Boat Parts
What is the tall pole that holds your sail up?
Mast
What point of sail are you on when your sail is all the way in?
Upwind
What is it called when you turn through the wind.
Tack
A spot of heavier wind on the water.
What is a puff?
What is the first step of tacking?
Look around
What is the pole that is attached to your mast and holds your sail up?
Boom
What point of sail are you on when your sail is all the way out?
Downwind
What is it called when you turn around the wind?
Jibe
What is a lull
A spot with no/less wind
What is the second step of tacking?
TTS
What do you use to steer your boat
Tiller
When do you put your sail halfway in
Reach
A method of propelling your boat with no wind that involves rocking the boat and pushing the sail out and back in.
What is Kinetic Sailing?
What is a racing "tournament" called?
A regatta
What is the 3rd step of tacking?
back foot across
What part steers the boat
Rudder
Another name for upwind.
A method of tacking that gives you the most speed.
What is roll tacking?
What is the small sail at the front of a boat called?
Jib
Transition
What is the board in the center of your boat?
Daggerboard
The point of sail in-between a reach and down wind.
What is broad reach?
A method of stopping that involves letting your sail out.
What is safety position?
What are the two roles called on a boat? One controls the main sail and one controls the jib?
Skipper and Crew
What is the last step of tacking?
Straighten Tiller