Statistics for sailboat parts / types

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
facing the bow, the side of the boat on your left	port	92%
the front of the boat	bow	88%
facing the bow, the side of the boat on your right	starboard	72%
the back of the boat hull	transom	72%
boat with three hulls	trimaran	60%
wire to the mast at back of boat	backstay	48%
boat toilet	head	48%
boat with two masts (mast in back is shorter)	ketch	32%
rig with two spars attatched to mainsail (excluding mast)	gaff	20%
boat with two masts (mast in front is shorter)	schooner	20%
place you enter and exit cabin	companionway	16%
line holding the windward side of a symmetric spinnaker	guy	16%
track and car system which moves mainsheet blocks	traveler	16%
common name for winches used while standing (commonly with 2 people)	grinder	12%
holds down the pole sticking out the front	bobstay	8%
flat spinnaker sometimes used to sail close to the wind	code 0	0%
rig with a triangular mainsail	marconi	0%
name for the rigid sails used in the americas cup races	wing sail	0%