Type of shackle designed to take several eyes connected to several lengths of chain.

A bow pivot line used in docking and undocking, or a dock line leading aft from the bow to prevent the boat from moving forward while made fast to a dock or pier.

A propeller at the lower sea-covered part of the bow of the ship which turns at right angles to the fore-and-aft line and thus provides transverse thrust as a maneuvering aid. A propulsor installed near the bow to provide a transverse thrust component en ...

A reference book named after the original author, Nathaniel Bowditch. Updated versions contain tables and other information useful for navigation.

A spar which projects forward from the bow of some boats, and extends the sail plan by allowing the headsails to be secured further forward.

A spar extending forward from the stem.

In a square rigged ship, the act of hauling the head sheets to windward and laying the head-yards flat aback in order to bring the ships head out of the wind while tacking. This is done when helm action alone is insufficient.

A four-sided option spread that involves a long call and a short put at one strike price as well as.

To know and to be able to recite the points of a compass from north to south to north again, both clockwise and counter-clockwise.

A closed rail freight car.

Calling names of the points of the compass in order.

States that the volume of a gas, at constant temperature, varies inversely with the pressure.

Back pressure.

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The operation of swinging round, by means of braces, the yards of a square rigged ship to set the sails more efficiently to the wind.

A moment of time which could be measured by the shaking of a sail as a sailing ship comes into the wind.

On square rigged ships, lines or cables attached to the ends of each yard; these are used to pivot (brace) the yards around the mast at different angles to the fore-and-aft line of the ship to make the most of the wind..

(1) Water having salinity values ranging from approximately 0.5 to l7 parts per thousand. (2) Water having less salt than seawater, but undrinkable.

A type of bond devised by the US Treasury secretary, Nicholas Brady, in 1989, and issued by a.