Basic Keelboat 2 Quiz

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Basic Keelboat 2 Quiz - Day 2

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Rivers, lakes, estuaries, and bays are:
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Inland Oceans

Tributaries

Pools

Inland Bodies of Water

SF Bay is part of the Pacific Ocean.
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True

False

Tides effect the water level in the Bay.
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True

False

Being aware of tides is important for…
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Knowing where you shouldn’t sail

Not running aground

Know where is safe to Heave to

All of the above

An incoming tide is called a ______.
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Rush Tide

Fast Tide

Ebb Tide

Flood Tide

The duration of a tide is about ____ hours.
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The period between tides is called….
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Quiet Tide

Slack Tide

Calm Tide

No Tide

An outgoing tide is called a Flood Tide.
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True

False

When an incoming tide reaches it’s peak, we have low tide.
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True

False

If you are sailing at 5 knots into a 2 knot current, your actual speed is __knots.
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With channel markers, Red markers are even numbered and Green’s are odd numbered.
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True

False

Day boards are affixed to ….
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Pilings or sea walls

Bridges

The sea bed

Nuns are ____ in color. Cans are ____ in color.
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Red/Green

Green/Red

Triangle day boards are ___. Squares are___.
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Green/Red

Red/Green

A preferred channel marker tells you there is a fork in the road.
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True

False

A white buoy with an orange diamond is saying…
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Slow Down

Restricted Area

No Wake Zone

When returning to the marina, the red day board should be on your ___.
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Right

Left

Which item would not be required by the Coast Guard while sailing the Andrews21 ___.
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Cell Phone

Throwable Type IV

PFD’s

Whistle or Horn

A way to “park” the boat while sailing is to ___.
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Sail Downwind

Reef

Drop the Sails

Heave To

When performing a heave-to, the jib should be ___.
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Dropped

Backwinded

Stay the same

Let out

When performing a heave-to, the mainsail should be pulled into the centerline of the boat.
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True

False

When performing a heave-to, the tiller should ___.
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Go to the main

Go away from the main

In a heave-to, the jib and tiller offset each other.
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True

False

While in a heave-to, the boat no-longer moves forward, instead the boat ___.
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It goes backwards

Drifts to windward

Drifts to leeward

Before starting the reefing process, the boat should be sailing ___.
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As close to the wind as possible

Downwind

Broad Reach

Close Reach

When reefing, the mainsail should be ___.
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Out and luffing

In to the center line

Dropped and re-raised

The correct order for reefing is ___.
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Clew, Tack, Reef Ties

Reef Ties, Tack, Clew

Tack, Clew, Reef Ties

Reef Ties should be tied around the boom.
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True

False

The first maneuver in a MOB recovery is to ___.
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Drop the sails

Tack

Go into a beam reach or broad reach

Gybe

During MOB recovery, you should sail away and create about ____ boat lengths between you and the MOB.
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2-4

7-10

10-15

After creating enough distance between you and the MOB, your next maneuver should be a Gybe.
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True

False

While sailing away from the MOB, you want to keep him on your ___.
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Stern

Port Side

Bow

Starboard Side

When heading-up to recover the MOB, it is a good idea for the tiller person to transition to the leeward side for a better view of the MOB.
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True

False

When picking up the MOB, he should be on the ___.
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Windward side of the boat

Leeward side of the boat

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