Parts of the Boat
The main structural part of the boat
What is the hull?
Everything that goes above the deck of the boat
What are the rigs?
The direction into the wind that you shouldn't sail in to.
What is the No-Go zone?
Simple and easy way to protect coral.
What is not touching it/Keeping distance?
The island chain that we will be sailing at.
What is the Florida Keys?
The name of the back side of the hull
What is the stern?
The beam that holds all the sails up.
What is the mast?
Closehold
What is sailing as close into the wind as possible?
Colonies of small animals make up this organism
What is coral?
Home to about 6,000 species of Marine life, it is the 3rd largest of it's kind in the world.
What is the Florida Reef?
Attached to the Tiller, turns the boat.
What is the rudder?
The beam that holds the bottom of the mainsail and connects to the mast at the gooseneck.
What is the boom?
Traveling in the same direction as the wind
What is going with the run?
Coral with a stinging defense
What is fire coral?
About this percent is the amount of direction the "No-Go Zone" is in sailing
What is (about) 25%?
The weighted part of the boat that keeps it stable and stops sideways drifting.
What is a keel?
Connects the mast to the backside of the boat.
What is the backstay?
Wind Blowing over the right or starboard side of a boat.
What is starboard tack?
Besides the Florida Reef, this many living reefs are in the continental U.S.
What are none?
The Jib
The name of the opening to the cabin
What is the companionway?
These stop the mast from falling over to the port and starboard sides.
What are the shrouds?
Sailing with the run, the boom is on the starboard side. (what tack is it?)
What is port tack?
Ship wrecks more than this many years of age shouldn't be removed or altered
What is 50 years?
Sailing 90 degrees to the wind is called this.
What is beamreach?