Boating
Communications
Knots
Drill
Morse Code/ Phonetic Alphabet
100
Green buoys must be passed on this side.
What is the left side?
100
The channel you would call in an Emergency
What is channel 16?
100
This knot is a stopper knot which you use for tying your shoelaces.
What is an overhand knot?
100
This arm is raised when giving a salute.
What is right arm?
100
In the pheoetic alphabet, the letter M stands for this.
What is Mike?
200
A piece of paper with all the information about your trip and boat given to a responsible person before leaving the port.
What is a Sailing Plan?
200
An international radio distress signal used by ships and aircraft in a big emergency.
What is Mayday?
200
This is a stopper knot and usually replaces the basic overhand knot. It also looks like a number.
What is a figure eight knot?
200
This position is taken when the Canadian flag is raised
What is Standing at Attention?
200
Decode this morse code message .... . .-.. .-.. ---
What is Hello?
300
Three safety pieces of equipment that should be brought on a boat
What is...
1. Life jacket or PFD for each person on board
2. Buoyant heaving line that is 15 meters
3. Re-boarding device (ladder)
4. Paddles
5. Anchor with 15 meters (50 ft.) of rope
6. Hand bailer or manual pump
7. Watertight flashlight with extra batteries
8. Sounding, signaling device
9. Fire extinguisher
300
These calls are used for urgent but non-emergency situations.
What is a Pan Pan call?
300
This knot is used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope.
What is a bowline?
300
Your feet are standing a ruler's length away from each other in this position.
What is standing at ease/standing easy?
300
In the pheoetic alphabet, the letter Q stands for this.
What is Quebec?
400
A helpful position when immersed in cold water. (Either alone or in a group)
What is the H.E.L.P/huddle position?
400
A system of sending messages by holding the arms of two flags or poles (Taught by Patluri)
What is Semaphore?
400
This knot is used to secure the end of a rope to a fixed object.
What is a Round Turn 2 Half Hitches
400
This order is given to create more space between ranks for inspection.
What is open/close order march?
400
In the phonetic alphabet, your name (First or Last) is said like this.
What is...
500
This plate has the maximum weight capacity, the maximum number of people that the boat can legally carry and the maximum size of engine, in horsepower, for the boat.
What is the Capacity Plate?
500
A request made by a radio operator in an attempt to determine how good their signal is.
What is a radio check?
500
This knot is used to shorten a rope or take up slack and will fall apart easily when applied with too much pressure.
What is a sheepshank?
500
A left turn on the march is called on this foot.
What is right foot?
500
In Morse Code, S-O-S is given by this series of dots and dashes.
What is dot-dot-dot, dash-dash-dash, dot-dot-dot?