ASA 101 · 103 study trainer

Learn the boat before you step aboard.

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.

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How a run works

Answer. Score. Come about, go again.

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.

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Pick a mode — from tapping parts on a rigged sloop to reading lights in the dark.
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The server checks each answer and banks your points, one question at a time.
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Your best run goes on the public leaderboard under your captain name.
ASA 101 · SAMPLE
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0TERMS & RULES
0ESSENTIAL KNOTS
0LIGHTNING SECONDS
The fleet of modes

Eight ways to drill the same syllabus.

Two are free forever. The rest come with the crew subscription — along with saved scores and your berth on the leaderboard.

Tap the Part

Twenty parts on a rigged sloop, from masthead to keel. A term is called — find it.

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Name That Part

The diagram glows; you supply the salty name. Wrong answers teach the definition.

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Points of Sail

Wind at the top of the rose, boat on a heading. Call close-hauled from a broad reach.

ASA 101
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Ship's Lingo

Rapid vocabulary: right of way, anchoring scope, radio calls, and what a bilge is.

FREE · ASA 101 + 103

Lightning Round

Sixty seconds against the whole syllabus. The clock is a cruel skipper.

TIMED
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Know Your Knots

Bowline to sheet bend — name the drawing, or pick the right knot for the job.

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Night Lights

Only the lights are visible. Read them, and know who gives way before you're close.

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Study the Boat

No points, no pressure. Tap any part to learn it, or browse the full glossary.

FREE · REFERENCE
ASA 103 · After dark

At night, the boat disappears.
The lights are all you get.

Night 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.

PORT SIDE
STARBOARD SIDE
STERN / MASTHEAD

“Red over green, sailing machine.”

The fleet standings

Your best run, up on the board.

One best score per captain, all-time and weekly windows, scored by the server so the standings mean something.

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  • “Your First Sail” lesson — what to bring and expect
  • Ship's Lingo vocabulary quiz
  • Study the Boat & the full glossary
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  • All eight modes, including the timed Lightning Round
  • Knots and night lights for ASA 103
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  • Your berth on the public leaderboard
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Salty Speak is a study aid, not a certification, and doesn't replace on-the-water instruction.

The exam is on paper.
The wind isn't. Be ready for both.

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