General boating questions (cardbox)

30 Karteikarten

• 1
  what is the lowest part of the inside of the boat

  bilge
• 2
  what is the verticle distance from the surface of the water ...

  freeboard
• 3
  what kind of boat is hardere to drive at higher speeds

  jet drive boat
• 4
  what kind of sailboat is riged with one mast and 2 sails?

  sloop
• 5
  callin channals on a vjf radio are

  16 and 9
• 6
  what kind of communicatio in aloud on a workign channal

  arranging to meet another vessel
• 7
  what rope can stretch considerable without damage

  Nylon
• 8
  sail boat rigging is mostly what kind of line?

  polyester
• 9
  what line floats on water?

  polypropylene
• 10
  a good knot with 2 half hitches is

  clove hitch
• 11
  blur area on a chart is?

  deep safe water
• 12
  day markers ar eused to identify what?

  daybeacons
• 13
  as you return from sea numbers on navigation aids will?

  increase
• 14
  red and green horizontal banded marks what

  preffered route in channels with obstructions
• 15
  red and white verticaly striped navigation aids means

  safe water on both sides
• 16
  when docking or undocking you should aprouch how?

  aprouch against wind and current
• 17
  scope of anhor line in normal conditions is?

  7:1
• 18
  to convert true course to magnetic course do what?

  add westerly variation
• 19
  what formula will help you compute speed distance and time?

  60*D =S*T
• 20
  in nautical time 11:51 pm is?

  1151
• 21
  in nautical time 11:51 pm is described as?

  twent - three - fifty - one
• 22
  a sail boat with its sails raised and under power is?

  a power driven vessel
• 23
  if you are trolling with a lure what kind of priveges do ...

  none
• 24
  when in a narrow channel you must keep your boat where?

  as close to the edge of the channel on your starboard side
• 25
  lights usualy found on a sail boat less then 65 feet are

  red and green side lights
• 26
  capacity of a trailer should exceed gross weight of ...

  15%
• 27
  check tire temperature when tires are?

  warm
• 28
  saftey chain must be crossed how?

  under trailer tongue
• 29
  winch line for boats over 14 feet should be made of what?

  steel cable
• 30
  you can adjust tongue by

  changing the position of the boat on the trailer