Boat parts, points of sail, knots and night lights — drilled as a game, scored by the server, ranked on a public leaderboard. Built for ASA 101 and 103 students.
Every mode plays the same honest way: the server deals you a question, you answer, and the points are counted where you can't reach them. Streaks earn bonus knots.
Two are free forever. The rest come with the crew subscription — along with saved scores and your berth on the leaderboard.
Twenty parts on a rigged sloop, from masthead to keel. A term is called — find it.
ASA 101The diagram glows; you supply the salty name. Wrong answers teach the definition.
ASA 101Wind at the top of the rose, boat on a heading. Call close-hauled from a broad reach.
ASA 101Rapid vocabulary: right of way, anchoring scope, radio calls, and what a bilge is.
FREE · ASA 101 + 103Sixty seconds against the whole syllabus. The clock is a cruel skipper.
Bowline to sheet bend — name the drawing, or pick the right knot for the job.
ASA 101Only the lights are visible. Read them, and know who gives way before you're close.
No points, no pressure. Tap any part to learn it, or browse the full glossary.
FREE · REFERENCENight Lights mode shows you exactly what you'd see from the cockpit — a few glows over black water — and drills you until sidelights, sternlights and steaming lights read like sentences.
“Red over green, sailing machine.”
One best score per captain, all-time and weekly windows, scored by the server so the standings mean something.
Payments handled by Stripe — your card details never touch our server.
Salty Speak is a study aid, not a certification, and doesn't replace on-the-water instruction.