Learn to Sail Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. The hull is the body of the boat and consists of everything below the deck.
  2. 3. This is the term for the back of the boat.
  3. 5. A large, vertical pole that holds the sails up. Some boats have more than one.
  4. 6. When you are facing the bow (the front of the boat) the side to your left is this side.
  5. 8. This is what the front of the boat is called.
  6. 10. This is a (usually fiberglass) plate that pivots from the bottom of the keel in some boats and is used to balance the boat when under sail.
  7. 12. This is the sail at the bow of the boat. This helps propel the boat forward.
  8. 13. This is the opposite of tacking, which means that it is when you turn the stern (or back) of the boat through the wind so that wind shifts to the other side of the boat. This is a more dangerous maneuver in a strong breeze than tacking since the boat's sails are always fully powered by the wind, and may react violently to the change in the orientation of the boat to the wind. Care must be exercised to control the boom during this maneuver as serious injury is a possibility if the boom travels across the cockpit uncontrolled.
Down
  1. 1. What lines (or ropes) get fastened to when they need to be kept tight.
  2. 3. The right side of the boat when facing the bow.
  3. 4. Large sailboats with two or more masts. The mast in the back of the boat is either taller or equal in height to the mast at the front of the ship. These boats have been used to commercially fish, transport goods and as warships.
  4. 7. The rudder is how the boat is steered. It is movable so that when you turn the wheel or tiller, the rudder directs the boat in the direction you would like the boat to go.
  5. 9. The horizontal support for the foot of the mainsail which extends aft of the mast. This is what you want to watch out for when changing directions in a sailboat. It can give you quite a wallop on the head if it hits you.
  6. 11. When you turn the bow of the boat through the wind so that the wind switches from one side of the boat to the other. This is when you most need to be mindful of the boom, as the boom will swing from one side of the boat to the other(you don’t want to be in its way when it does that.)