Glossary

The terms behind the questions.

Ninety-nine terms from navigation, COLREGs, weather, seamanship and radio — the same glossary the Keelwake trainer uses, in plain language and free to read.

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13 terms

Navigation

Courses: true, magnetic, compass · Variation · Deviation · Dead reckoning …

14 terms

COLREGs & law

Responsibilities between vessels (Rule 18) · Sailing vessels among themselves (Rule 12) · Overtaking (Rule 13) · Head-on situation (Rule 14) …

6 terms

Inland navigation

Inland signs: the system · Sound signals on inland waterways · Upstream & downstream · Blue board & flashing light …

11 terms

Weather

Beaufort scale · Highs and lows · Warm, cold and occluded fronts · Land and sea breeze …

13 terms

Seamanship

Bowline · Clove hitch · Figure-of-eight knot · Making fast to a cleat …

7 terms

Heavy weather

Preparing for heavy weather · Storm canvas · Heaving to · Running before it …

14 terms

Radio & technology

VHF marine radio & SRC · DSC — Digital Selective Calling · MMSI · NAVTEX …

6 terms

Safety

Lifejacket & harness · Distress signals & mayday · Liferaft · Fire on board …

4 terms

Distress signals

Pyrotechnic distress signals · FKN certificate & explosives law · Handling pyrotechnics · Storage & disposal

4 terms

Lake Constance

Storm warning on Lake Constance · Lake Constance licence & BSO · The shore zone · Right of way on Lake Constance

7 terms

Offshore (SSS/SHS)

Offshore certificate (SSS): entry & examination · Ocean certificate (SHS): entry & examination · Radar plotting (the principle) · Tidal calculations with the Admiralty Tide Tables …