Parts, points of sail, knots and night lights, drilled one question at a time and scored on a public leaderboard.
The server deals a question, checks your answer and keeps the total. Your best run is listed under your name.
Two are free without an account. The rest come with Crew, along with saved scores and a place on the board.
Twenty parts on a rigged sloop, masthead to keel. A term is called; find it.
A part is highlighted on the rig. You supply the name.
Wind at the top, boat on a heading. Call close-hauled from a broad reach.
Vocabulary: right of way, anchoring scope, radio calls.
Sixty seconds against the whole syllabus.
Bowline to sheet bend. Name the knot, or pick the right one for the job.
Only the lights are visible. Read them and know who gives way.
No points, no clock. Tap any part to learn it, or browse the glossary.
Night Lights shows what you would see from the cockpit, a few points of light over black water, and drills you until sidelights, sternlights and steaming lights read like sentences.
Weekly and all-time windows, scored on the server so the standings mean something.
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