Question 1
Study the following image, it correctly identifies the direction of buoyage when using the IALA Buoyage System B. True or False?
Your Answer:
False
Question 2
Which of the following describes the sailing term "Luffing Up"?
Your Answer:
The boat turns into the wind
Question 3
Which of the following describes the sailing term "Jib"?
Your Answer:
In front of the boat
Question 4
Which of the following flags represents V?
Your Answer:
Question Not Answered
Correct Answer:
Question 5
Which of the following sailing terms means "Aft edge of a sail"?
Your Answer:
Leech
Question 6
Which letter is represented by the following semaphore flag signal?
Your Answer:
Question Not Answered
Correct Answer:
Y
Question 7
Boats can sail faster than the wind that powers them. True or False?
Your Answer:
True
Question 8
To avoid a collision at sea between two sailing vessels on different tacks, which tack has the priority and thus is the stand-on vessel?
Your Answer:
Starboard
Question 9
Which of the following describes the sailing term "Rudder"?
Your Answer:
Used to steer the boat through the water
Question 10
A port tack is when the wind is coming from the starboard side of the vessel?
Your Answer:
False
Question 11
An East Cardinal mark has which colour characteristics?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 12
Generally, the direction of buoyage when entering a river is away from the rivers source. True or False?
Your Answer:
Question Not Answered
Correct Answer:
False
Question 13
Which of the following sailing terms is described as "The front of the boat"?
Your Answer:
Bow
Question 14
A point of sail is the direction a sailing boat is travelling in, relative to it's position to land?
Your Answer:
False
Question 15
Air pressure around the inside of a sail is higher than the air pressure on the outside of the sail. True or false?
Your Answer:
True
Question 16
Which of the following sailing terms means "Bottom forward corner of a sail"?
Your Answer:
Tack
Question 17
The following image identifies which part of a sail?
Your Answer:
Battens
Question 18
Which of the following describes the sailing term "Head"?
Your Answer:
The top of a sail
Question 19
Lift is a force generated by the air travelling faster around the inside of the sail than the outside. True or False?
Your Answer:
True
Correct Answer:
False
Question 20
The following image correctly shows a channel in IALA Buoyage System A. True or False?
Your Answer:
False