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What's that Thingy?
Knots
What I learned in boating school is.....
100
What class of PFD is a Life Ring?
What is Class IV?
100
The year Sea Scouts was founded.
What is 1910?
100
The thingy that marks a channel
What is a buoy?
100
Another name for the Square Knot.
What is Reef Knot?
100
The minimum age to legally operate a PWC in VA.
What is 14?
200
There are this many classes of flares.
What is four?
200
The founder of Boy Scouts of America.
Who is Lord Baden-Powell?
200
The thingies that steer the boat.
What are the rudder and tiller?
200
This knot is made of figure eights and is secured with a half hitch.
What is a Cleat Hitch?
200
Gasoline vapors tend to accumulate here.
What is The Bilge?
300
Give the definition of GMDSS.
What is General Marine Distress Signaling System?
300
The highest youth rank in Sea Scouts is this.
What is Quarter Master?
300
The thingy that hoists the main sail
What is the main sheet?
300
The story of the rabbit, the hole, and tree may help you remember the method of tying this knot.
What is the bowline?
300
When returning to port from seaward, you should keep a red buoy on this side.
What is starboard?
400
An electrical fire require this type of extinguisher.
What is Class C?
400
What is the Sea Promise?
What is "As a Sea Scout I promise to do my best: to guard against water accidents, to know the location and proper use of the lifesaving devices on every boat I board, to be prepared to render aid to those in need, and to seek to preserve the motto of the sea: women and children first."?
400
The thingies inside the sail that keep it stiff
What are the battens?
400
This knot is used for securing a small rope to the bight of a larger rope.
What is a sheet bend.
400
To properly anchor, you should lower the anchor slowly from here.
What is the bow?
500
This class of life jacket usually will not turn an unconscious person face up.
What is Type III?
500
The name of the monthly business meeting of all the ship's officers.
What is the Quarterdeck Meeting?
500
The thingies that raise the sails.
What are the halyards?
500
This knot is used to prevent the end of a fall from running through the large swallow of a cargo block.
What is the Stevedore's knot?
500
In this light pattern, the duration of light and darkness is equal.
What is Iso?
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