Laycan (Layday Canceling Date)

A boat that is letting herself be subjected to prevailing conditions without the use of sails or other devices. Lying ahull is usually not preferred to other actions because a boat may tend to lie with her beam to the waves and the wind parallel to the wa ...

Said of a vessel when stopped and lying near the wind in heavy weather. See Heave To

A gun used in the life-saving services to throw a life line to a ship in distress or from ship to shore and used when a boat cannot be launched.