1. Who played Captain Aubrey in the great sailing movie MASTER & COMMANDER?

2. How many nautical miles are in 1.5 degrees of latitude?

3. As boat speed increases, does the apparent wind angle move forward or backward?

4. Approaching a harbor entrance in French Polynesia, should you keep the red lateral buoy to port or starboard?

5. Do the northeast trades blow towards the northeast or away from the northeast?

6. What is the device called that keeps the boom from lifting up when sailing downwind?

7. What is the latitude of the north pole?

8. What is the name of the line that raises the main sail?

9. What does the acronym SOG stand for?

10. What classic sailing book did Joshua Slocum write?

11. What is the standard unit of measure for cruising boat battery capacity?

12. What are the three colors or a tri-color masthead light?

13. What does the acronym MOB stand for?

14. When sailing on a starboard tack, which side of the boat is the boom on, port or starboard?

15. What is the name of the classic anchor with a plow-shaped blade and hinge in the shank?

16. What is the standard material used for making dock lines and anchor lines?

17. What knot is normally used to tie the genoa sheets to the clew? For a bonus point, say why.

18. What is the standard VHF radio hailing channel?

19. In the North Pacific, which way does the wind rotate around a low pressure system - clockwise or counterclockwise?

20. Lazy jacks are used to support sailboats when out of the water and in the boatyard. True or False?

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