ROOM AT THE MARK!
You can't claim room at this mark.
What is a starting mark?
First expedition to circumnavigate the globe.
What was the Magellan-Elcano expedition? (1519-1522)
San Francisco Bay Pelican
Who is Bill Short?
Fictional captor of Jim Hawkins.
Who is Long John Silver?
(From Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island)
The king of knots.
What is a bowline?
You must establish this before claiming room at a mark.
What is an overlap?
First navigator to survive a circumnavigation.
Who is Sir Francis Drake? (1577-1580)
El Toro
Who is Charles McGregor?
Held captive for five days by Somali pirates, he was rescued by a Nave SEAL team.
Who is Captain Richard Philips.
A good knot for tying to a railing.
What is a clove hitch?
RRS Rule 18 applies at these marks.
What are windward, leeward, reach, and finishing?
First single-handed circumnavigator, 1895-1898.
Who is Joshua Slocum?
Hobie 14 catamaran
Who is Hobie Alter?
He defeated a Spanish swordsman above the Cliffs of Despair.
Who is the Dread Pirate Roberts?
(Westley the farm boy in The Princess Bride)
A variant of the clove hitch used to tie to a two-horned piece of hardware.
What is a cleat hitch?
Room at the mark begins at this distance from a mark.
What is three hull lengths?
This ship was the first to circumnavigate completely submerged (1960).
What is the Triton, SSRN/SSN-586?
San Juan 21
Who is Don Clark?
Skipper of the Black Pearl.
Who is Captain Jack Sparrow?
Movie series Pirates of the Caribbean.
This knot slips when moved in one direction, but tightens and does not slip when tension is applied.
What is the taut-lline hitch? (or rolling hitch or Prussik knot)
Two one design boats arrive at the same time at the three boat length circle around a windward mark to be left to port. One boat is on port tack; the other is on starboard tack. This boat must give way.
What is the port tack boat.
First sailor to complete a single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation.
Who is Sir Robin Knox-Johnston? (14 June 1968-22 April 1969)
Catalina 25
Who is Frank Butler?
This is government sanctioned piracy.
What is privateering?
A decorative knot usually tied around something like the spoke of a wheel, a fid, or even a wrist.
What is a turks head?