TONY CROWLEYAdlard Coles Ltd William Collins Sons 8 Co. Ltd 8 Grafton Street, London WIX 3LA First published in Great Britain by Adlard Coles Lid 1986 Distributed in the United States of America by Sheridan House, Inc. Copyright © Tony Crowley 1986 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Crowley, Tony The sailing quiz book. 1. Sailing—Miscellanca |. Title qers2e07s —@veit ISBN 0-229-11780-5 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Mackays of Chatham, Kent All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, oF by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. INTRODUCTION Welcome to The Sailing Quiz Book, The book is packed with quizzes, Fiddles, and puzzles concerning the many different aspects of sailing ~ there is even a personality test to help you to decide the best kind of sal ing for you js hoped that the book will be a source of interest, entertainment, and reterence to all who enjoy sailing: a diversion for families during the off season or when bad weather cancels the weekend cruise, or asa learning land revision aid for yachtsmen and women preparing for RYA examin ations. ‘Answers toall ne quizzes are providedat the back of the book but have ‘2 go and see if you can puzzle out the correct solution before turning to this section The contents do not follow any special order but the longer quizzes have been organised into three sections: Force 1 104: Fairly easy Force $107: Medium difficulty Force @ 10 10: Heavy going Finally, several short but useful microcomputer programs will be found ft the back of the book and thase include a morse code training program,PART1 Force 1 to4 Light airs to a moderate breeze SAILING Here is a short quiz to test your knowledge of basic sailing terms. 1. What are the three main points of sailing (in relation to the wind)? (a (o). 0. 2, What terms are used to describe the situation when fa). the wind is dead ahead? 7 (6). the wind is before (just ahead of the beam? [e)_ the wind ig abatt (ust Denind) the beam?, [d)_ the wind is dead astern? aa [e}_ the boat is running with the wind on the same side as the Doom? 3. What call should be given to warn members of the crew that the boat is [a)_ going to change tack that is, change direction so the bows pass through the wing? (b} going to gybe ~ that is, change direction so the stern passes through the wind? 4. What call is given as a warning at the time the boat actually (a) changes tack? (0) gybes? ‘5, What order is given to the helmsman so that he or she (a) moves the boat's head closer to the direction of the wind (to windward)? (6). keeps the boat on its present course? (e) moves the boat's head away from the wind (Io leewar)? WORDSEARCH Hidden among this panel of letters are thenames f ten different partsofa sail. They run in all directions: forwards, backwards, up, down, and diagonally. Some cross each other. When youhave managed to find them, ‘use the dlagram to locate their correct positions 2SEATALK 1 Like many occupations, seataring has @ language of its own. A few terms are found in general use, 9. changing tack, but the majority remain a mystery to the landilubber. Can you provide a suitable translation for the following nautical verbs? 1, To batten down, 2. Totend oft 3. To gather way. 4, To heel 5. To labour. 6 Tolaunch . 7. Tolog 8. To make fast 9. To make sail 10. To pay out 41, To soull 12. To stand on 18. To stow 14. To unship 16. To weigh DIFFERENCES 1 What is the difference between 1. Aboat and a ship? 2. sloop and a cutter? 3, Aketch and a yaw!? 4, Abrig and a brigantine? 5. Abarque and a barquentine? “rm not saying it was rough, but for three days | wore a porthole asa collar’ 4 QUICK CROSSWORD 17. Abrietentry in thelog book(4) : 18. A wire strop along the gatf weather (4) ae 2. Haul. Joe! (4) © rin an unventiated bee space (6) 8... fouling paint (4) 1. vessel with two hulls (9) 10. To move torward 2. Permanently heeled over (4) gradually (4) 4. Afemale naval rating (4) 11, Atloating marker buoy (3) 5. Men (and women) who enjoy 12, By which sails are sailing (9) measured (a) 7. Alfected by the tides 5) 14, You need them when caught 8. Large passenger vessel 5) into ¢4) 13. 180 degrees from West (4) 16. On your guard and ready for 15. Alott (4) action 5),CAPSIZE Youre enjoying a pleasant evening's sail ona small dinghy in an estuary ‘when a sudden gust of wind causes you to capsize. You havenocrew with ‘you: Which of the following steps would you take? Select 8 andplace them in the order in which you would carry them out. Lower all the sails Fire a portable distress flare ‘Swim around to the centreboard Free the mainsheet Remove centreboard completely ‘Start bailing out the boat ‘Swim to the shore for help Pull boat’s head up to wind Haul on the jib and use weight to right the boat Climb up carefully onto the centreboard, keeping weight as clos Possible to the hull 11, Swim to shore using mainsheet as towline 12. Give the boardsailing distress signa! 13. Stay with the boat 14, Stand on the tip of the centreboard and jump up and down with as much torce as possibie 15. Remove cudder and tiller 16. Throw the end of the jib sheat ov 17. Climb aboard as quickly as possible alter falling into the water 18. Remove personal buoyancy-aid to aid body movements 19. Swim to the stern and check that the rudder is secure CHART SYMBOLS 1 Twenty widely-used chart abbre ations tor you to decipher. The first RIGHT WAY, iweconcor the uatyarine sea. WRONG WAY 1 bottom in some way. oRPERSONALITY [At great expense, Madame Zodiac has provided you with the character reading below. Unfortunately, she uses the same reading for all ner clients, Look through the statements and indicate which ones you fully agree with, only partly agree with, or completely disagree with, by circling the numbers provided. 20i6e Aung eaibe Auueg ‘a,08810 1. (a) You ike going for long walks by yourself (©) You like having your photograph taken (©) You enioy organising clubs or societies (You always try to get along with others. 2. (@) Youusually avoid large crowds (©) You enjoy acting or singing in tront of an audience (6) People often ask you for your advice (0) Youtike tobe with a group of people 3. (@) Youprefer to sort out your own problems (©) Youd weara funny costume ift made people iaugh (©) You're good at suggesting how things should be done () Youhate missing a party, disco, or outing with friends 4. {@) Youppreter to plan things your own way (©) Youcanbea bit ofa showott (©) Youlike giving orders and telling people what to do {@) Youenjoy most team games 5 (@) Youotten find that you prefer books to people (0) Youenjoy making speeches or giving talks (©) Youcan take charge of things in an emergency {G)_ When others are enjoying themselves you join in too 6. (@)_Youtind you work best when you work alone (©) Youare never shy in trontof strangers {c) You quite enjoy having to make dacisions for others. (0) Youve always made friends quite easily ©2000 0000 0000 0000 000 acco *s 7. {a} You dor't mind being lett on your awn 210 (©) You like telling jokes or interesting storios, 210 (6) tt people are wrong about something you soon telltnem 210 (4) You enioy listening to other people's conversation 2 1-0 [Add together the scores for he seven (a) itemsand then dothe same with ‘the (b), (c) and (a) items, A high (a) score means you will fall into the first category given on tne answer page, with a high (b) score pointing to the ‘second answer, and 60 on. Don't take it too seriously, however MEMORY BANK How goods your memory? Study the items left lying on the deck on p. 27 for exactly one minute, and then turn back to this page to see how many you can remember. 1 9 2 10 3. 1" 4 12 5. 13 8 14 7 15 8 ACUTE ANGLE Abhand aboard a ship | knew could measure angles fair and true without a sextant or nautical ai, ‘how were those calculations made?