USCG Auxiliary Sailing Endorsement Quiz -

Auxiliary Sailing Quiz

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Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

Which of the following lines would NOT be used in handling a jib or staysail?

a) Halyard

b) Downhaul

c) Outhaul

d) Sheet

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Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

You can make temporary repairs best for a broken forestay by using:

a) The jib or main halyard.

b) The back stay.

c) The sheets.

d) The outhaul.

3 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

A sailing vessel with the wind coming over the port side is said to be a:

a) Port jibe.

b) Starboard Jibe.

c) Port Tack

d) Starboard tack.

4 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

In order to maintain forward speed when changing from a close reach to a broad reach, you should:

a) Ease the sheets and shift weight inboard.

b) Ease the sheets and shift weight outboard.

c) Haul in sheets and shift weight inboard.

d) Haul in sheets and shift weight outboard.

5 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

What is the proper method to fix running rigging to a cleat?

a) Half hitch then a round turn

b) One round turn

c) A series of half hitches

d) A round turn then half hitches

6 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

The purpose of a vang is to hold down the boom and control slack in the:

a) Leech

b) Luff

c) Foot

d) Tack

7 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

Which line would not be used to rig a spinnaker?

a) Foreguy

b) Downhaul

c) Headstay

d) Lift

8 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

The metal horseshoe-shaped pieces used to bend a staysail are called:

a) Hanks

b) Shackles

c) Warps

d) Gudgeons

9 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

What standing rigging supports the mast in the fore and aft, and athwarships direction?

a) Sheets and guys

b) Guys and vangs

c) Vangs and shrouds

d) Shrouds and stays

10 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

A “reaching” course is one in which the wind:

a) Comes directly over the stern

b) Comes directly over the bow

c) Comes over an area extending from the bow to the quarter

d) Has no effect on the vessel

11 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

If a fore and aft sail were to tear along the foot boltrope, it could still be flown by:

a) Easing the foot outhaul

b) Easing the topping lift

c) Slacking the halyard

d) Taking the first reef

12 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

When attempting to pick up a person in the water, your approach should normally be made:

a) With your stern toward the person.

b) To windward of the person.

c) To leeward of the person.

d) With all sails sheeted in.

13 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

In order to tighten the luff of a sail, you would increase tension on the:

a) Backstay

b) Headstay

c) Downhaul

d) Outhaul

14 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

Sail battens are used to:

a) Keep the leech extended and prevent sail edge flutter.

b) Secure the sail corners to the mast, boom, and sheet.

c) Protect the sail edges during heavy weather.

d) Keep tension on the clew outhaul and boom downhaul.

15 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

Twisting of the mainsail can best be controlled by:

a) Inserting shorter sail battens in the batten pockets.

b) Increasing tension on the vang.

c) Slacking the main outhaul.

d) Easing the mainsheet.

16 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

When shifting to a course where the wind comes more from astern, easing the main outhaul would:

a) Allow the boom to swing more freely to leeward.

b) Decrease the force needed to haul in on the mainsheet.

c) Bring the head of the sail down from the top of the mast.

d) Allow the sail to catch more wind.

17 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

If your sails are properly trimmed while on a reaching course, changing to a close-hauled course will:

a) Require you to sheet-in to maintain maximum sailing force forward.

b) Result in a reduction of speed.

c) Cause a greater heeling force to leeward.

d) Result in all of the above.

18 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

A method by which you can temporarily slow or stop a vessel is to:

a) Put the wind off the beam and sheet in.

b) Put the wind off the stern and ease all sheets.

c) Bring the vessel’s head into the wind and let the sails luff.

d) Raise the centerboard when running before the wind.

19 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

When sailing with the wind from dead astern, the main advantage of a centerboard is to:

a) Provide weight stability low in the vessel.

b) Increase drag on the hull.

c) Decrease the heeling forces on the vessel.

d) Aid in steering.

20 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

A vessel is sailing on a close reach when a strong wind suddenly heels the vessel hard over to one side. In order to reduce the heeling and yet maintain speed, you should:

a) Ease the mainsheet and bear more away from the wind.

b) Haul in on the mainsheet and steer more towards the wind.

c) Haul in on the mainsheet and ease the jib sheet.

d) Ease all sheets and steer more into the wind.

21 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

You are attempting to recover an object floating in the water. If your approach to the object is made on a port tack, which action should you take to slow down as you draw near?

a) Quickly change to a starboard tack as you reach the object.

b) Shift the rudder from port to starboard several times as you reach the object.

c) Bring the wind so that it comes over the stern and ease all sheets.

d) Bring the wind directly over the bow and allow the sails to flap.

22 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

You are sitting on the port side of your vessel and steering by tiller. If you pull the tiller are toward you, the vessel’s head will:

a) Turn to port.

b) Turn to starboard.

c) Only turn with a corresponding change in sail trim.

d) Only turn if the centerboard is fully down.

23 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

If all sails are trimmed properly, which course will normally result in the greatest sailing speed?

a) Close-hauled course on a starboard tack

b) Course with the wind off the port bow

c) Course with the wind off either quarter

d) Course with the wind from dead astern

24 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

In order to get the maximum sailing effect when using both a mainsail and jib, the two sails should be trimmed such that:

a) The jib is on one side of the vessel and the mainsail on the other side.

b) An air slot is formed between the two sails.

c) One sail is as close to a right angle as possible to the other.

d) As much of a gap as possible exists between the two sails in order to catch the most wind.

25 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

“Luffing” is a sailing maneuver which:

a) Brings the main boom from one side of the vessel to the other when running before the wind.

b) Changes the vessel’s tack by bringing the stern through the wind.

c) Brings the vessel’s head more into the wind.

d) Reduces sail area by rolling the foot of the sail around the boom.

26 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

What is the purpose of a centerboard when sailing on a tack?

a) To reduce heeling of the vessel to windward

b) To add weight low in the vessel

c) To reduce side slip of the vessel downward

d) To prevent the vessel from backing into the wind

27 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

When experiencing heavy winds, sails should be reefed in order to:

a) Bring the sail parallel to wind flow.

b) Reduce sail area exposed to wind flow.

c) Allow the sails to catch more wind.

d) Remove all tension on the main and jib sheets.

28 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

Which action is recommended in attempting to right a capsized sailing vessel with the mast downwind?

a) Position all personnel at the stern and rock the vessel upright.

b) Position all personnel around the mast and lift the vessel upright.

c) Stand on the centerboard while locked in the down position and haul in on a line attached to the mast.

d) Put the centerboard in the up position and have all personnel haul in on lines attached to the mast.

29 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

If you were running before the wind in a fresh breeze, a boom may be prevented from accidentally jibing by using a/an:

a) Buntline.

b) Clewline.

c) Outhaul.

d) Lazy guy.

30 / 30

Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT

Which statement is true regarding a sea anchor and drogue?

a) Sea anchors and drogues are both put over the bow of your vessel.

b) Sea anchors and drogues are both put over the stern of your vessel.

c) A sea anchor is put over the bow to hold your relative position while a drogue is put over the stern to prevent yawing.

d) A sea anchor is put over the stern while a drogue is put over the bow during heavy weather sailing.

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