QUIZ: 10 questions to know if you’re a pushover on board or not

Dear sailors, the time has come to put yourselves to the test. Could you correctly answer all 10 questions below? Find out if you are a perfect sailor or a hopeless dweeb! Good luck! At the bottom, as you scroll down the screen, you will find the answers and profiles corresponding to the number of correct answers. We advise you not to cheat by going snooping on the web: you will only cheat yourself!

QUIZ – “SAIL” FEEL TO ANSWER?

1. The furling genoa has the bugna placed higher because:
A) to optimize the flow at load-bearing gaits
B) for homogeneous tissue reduction
C) to decrease the heeling in strong wind

2. The aft edge of mainsail or genoa is called:
A) ashlar
B) base
(C) balumina

3. Among propeller with fixed, steerable or folding blades, which one has the lowest efficiency in reverse?
A) Fixed-blade
B) Swivel-bladed
C) With folding paddles

4. If sailing upwind the wind changes from 10 to 20 knots, the pressure on the sails:
A) triples
B) doubles
C) quadruples

5. When sailing in heavy stern seas, it is better for the waves to hit the hull:
A) on the side
B) to the little garden
C) on the transom

6. In the last America’s Cup Oracle (TAG Heuer’s official partner) beat New Zealand by what score:
A) 7 to 6
B) 9 to 8
C) 5 to 4

7. The apparent wind compared with the actual wind occurs:
A) increasingly forward
B) more and more aft
C) always greater

8. When an ‘anchor does not hold on the bottom it is said that:
A) grabs
B) macaw
C) makes head

9. At the grand slack gait, the wind relative to the course arrives at an angle of about:
A) 90°
B) 150°
C) 180°

10. When a boat is traveling at its critical speed what causes the bow wave to meet the stern wave:
A) a damping of the wave motion
B) the formation of wake
C) a wave twice as high
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THE CORRECT ANSWERS
1. B
2. C
3. C
4. C
5. B
6. B
7. A
8. B
9. B
10. C

WHAT KIND OF SAILORS ARE YOU?
1-3 RIGHT ANSWERS: “MAINSAIL IS A FISH.”
You are a perfect layman of the seas. You think the mainsail is a fish, to you the vang is a German car model. You can improve with some good reading and a sailing course!

4-6 RIGHT ANSWERS: “BUDDING SAILOR” You still have a lot to learn, but you are on the right track. You are not yet able to venture into challenging navigations, but go a few more miles and study more. Soon you can become an accomplished sailor.

7-9 RIGHT ANSWERS: “COMPLETE SAILOR“ On paper you are prepared: if theory is matched by practice (and if you have not used wikipedia or other web sources to answer) you are a complete sailor.

10 RIGHT ANSWERS: “TABARLY DE NOANTRI” You are an experienced sailor, able to cope with all problems while sailing. Your friends regard you with great respect and some have ventured to nickname you the “Tabarly de Noantri.” But don’t sit on your laurels. At sea, as in life, you never stop learning.