Basic Sailing Terminology

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Across
  1. 5. keeps you floating
  2. 7. controls the main sail
  3. 9. captures wind power for the boat
  4. 11. hauls the sail out; on the boom
  5. 12. paddle that controls direction of movement
  6. 13. the person controlling the steering
  7. 17. holds the bottom of the sail
  8. 19. being closer to the wind
  9. 21. right
  10. 22. rope that connects boom and mast
Down
  1. 1. the sail on the front of the boat
  2. 2. left
  3. 3. turning the front of the boat through the wind
  4. 4. stick that controls the rudder
  5. 6. where the sail attaches to
  6. 8. the part of the boat that touches the water
  7. 10. where you cannot sail
  8. 13. protects your head
  9. 14. being further from the wind
  10. 15. any person that is in the boat but not steering
  11. 16. front of the boat
  12. 18. turning the back of the boat through the wind
  13. 20. leaning out of the boat
  14. 21. back of the boat