Parts of the Boat
The largest pole in a sailboat
What is the mast?
This is another name for "irons"
What is the no-go zone, sail jail, dead wind zone?
An instructor who is not currently teaching your course (name one)
(bonus for other SS staff and wakesport coaches)
Who is Mattias, Jonny, Anakah, Malcolm, Ashley, Kaitlin, Liam, David, or Yarko?
(Sarah, Mia, Mady, Georgie, Nico, Hunter, Blake)
The definition of a hazard
What is a potentially dangerous item or phenomenon which, in most cases, can be properly prepared for and avoided?
The 3 rules of the dock
What is:
1. Always wear shoes?
2. Always wear a lifejacket?
3. No running on the dock?
The rules of the coachboats
What is sit while the boat is moving?
What is keep hands and feet in the boat (especially when docking)?
Something your instructor always says
check with instructors
The name(s) of the front and back of the boat
(bonus for other terms)
What is the bow (front), and the stern (back)?
(fore and aft)
The fastest point of sail
What is beam reach.
Which instructor made a sick chessboard from scratch?
Mattias (very sick at woodworking)
The difference between a local and a general hazard
(bonus for examples of both)
What is the fact that a local hazard is one that can ONLY be found in a given area, and a general hazard is one that can be found in ANY given area?
(general: weather, etc. local: log booms, float planes, the boat launch, JETSKIS, etc.)
Name 3 different sailboats we have on our dock.
What are Opti (Race), Oppi, Laser, Zest, Quest, Sonar, Santana 525 (Margarita), Catalina 270 (Whitehorn II), etc.?
The five colours of the Kayaks (bonus points for amounts of each)
What are 4 Orange, 4 Green, 1 Yellow, 1 Blue, 2 Red?
This safety item is the newest addition to the sailing school
What is the megaphone?
The part that's attached to the rudder that helps you steer (2 things)
What is the tiller and the tiller extension?
The wind direction are you going when you are in either close hauled or beam reach
What is upwind?
BONUS: "beating" upwind
Coaches who have sailed on the ocean
(Bonus for someone that is not in the room)
Who are Malcolm and Liam?
(Sarah) (Georgie) (Mady) (Mia)
A general hazard (example).
(NOT a local hazard)
What is weather, other people / boaters / traffic on the water, poor preparation, poor boat maintenance, etc.?
A name of a coachboat our instructors use
What is Lil Sam/Whaler, Big Whaler, Lil Grey, Sierra, or Highfield?
This is why we travel upwind to a destination
What is the reason being the return trip is easier as we travel downwind/so we don't drift farther than we can return?
The meanings of these signals
1 Whistle -
2 Whistle -
3 Whistle -
5+ Whistle -
1 Whistle - Stop and look at the coach boat/tack/stop sailing?
2 Whistle - Gybe/start sailing/paddle backwards?
3 Whistle - Come to me?
5+ Whistle - Head in/to shore?
The centerboard on an Zest and the daggerboard on an Opti sit in here
What is the daggerboard/centerboard housing?
Another phrase for sailing upwind
What is beating?
Your instructor's favourite boat to sail
(Ask instructor to verify)
Two ways you can prepare for hazards
What is knowing what hazardous items or situations you might encounter, being aware of boat traffic on the water, being a defensive sailor (tack before it becomes too late), communicating with your crew / coach to stay out of the way of hazardous situations.
3 things the instructors ALWAYS have in the coachboat.
What is a paddle, an emergency bag (buoyant heaving line, sound signaling device, etc.), a knife, a dry bag, a bailer, a radio, lines, keys to the boat, a kill cord, a gas tank?
The three basic wakeboarding rules/tactics
What is:
1. Arms straight?
2. Knees bent?
3. Let the boat pull you up?
The name of a dockhand
Who is Georgie, Hunter, Blake, Kaden, Riley, Holly, Haylie, and Will?
*Answering Bud the dog gives 1 point
The part of the boat where you attach your rudder
(hint: not the stern, more specific name)
What is the transom?
or
What are the gudgeons? (and pintles)
The point of sail where your boom is on the windward side of your boat
What is sailing by the lee?
The names of all the instructors present in the room and listed in order of how long each of them have taught here in decreasing order (longest to shortest)
Who are Georgie/Mady, Mattias, Mia, Jonathan, Anakah/David/Liam, Nico, Malcolm/Kaitlin/Ashley/Yarko?
Name 2 local geographical/structural hazards that affect our wind
What is the bridge (wind is blocked), what is Knox mountain (wind bounces), what is the area by bear creek (wind swirls)?
Name the number of paddleboards and kayaks we have on the dock.
What is 10 paddleboards and 12 kayaks?
The four tubing hand signals (demonstrate)
What are
1. Are you okay??
2. Slow down?
3. Speed up?
4. Kill it?
The sheet you pull on if the spinnakers windward side is folding
What is the leeward spinnaker sheet?