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MAINE GUIDES TEST
EXAM WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS.
Keel - correct answer- A projecting strip along the bottom of the canoe, on the outside, to cut down slide slipping.
Haystacks - correct answer- Large standing waves which accompany deceleration of a current
Ledge - correct answer- The exposed edge of a rock stratum which acts as a natural low dam, or as a series of such dams.
Lining - correct answer- The use of ropes to work a boat down stream from the shore.
Non-power face - correct answer- The face of the paddle blade, opposite the power face
Painter - correct answer- A line attached to bow or stern of a boat 1 / 4
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Pitch - correct answer- A section of a rapid usually steeper than the surrounding section; a drop
Pool - correct answer- A river section slower and deeper than surrounding sections
Power face - correct answer- The face of the paddle blade which bears against the water in a normal forward stroke
Rapid - correct answer- A section of a river characterized by steepening gradient, increased water, speed, obstructions and turbulence.
Riffle - correct answer- A section of a river, shallower than usual, in which small waves are noticeable, often over a gravel or sand bottom.
Rocker - correct answer- The longitudinal curvature of the bottom at the center line of the hull.
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Setting - correct answer- Ferry with bow down stream: largely
an eastern term
Sheer - correct answer- The upward curve of the sides of the hull from amidships to the ends
Throat - correct answer- The section of a paddle shaft just above the blade
Thwarts - correct answer- Transverse braces, from gunwale to gunwale, in a boat.
Trim - correct answer- The angle to the plane of the water at which the boat rides, for instance, down at the stern, down at the bow, or trimmed even (dead level)
Tumble home - correct answer- An i curving in cross section from the bilge to the gun whale
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Wet suit - correct answer- A close fitting garnet of neopren sponge which affords thermal insulation in cold water
White eddy - correct answer- An area below a ledge or boulder over which water is flowing, characterized by a highly aerated backflip at the surface.
Beam - correct answer- The transverse measurement at a boats widest part
Bilge - correct answer- In the cross section of a hull the point of greatest curvature between the bottom and the side
Broaching - correct answer- The turning broadside of a boat
due to action of different currents at bow and stern: sideways
against a rock
Channel - correct answer- A canoeable through river section
Chute - correct answer- A channel through a gap or drop in a rapid, steeper and faster than the surrounding water.
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