Across
- 2. The aft mainsail
- 3. The tack you are on when the boom is on the port side
- 5. Emergency equipment that transmits your location
- 8. Brand name for HMPE rope
- 9. Portuguese explorer who’s crew completed the first circumnavigation
- 10. Safety line to clip your tether to when on deck
- 13. Island in the Atlantic, type of sailboat rig
- 14. 6 feet of water
- 15. Drains in the cockpit
- 19. Slang term for the masthead wind indicator
- 22. Opening in the boat below the waterline
- 23. The back corner of a sail
- 24. What the English call the boom vang
- 26. Historical term for the port side of the boat
- 27. Outermost upwind headsail on a bow sprit
- 31. Offshore race that starts on boxing day (2 words)
- 32. Singlehanded round-the-world race
- 34. Current holder of the America’s Cup
- 35. “Red sky in morning, sailors take _____”
Down
- 1. The controversial design feature that decided the 1983 America’s Cup (2 words)
- 4. “____, right, return”
- 6. The infamous 1979 ______ race
- 7. 12 ____ Class
- 11. The front edge of a sail
- 12. Design feature of a hull that is wider on the topsides than on the gunnels
- 13. Magnetic compass at a ship’s helm
- 16. Eight US Navy ships bear this name
- 17. Get a drink at the ____ Pony after the Mackinac race
- 18. Falling in the water (acronym)
- 20. The forecastle on a ship where the crew slept
- 21. Forward and aft deck curvature
- 25. A common downwind maneuver (American spelling)
- 28. Distance sailed sideways
- 29. Famous 100-footer; Native American tribe
- 30. Racing rule popular in the 1970’s
- 33. Italian city; type of sail
- 36. First yacht to win the America’s Cup