Section 1: Marine terms, parts of the boat etc
The sea has its own language. Like all professional languages it is very precise when it needs to be and to be a convincing skipper you need to speak it. The language of the sea and associated introductory material forms this first section.
The section includes the following:
Hull forms and characteristics
Location, direction and movement
Parts of the vessel, masts, spars, running and standing rigging
Types of rig, names of sails and parts of a sail
Sail handling, how sails work and the points of sailing
Marine organisations, flags and maritime customs