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1. Apart from a harbour, port means what?
2. Which colour indicates Starboard?
3. A Sailing vessel having two masts, the 'aft', i.e. rear mast, being taller than the front (for'ard) mast is called a ______________ .
4. The mount used to house the steering compass is called a ________ ?
5. A sailing vessel is said to be "in irons" when it is stationary and pointing directly towards the wind direction, with its sails flapping.
6. A "painter" is a short rope used to strap down loose deck items.
7. A rope used to hoist or lower a sail is called a ___________ ?
8. When describing navigation lights, "occulting" refers to lights which are defective.
9. The fitting on a fore and aft rigged vessel which attaches a boom to a mast is called a ______ ?
10. A type of flag flown by foreign vessels visiting another country, while they are in the territorial waters of that country, is known as a ___________ ?
11. When a vessel is under sail the wind felt by those on board is known as the _________ ?
12. North, South, East, and West cardinal navigation buoys are what colours?
13. When a sailing vessel turns away from the wind direction, it is ________ ?
14. The guard rail around the bow, i.e. front deck area, is known as "the pulpit".
15. The magnetic error caused by iron and steel objects such as the engine, which form integral parts of a vessel is called ______ .
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