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Sail Away: Vocabulary at Sea Quiz
1.
What is both “the place where a ship lies when at anchor or at a wharf” and a place to sit, sleep, or rest on a ship?
board
bunk
berth
dock
2.
Which term refers to changing the direction a ship is sailing “by turning the bow to the wind and shifting the sails so as to fall off on the other side at about the same angle as before”?
pinning
surging
streaming
tacking
3.
What is the area “near, toward, or in the stern of a ship”?
post
starboard
aft
port
4.
Which word describes something “behind a ship”?
astern
astral
starboard
port
5.
Which word means “the forward part of a ship”?
bow
capstan
head
bender
6.
Which is “a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering”?
topsider
helm
shrike
sling
7.
Which is “the frame or body of a ship”?
mast
shuck
shell
hull
8.
Which sailing maneuver involves changing a ship’s direction “so that as the stern passes through the eye of the wind the boom swings to the opposite side”?
safety
tacking
heaving
jibing
9.
Which is “a long pole or spar rising from the keel or deck of a ship”?
mast
mizzen
yard
quarterdeck
10.
What consists of the “lines and chains used aboard a ship especially in working sail”?
rudders
rigging
foremast
shrouds
11.
What is “the chief structural member of a boat or ship that extends longitudinally along the center of its bottom and that often projects from the bottom”?
keel
forecastle
propeller
bow
12.
Which word means “being in or facing the direction toward which the wind is blowing”?
southerly
leeward
windward
downwind
13.
Which is considered “the right side of a ship…looking forward”?
starboard
port
aft
astern
14.
What is “the rear end of a boat”?
stop
stern
rudder
derriere
15.
What kind of knot is “made of two reverse half-knots”?
square
reef
bowling
clove
16.
What is “an underwater blade” used to steer a ship?
rudder
propeller
wheel
anchor
17.
What exclamation is used to draw attention when hailing a ship?
Avast!
Yo!
Hail!
Ahoy!
18.
What is the anchor’s position when it is “raised just clear of the bottom”?
clear
moored
aweigh
dragging
19.
What is “the lowest point of a ship’s inner hull”?
bilge
funnel
forehatch
bulwark
20.
What is “a partly enclosed platform high on a ship's mast for use as a lookout”?
mainmast
crow’s nest
masthead
forecastle
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