Marlinspike Seamanship
This knot is known as the "king of knots".
What is the bowline
This type of anchor is a single mold weight of a bowl-shape, which is usually used for smaller vessels and buoys.
What is a mushroom anchor
This type of rigging comprises of sheets, halyards, blocks, and other moving pieces.
What is running rigging
This figure is placed on all charts to help with calculating cardinal direction, typically both true and magnetic.
What is a Compass Rose
Sea Scouts was founded in the United States in this year by Arthur A. Carey in this year.
What is 1912
This knot is used to secure a vessel to a dock.
What is a cleat hitch
This long crossbar on an anchor prevents it from laying flat and allows the flukes to dig into the seabed better.
What is a stock
This type of rigging comprises of stays, railing, and other fixed pieces.
What is standing rigging
This tool has a somewhat gun-like shape and is used to take a fix on objects when navigating.
What is a hand-bearing compass
In this year, Sea Scouting in the United States (then known as "Sea Exploring") officially became co-ed.
What is 1972
This type of splice forms a fixed loop at the end of stranded line.
What is an eye-splice
This long shaft connects the body of an anchor to the rode.
What is a shank
This type of vessel has three sails and two masts, with the mizzen mast placed forward of the rudder post.
What is a ketch
This mnemonic device helps you remember which color aids go on which side of the channel, especially while coming into port.
What is "red right returning"
The first person to singlehandedly circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Joshua Slocum
This tool is an elongated metal cone and is used for various purposes, including unlaying stranded line when splicing or untying tight knots.
What is a marlinspike
This piece of ground tackle may comprise of chain, line, cable, or a combination, and attaches the anchor to the vessel.
What is anchor rode
This type of vessel rigging comprises of a four-cornered main sail that is fore-and-aft rigged, with an additional boom placed near the top of the mast in an upward diagonal position.
What is a gaff rig
This chart of a fictional location is often used for standard navigation courses and is named after the author of "the American Practical Navigator".
What is Bowditch Bay
At age 15-16, this sailor became the youngest person to singlehandedly circumnavigate the globe in 2010-2011.
Who is Laura Dekker
This knot is often used to tie two loops around a body to use as a boatswain's chair for hoisting a person.
What is a French bowline, or double-bowline
This drum operates the lowering and raising of an anchor.
What is a Windlass (when horizontal axis), or Capstan (when vertical axis)
This type of vessel is a two masted tall ship with a square-rigged foremast and at least two sails on the main mast, one square rigged and one gaff rigged.
What is a Brigantine
This is the number of standard miles in one nautical mile.
What is 1.15 miles
This early American mathematician is credited as the founder of modern maritime navigation, whose magnum opus "The American Practical Navigator" is often referred to simply by his last name.
Who is Nathaniel Bowditch