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100

The small sail on a 420.


What is the Jib?

100

The nautical term for a bathroom?

What is the Heads?

100

The basis of drill is.

What is Teamwork?

100

The name of one of the organizations that supports the sea cadet program.

What is the Navy League or the Department of Defence?

100

The knot used to tie two ropes of equal diameter together.

What is the reef/square knot?

200

The person who steers that boat and controls the main sail.

What is the Skipper?

200

The nautical term for the back end of the ship.

What is the stern?

200

The foot that you step off with on the march.

What is the Left foot?

200

The name of the all girls cadet corps before the programs were merged.

What is a Wrennette Corps?

200

The main body of a boat.

What is the hull?

300

The person who balances the boat.

What is the crew?

300

The nautical term for everyone on board the ship.

What is the Ship's Company?

300

The place where your fingertip should go during a salute.

What is the corner of your eye?

300

The motto of the sea cadet program.


What is "Ready, aye, ready"?

300

This knot creates a temporary eye in a rope.

What is the bowline?

400

The part of the boat that keeps it from capsizing.

What is the centreboard/daggerboard?

400

The nautical term for Kitchen.

What is the Galley?

400

The angle that your feet should be at when at attention.

What is 45°? 

400

The name of the sea cadet program before it was named “Royal Canadian Sea Cadets.”

What is the "Boys Naval Brigade?"

400

The knot tied in the end of heaving line.

What is a monkey's fist?

500

When a boat turns with the stern going through the wind.

What is jibing?

500

The nautical term for garbage?

What is Gash?

500

The minimum number of cadets that must be in a division to form three ranks.

What is 10?

500

In 1942 King George VI grant this to the sea cadet program.

What is the 'Royal' title?

500

The purpose of whipping a rope.

What is to prevent the rope from fraying?