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All questions are taken from the Competent Crew syllabus.

1. Port refers to

The left hand side of the boat looking back from the bow
The left hand side of the boat looking from the stern
The right hand side of the boat looking from the stern
The shore

2. A North Cardinal Mark shows

you enter a marked channel on the starboard side
Shows the northern point of an entrance channel
Indicates a danger which you can only safely pass to the north of the mark
Shows the northern side of a channel running from east to west

3. A gooseneck is an item found:

At the join of a mast to a boom
At the join of a spinnaker pole to a mast
At the base of a mast where it meets the deck
At the point where the forestay is fastened to the bow

4. A rudder is only effective when

The boat is moving forward through the water
The boat is moving in reverse through the water
Water is flowing over the rudder smoothly
All of the above

5. A pulpit is

The point on the boat where the captain issues commands
The safety rails around the stern of the yacht
The safety rails around the bow of the yacht
The area you sit in while steering the yacht

6. Close Hauled refers to

Catching up with another yacht in a race
A point of sail in relation to wind direction
The ship battened down for stormy weather
Coming up close to a channel mark

7. The main sheet is

A rope use to control the angle of the mainsail to the wind
A rope used to hoist the mainsail
A rope used to stretch the foot of the mainsail
A rope used to reduce the amount of sail in a strong wind

8. The leech refers to:

The leading edge of a sail
The trailing edge of a sail
The bottom of a sail
The highest point of a hoisted sail

9. Flaking means to:

Fold a sail
Scrape barnacles of the bottom of a hull
A point of sail
Washing accumulated salt off the deck

10. When two vessels are meeting head on each vessel should

Steer to port
Steer to starboard
Wait to see what the other vessel does
Make an obvious move that the other vessel can see and avoid