly downwind without control of the boom?
accidental gybes
How big is the imaginary circle around a mark?
Three boat lengths.
List the age of all the coaches in order. (not the head Coach)
Jasper(16),Ryan(18), Matt(19),Ben(19),Isabel (20),Maddie(22)
On a C420 this line runs through the block at the clue of the mainsail and attaches near the end of the boom.
What is the function and name of this item?
What direction should you point the boat if the sails start flapping and you're close-hauled?
turn away from the wind (bear off)?
What setup puts the mainsail and jib on opposite sides when running?
Wing-on-wing or butterfly
What rule applies only in the three boat length circle?
The rule of Room