Nomenclature
Parts of the Boat
Points of Sail
Culver Naval
Fun Facts
100

What is sheeting out

letting the sheet go out

100

Metal pole in center of boat the holds up the sails

Mast

100

Pointing directly into the wind

Irons

100

Time rowed in Logansport flood

48 hours

100

Which instructor is worth the most Camels

Ens McCallum (73 Camels)

200

What do you call the act of pulling your sails in so they aren't luffing

Trimming your sails

200

What parts of the boat maneuvers the boat

Rudder & Tiller

200

Sailing directly downwind, with sails on opposite sides of the boat

Running Free

200

Anniversary for the Naval School

What is 114

200

Wha

Lt Seals

300

What are you doing when you pass the bow through the wind

Tacking

300

On a 420, what is the Jib tack clipped on to.

The bottom of the forestay

300

Point of sail that follows when you turn upwind from a run

Broad reach

300

Predecessor to the Ledbetter

The O.W. Fowler

300

Which animals sweats pink?

Hippos

400

What do you call turning away from the wind

Falling off

400

What keeps the mast from falling to the sides

Shrouds

400
When doing an upwind landing, which Point of Sail do you approach the pier in

Close reach

400

Number of different types of sailboats at Culver

6
Interlakes

ST's

Lasers

Lightnings

420's

Keelboats

400

Which animal can never stop swimming? (Or they'll die)

SHARKS!

500

Who is the leeward boat

The boat that is furthest away from the wind

500

Flat back part of the boat

What is the transom

500

Fastest point of Sail

Beam reach

500

Year the Ledbetter sailed up the east coast

2002

500

Which animal sound does not echo? (And nobody knows why?)

A Duck's Quack

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