Boat Parts
Wind
Knots
Racing
Boat Terms
100
The boat itself
What is hull
100

Sailing with the wind

What is downwind/run

100
This knot is also a number
What is figure 8
100

The start line is also the...

What is finish line

100

The right side of the boat

What is starboard

200
The pole that holds the sails up
What is mast
200

When something is relatively "closer" to the wind

What is windward

200

This knot is used for tying two lines together

What is square knot/sheep bend

200

The basic race course (its full name)

What is Windward-leeward

200

The left side of the boat

What is port
300
Line that pulls sail in and out
What is mainsheet
300

When something is relatively "further" from the wind

What is leeward

300

This is a knot is tied at the end of the line (stopper knot) and looks like a fist

What is barrel knot

300

The length of a starting sequence

What is five minutes

300

The front of the boat

What is bow
400

The perpendicular metal pole on the boat connected to the mainsail

What is the boom

400

Sailing against the wind

What is upwind

400

This knot makes a solid loop

What is bowline

400

The start is between

What is two marks or one mark and race committee boat

400

The back of the boat

What is stern

500
The line that is connected from the mast to the boom
What is boom vang
500

A "section" of stronger wind and usually darker water

What is a puff

500

The "bad" version of a square knot

What is granny knot

500

The sound signal at five minutes of a starting sequence

What is one (long) horn/whistle

500

The side of the boat

What is beam