SAILING JEOPARDY!!

Parts of the Boat

100

The fin that keeps the boat balanced and stable

What is the keel

200

The right side of the boat

What is the starboard

300

The line that controls the mainsail

What is the mainsheet

400

The line on the boom that pulls the sail out

What is the outhaul

500

Backside of a sail

What is the leech

Floatiness

100

The amount of "schtuff"/atoms in something

What is mass

200

The amount of space an object takes up

What is volume

300

The item given to a famous scientist by their king to test its purity

What is a crown

400

The saying shouted by a famous scientist while running through the streets following his big discovery

What is "Eureka!"

500

An object submerged in a fluid experiences an upward push, called buoyancy, that's equal to the weight of the fluid the object displaces

What is Archimedes Principle?

Angles of Sail

100

When pointing in the no go zone, the boat is this far away from the wind (in degrees)

What is 0^o

200

A point of sail defined by being 90^o away from the wind

What is Beam Reach

300

This part of the boat, used for catching wind resembles a Right Triangle

What is the main sail?

400

According to our compass, this cardinal direction (N/E/S/W) shares two different numbers

What is North (0^o & 360^o)

500

When a boat is sailing directly downwind (180^o), with each sail on a different side of the boat.

What is sailing directly downwind/wing on wing/pontchartrain butterfly

Wind

100

Name one way that you can tell where the wind is coming from

What is flag/ripples on water/grass

200

When you are pointing your bow directly into the wind you are in this.

What is the no-go-zone/head to wind/irons

300

When the wind is directly behind you, you are sailing in this direction.

What is downwind/run

400

When your sails are trimmed in all the way you are sailing in this direction.

What is upwind

500

When your sails are trimmed in halfway and you are not going upwind or downwind but your going in between

What is beam reach

Misc.

100

The thing that you should always always always be wearing when we are at the sailing center even if you see other sailors not wearing theirs.

What is lifejacket

200

What to do when the boat is moving fast and we are not having fun. 

When in doubt let it out

300

Tiller towards _______

Trouble!

400

When you are sailing upwind and you want to turn the boat, pushing the tiller towards the sail does this

What is a tack

500

The boat points in the same direction as the tiller when it is moving in this direction.

What is backwards