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Chapter 1
Know Your Boat
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Powerboats
Power Types?
Gasoline engines
Diesel engines
Jet drive
Some types are
Cruisers 1 2
Runabouts
Instructor Notes:
Ask: What are some propulsion types?
Boats are classified by propulsion, hull, and engine types.
Responses: Gasoline, diesel, jet
PWC
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Boating Terms
gunwale
bow 1 3
Instructor Notes:
Get the students to name the parts of the boat before activating the animation.
Ask: Why are these important to know?
Classroom training aid: pass around a model boat and have each student name one boat term.
cleat
stern 4
transom 2 5
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Boating Terms
beam 3
freeboard 4
Instructor Notes:
Get the students to name the parts of the boat before activating the animation.
Ask: Why are these important to know?
draft
hull 5 1
propeller 2
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Boating Terms
starboard
forward 3 1
Instructor Notes:
Get the students to name the parts of the boat before activating the animation.
Ask: Why are these important to know?
Classroom training aid: pass around a model boat and have each student name one boat term.
aft
port 2 4
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Types of Powerboats
Houseboat 1
Sportfisherman 2
Instructor Notes:
Discuss various types.
Ask: What boat types do the students have?
Ask: What are some characteristics of the boat types?
Trawler 3
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7. small cabin without full headroom after part of a boat’s side
Parts of a Powerboat
Cuddy,
small cabin without full headroom 1
Quarter,
after part of a boat’s side 2
Berths,
sleeping accommodations 3
Instructor Notes:
Discuss terms
Ask: Why are these important to know?
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8. Parts of a Powerboat Galleys, nautical kitchens Heads, marine toilets1 2
Instructor Notes:
Discuss terms
Ask: Why are these important to know?
Bilge,
lowest part of the interior of the hull 3
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Parts of a Powerboat
flying bridge 2
deck 1
cockpit 3
sole 4
Instructor Notes:
Discuss terms
Ask: Why are these important to know? 5
bow railing
cabin 6
Swim platform 7
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Personal Watercraft
safety lanyard 1
steering control 2
Instructor Notes:
Before initiating animation:
Ask: What two important safety items are unique to jet drive/PWCs?
Discuss: off throttle steering and safety lanyard.
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PWC Jet Drive System
steering nozzle 1
Instructor Notes:
Discuss: advantages and disadvantages of jet drives
impeller
intake grate 2 4
drive shaft 3
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Jet Drive Operation
impeller 1
Instructor Notes:
Discuss again off throttle steering 2
steerable nozzle
Water flow 3
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Sailboat Terminology
What is Standing Rigging?
What is Running Rigging? 1 2
Instructor Notes:
Ask: the 1st question:
stays and shrouds, generally wire, that support the mast(s)
Ask: the 2nd question:
lines that raise, lower and trim the sails
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Sailboat Terminology
mainsail
mast 2 3
headsail
spar 4 1
shrouds
stays
Instructor Notes:
Ask: Students to identify parts before running animation. 6 5
helm
boom 8 7
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Sailboat Terminology
Instructor Notes:
Ask: Students to identify parts before running animation.
keel 1
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Types of Sailboats
Yawl
Cutter
Catboat
Sloop
Ketch 1
Instructor Notes:
Discuss different types.
Ask: students what type they have? 5 3 2 4
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17. Length of Boats Class 3: 40 ft to less than 65 ft2
Class 1: 16 ft to less than 26 ft 1
Class A: less than 16 ft
Instructor Notes:
Discuss the classes.
Point out that boat length is the factor for deciding amounts and types of safety gear and other federal requirements.
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Length of Boats
length
Instructor Notes:
Ask: for a definition of “overall vessel length”
Response: bow to transom; not including engines, swim platform, bowsprit etc.
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Hull Types
Displacement
Planing
Combination 1 2
Instructor Notes:
Ask: What are the three main types of hulls?
Display Bullet one: Displacement.
Ask: What are the characteristics of a displacement hull?
Ask: What are some examples of displacement hulls?
Display Bullet two: Planing
Ask: What are the characteristics of a planing hull?
Ask: What are some examples of planing boats?
Display Bullet three: Combination
Ask: Why is this important to know?
Responses: Boats need to be used for the activity for which they were designed. 3
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Special Purpose Boats
Canoes & Kayaks 1 3
Inflatable
Utility Boat 2
Instructor Notes:
Discuss with students what these boats are used for.
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Hull Shapes
flat bottom
vee bottom 1 2
round bottom
Instructor Notes:
Discuss advantages and disadvantages of each.
Ask: students for what type they have or prefer.
multi-hull 3 4
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Types of Boat Engines
What are the 4 types of propulsion?
Outboard
Inboard/outboard
Inboard
Jet 1
Instructor Notes:
Ask: the question on the slide.
Responses: Outboard, Inboard/Outboard, or Stern drive, Inboard, Jet.
We’ll discuss them
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Types of Boat Engines
outboard
Instructor Notes:
Ask: What are the advantages and disadvantages of the outboard?
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Types of Boat Engines
Stern Drive
Instructor Notes:
Ask: What are the advantages and disadvantages of the I/O or stern drive?
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Types of Boat Engines
Inboard
Instructor Notes:
Ask: What are the advantages and disadvantages of the inboard?
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Types of Boat Engines
Jet Drive
Instructor Notes:
Ask: What are the advantages and disadvantages of the jet drive?
Remind again of off throttle steering.
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Chapter 1 Review
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Review Exercises
The maximum width of the hull is known as the:
Quarter.
LOA.
Beam.
Tiller. 1 a b c d
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Review Exercises
Freeboard is the:
right side of a boat when facing the bow.
distance from the water to the lowest point of a boat where water could come on board.
height of a boat’s gunwale measured inside the cockpit.
provision of food and quarters for volunteer crews on ocean races. 2 a b c d
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Review Exercises
Three factors affect the seaworthiness and safety of a vessel, its design, construction materials, and:
baggy wrinkle.
type of head.
size.
cockpit. 3 a b c d
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Review Exercises
The lowest part of the interior of the hull is the:
helm.
cuddy.
quarter.
bilge. 4 a b c d
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Review Exercises
The measurement of how deeply a boat’s hull penetrates the water is its:
draft.
head.
helm.
beam. 5 a b c d
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Review Exercises
A displacement hull is one that:
moves through the water by pushing it aside.
skims along the surface of the water.
is capable of very high speeds.
may easily capsize in heavy seas. 6 a b c d
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