Competent Crew Quiz
Points of sail: 7 Questions
The Points of sail Questions
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The yacht is sailing as close to the wind as she can. What is this point of sail called? -
The wind is coming straight across the side of the boat. What is this point of sail called? -
The wind is coming from behind, over the back corner. What is this point of sail called? -
The wind is coming from directly behind. What is this point of sail called? -
The yacht is pointing straight into the wind and her sails are flapping. What is she? -
The yacht turns her bow through the wind, as shown. What is this called? -
The yacht turns her stern through the wind, as shown. What is this called?
Knot drawings from Wikimedia Commons: bowline by Hella, adapted by Tescobar (CC BY-SA 3.0); figure of eight, reef knot, sheet bend and rolling hitch by Lucasbosch (CC BY-SA 3.0); round turn and two half hitches by Stephan Brunker (CC BY-SA 3.0); clove hitch by Sawims (public domain). All other pictures are SailChecker's own.