ASA 101 Sailing Made Easy Basic Sailing Terminology

What you will learn in ASA 101 Sailing Made Easy

1. Describe and identify the following sailboat parts and their functions: 

• Hull Deck Transom Keel Mast Boom Gooseneck Bow Stern Helm / Tiller /Wheel  Rudder Cockpit Cabin Standing Rigging Shroud Spreader Chainplate Headstay /  Forestay Backstay Stanchion Lifeline Pulpit Winch Cleat Block Fairlead Fender  Docklines 

2. Identify and describe the functions of the following sails, sail parts and sail  controls: 

• Mainsail Jib / Genoa Head Tack Clew Foot Luff Leech Downhaul / Cunningham  Batten Batten Pocket Bolt Rope Hank Running Rigging Halyard Mainsheet  Jibsheets Boom Topping Lift Boom Vang Telltale Outhaul Traveler Shackle Roller  Furler 

3. Define the following terms: 

• Port Starboard Forward Aft Beam Ahead Astern Abeam Windward Leeward Draft  Freeboard Heel Weather helm Skipper Helmsman Crew 

Maneuvers & Points of Sail 

4. Explain and identify using diagrams the following maneuvers, points of sail,  and other terms: 

  • Head-to-Wind, No-Sail Zone, Closed Hauled, Close Reach, Beam Reach, Broad  Reach, Run, Sailing-by-the-Lee, In Irons, Luffing, Port Tack, Starboard Tack,  Tacking, Jibing, Stand-on, Give-way 

5. Explain and utilize correctly the following helm commands and crew  responses: 

  • • “Heading Up” 
  • • “Bearing Away” 
  • • “Ready About” —– “Ready” —– “Helms a-Lee” (or “Coming About” or “Tacking”) • “Prepare to Jibe” —– “Ready” —– “Jibe-Ho” (or “Jibing”) 

Navigation Rules 

For items 6 through 12, describe, using diagrams as appropriate, the applicable rules  for a 25-foot recreational sailing vessel, as found in the USCG Navigation Rules and  Regulations Handbook. Identify the “stand-on” and “give-way” vessel in each situation. 

  • 6. Look-out, Rule 5. 
  • 7. Sailing vessels with the wind on different sides (starboard / port), Rule 12(a) (i) 
  • 8. Sailing vessels with the wind on same side (leeward / windward), Rule 12(a) (ii)
  • 9. Sailing vessel on port tack cannot determine windward sailing vessel’s tack,  Rule 12(a)(iii) 
  • 10. Overtaking (Rule 13) 
  • 11. Power-driven vessels approaching each other head-on (Rule 14) 
  • 12. Power-driven vessel with another power-driven vessel on starboard side  (Rule 15) 
  • 13. Describe appropriate actions to be taken when sailing in the vicinity of  commercial traffic, including responding to a danger signal. 

Aids to Navigation 

  • 14. Identify and state the purpose of lateral aids to navigation by color, shape &  numbering, including preferred channel markers. 
  • 15. Identify safe water, information and regulatory markers. 

Safety Gear & Procedures 

  • 16. List the federally required equipment for a recreational sailboat of 25-feet in  length. 
  • 17. Identify the location and color of navigation lights used by a recreational  vessel of 25-feet in length. 
  • 18. Describe the purpose of a Float Plan, give examples of information  contained therein and to whom it should be submitted. 
  • 19. Describe when and to whom boating accidents must be reported. (More than  $500 or any injury requiring a hospital or emergency care.) 
  • 20. State the Federal Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) limit for vessel operation.  (.08) 

SKILLS 

Safety Equipment 

21. Demonstrate the proper use of a lifejacket or personal flotation device  (PFD). 

Sailing 

A Certified Sailor has successfully demonstrated his or her ability to: Rig/hoist/set sails safely and correctly to obtain proper sail trim using the following  lines and controls, if available on the practice vessel 

  • 22. Halyards and/or furling devices
  • 23. Downhaul or Cunningham 
  • 24. Outhaul 
  • 25. Boom Vang 
  • 26. Mainsheet 
  • 27. Jibsheets 
  • 28. Winches 
  • 29. Traveler 
  • 30. Lower/furl/stow sails and coil/flake/stow lines properly 

Without coaching or assistance, verbalize appropriate commands and demonstrate  competence, safety and good seamanship in the role of Skipper / Helmsman during  the maneuvers listed in elements 31 – 42. Honor all aids to navigation and use  properly the basic Navigation Rules. Ensure sails are trimmed correctly and the vessel  is in control at all times. 

  • 31. Depart dock or mooring fully ready to get underway safely 
  • 32. Select and maintain a given tack and course 
  • 33. Demonstrate how to get out of “irons” 
  • 34. Head Up 
  • 35. Bear Away 
  • 36. Sail Close Hauled 
  • 37. Sail on a Close Reach 
  • 38. Sail on a Beam Reach 
  • 39. Sail on a Broad Reach 
  • 40. Sail on a Run 
  • 41. Tack 
  • 42. Jibe 
  • 43. As crew, give appropriate verbal responses and perform correct actions  during the maneuvers listed above. 

Crew Overboard 

44. Describe and demonstrate the correct actions to be taken while under sail  from the time a person falls overboard until safely recovered. 

Return & Secure

  • 45. Return to dock or mooring 
  • 46. Secure vessel, using appropriate mooring/dock lines, fenders, etc. 

Knots 

Describe the purpose of, and construct without assistance in a timely manner, each of  the following knots and hitches: 

  • 47. Figure-8 Knot 
  • 48. Square (Reef) Knot 
  • 49. Clove Hitch 
  • 50. Round Turn & 2 Half Hitches 
  • 51. Cleat Hitch 
  • 52. Bowline

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