Opti Parts
The right side of the boat is called..
What is starboard?
The lines we drew down the middle of pieces that helped us line them up...
What are lines of symmetry?
The direction our saws cut on...
What is the pull?
The type of wood the sheer clamps are made from...
What is cedar?
Before navigational tools like GPS were available, sailors determined their positions at sea using...
What are stars and the sun?
The bottom of the boat is called...
What is the Hull Bottom?
The first three pieces of the boat installed in the mold...
What are the bottom, front and back?
Name two kinds of of finishing tools...
What are...planes, rasps, files, chisels, sanding blocks?
The material we used to stitch the hull sides to the hull bottom...
What are zipties?
The Greek god of the sea...
Who is Poseidon?
The back of the boat is called...
What is the aft transom?
The process of transferring the drawing/blueprint from the mylars to the wood is called...
What is lofting?
The tool we used to draw smooth curves...
What is the spline?
The kind of reaction gorilla glue and water make together...
What is a chemical reaction?
Speed when sailing is measured in this unit...
What is a knot?
The long strips of wood glued to hull sides are called...
What are sheer clamps?
What is a bevelled edge?
When you use a level vertically you are making sure something is not level, but ____.
What is plumb?
The two thicknesses of plywood we used in our build (in inches).
What is 1/4" and 1/2"?
The origin of the words "starboard" and "port" for sides of the boat...
What are... starboard=steering board, port=side that was docked?
The piece that sits on the mast frame and will have a big hole drilled in it...
What is the mast thwart?
The hole we pre-drill to put screws in is called...
What is a pilot hole?
The tool shaped like a triangle and used to make right angles...
What is a speedsquare?
The process of layering and gluing that makes plywood...
What is lamination?
The tallest sails on old sailing ship were called a name that we now use to describe certain buildings. They were called ___.
What are skyscrapers?