Officers
As the head youth Officer of the Ship, this person gives leadership to all ship meetings & activities including planning & conducting regular quarterdeck meetings.
What is the Boatswain?
This term is used in VHF emergency communication to indicate "Distress - Risk of loss of life or danger to the vessel is possible."
What is "Mayday"?
Sloop, Ketch, Yawl, Cutter, or Schooner: This vessel has between two and seven masts including a foremast that is usually smaller than the other masts.
What is a schooner?
What is the "boom"?
A spar at the foot of a fore-and-aft sail to which the sail is secured.
A line used for hoisting sails.
What is a "halyard"?
This Officer collects activity & meeting ideas from the Ship members and helps the Ship's Activity Chairs plan & conduct successful activities.
What is the Boatswain's Mate for Program?
This type of life jacket is the minimum acceptable for most aquatic Scouting activities.
What is a Type III Life Jacket?
Sloop, Ketch, Yawl, Cutter, or Schooner: This single-masted vessel has its mast positioned far enough aft to enable it to carry one or more headsails.
What is a sloop?
These short spars extending from each side of the mast spread the shrouds and give them greater mechanical advantage to keep the mast straight.
What is the "spreaders"?
The boat's main or principal sail, this sail is set on the mainmast of the vessel.
What is a "mainsail"?
This Officer keeps minutes of quarterdeck & ship meetings, reminders other officers of assigned tasks, and supervises the Ship's correspondence.
What is the Yeoman?
Of the three primary Life Jacket Types approved by the U.S. Coast Guard (i.e., Types I, II, and III), these types are required to float a person in an upright position with the face out of the water.
What are Type I and Type II Life Jackets?
Sloop, Ketch, Yawl, Cutter, or Schooner: This single-masted vessel is fore and aft rigged with two or more headsails; its mast is set further back than the mast of a sloop.
What is a cutter?
Wires or lines that support a mast are referred to collectively by this term.
What is "stay rigging"?
The line by which the angle of the jib is controlled.
What is a "jib sheet"?
This Officer is responsible for procuring and maintaining ship property, checks in and out all equipment and keeps a complete inventory of all equipment.
What is the Storekeeper?
This term is used in VHF emergency communications to indicate "Urgent - Safety of the vessel or person is in jeopardy."
What is "Pan Pan" (pronounced "Pahn Pahn")?
Sloop, Ketch, Yawl, Cutter, or Schooner: This two-masted vessel has a shorter mast (called a "mizzenmast") stepped forward of the rudder post.
What is a ketch?
These wires lead from the upper part of the mast to the deck on either side to provide lateral support.
What are "shrouds"?
A triangular sail set ahead of the foremast on a sailboat.
What is a "jib"?
This Officer tracks income & expenditures of the Ship, set up a yearly budget, and makes regular treasury reports at Ship's meetings.
What is the Purser?
This term is used in VHF emergency communications to indicate "Safety message - Used to report hazard to navigation, buoy off station, extreme weather, etc."
What is "Security" (pronounced "say-curitay")?
Sloop, Ketch, Yawl, Cutter, or Schooner: This two-masted vessel has a shorter mast (called a "mizzenmast") stepped aft of the rudder post or wheel.
What is a yawl?
The aft and shorter of two masts on yawls and ketches, sails used for ship balance are set to this mast.
What is a "mizzenmast"?
All rope or wire lines used to control sails are referred to collectively by this term.
What is "running rigging"?