A boom on a jib or staysail.

The watches aboard ship change at 4, 8, and 12 around the clock. A watch lasts four hours and at each half hour during the watch, a bell is struck. For instance, at 12:30 a.m. there is one bell for the first half hour after midnight; at 1:00 a.m. there ar ...

A traditional term in the British Navy for serving out an additional tot of rum or grog to a ship's crew. In sailing ship days the main brace was spliced (in terms of drink) in very bad weather or after a period of severe exertion by the crew.

A term for a circular plank edgewise, to work in the bows of a vessel.

A bank that, in its own country, handles the business of a foreign bank.

Place where cargo is loaded and leaves a country.

Sailing with the wind coming from the stern or quarter of the boat.

Finely-divided water swept from crest of waves by strong winds.

On a square-rigged ship, the yards are square by the braces when they are at right angles to the fore-and-aft lines of the ship.

Any time Day or Night Sundays & Holidays Included.

A term which refers to contracting out of S2P (State Second Pension).

Length of chain used for putting around logs or steel products.

Voyage charter party published by Chamber of Shipping of U.K.

A low vertical lip or raised section around the edge of a cockpit, hatch, etc. to prevent water on deck from running below.

An analyst's report which recommends that certain shares be bought, held or sold, based on his.

(1) Prospective course over the ground for boat to follow. (2) A strip of metal attached to a mast to take the slides affixed to the luff of a sail.

Small line consisting of several loosely twisted yarns.

An articulated five-platform railcar. Used where height and weight restrictions limit the use of stack cars. It holds five 40-foot containers or combinations of 40- and 20-foot containers.

(1) A small coastal inlet generally protected from the worst of the prevailing winds. (2) A thin, hollowed line cut along a yacht's sheer below deck level and traditionally gilded.

ACRONYM - Compressed natural gas, primarily methane.