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 largest island in the Chesapeake Bay.
What is Kent Island.
Often confused with sea sickness, carbon monoxide poisoning has these same symptoms. (Name at least 2)
What is Headache, Nausea, Dizziness, Sleepy.
This is who should be given a float plan.
A friend or relative.
What is $50.
This device is a level sensor that automatically activates a bilge pump when the water level in the bilge rises, and deactivates it when the water level drops, preventing flooding and ensuring the boat stays dry.
What is the Float Switch.
Name 1 of the 3 largest rivers that drains fresh water into the Chesapeake Bay.
What is the Susquehanna, Potomac and James River. Collectively these rivers provide more than 80% of the fresh water to the Bay.
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 is the recommended scope ratio to use when anchoring out in calm to moderate conditions.
This fruit is known to be "bad luck" when boating and discouraged by many for bringing aboard.
What is a banana. (But lets be real- women used to be bad luck on boats and here we are!)
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 English explorer played a pivotal role in settling America. His contact with native tribes and his Chesapeake Bay voyages, documented in maps and journals, helped early English colonists learn about the region that became their new home.
What is Capt. John Smith.
A nautical mile has this many feet.
What is 6,076 feet.
Name 3 federal requirements for safety gear aboard a boat 26' or less.
(Any of these 3)
What is: Visual Distress Signals, Fire Extinguishers, Life Jackets, Type IV Throwable, Sound Producing Device, Backfire Flame Arrestor (inboard gas engines), Vessels Registration, Ventilation
Name the absolute worst food to bring aboard a boat.
What is Cheetos. (Will accept "bananas" for all you superstitious folks out there!)
The structural feature in a boats design, specifically the angle or line where the bottom of a boat's hull meets its sides.
What is the chine.
This is the approximate length of the Chesapeake Bay- from Havre de Grace, MD to Virginia Beach, VA.
What is 200 miles.
The letter "B" on a fire extinguisher indicates it is meant to put out this type of fire.
What is a fire from flammable liquids such as gasoline or oil.
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.
This is the year that Annapolis Boat Shows opened their first in-water boat show.
The pintel goes into what part of the transom when attaching a rudder?
What is the gudgeon.
Name at least 2 U.S. Presidents that are from the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
There have been 10 U.S. presidents from the Chesapeake Bay watershed, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Woodrow Wilson, James Buchanan and Joe Biden.
Federal law mandates that operators of recreational vessels must use the engine cut-off switch (ECOS) when operating on plane or above displacement speed. Name at least 1 exception.
What are: Vessels 26' or greater in length, vessels with a cabin, vessel was built without an ECOS system.
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 was the year that the Whitbred Around The World Race sailed into the Chesapeake Bay.
What is 1998.