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A conduit for disposing of refuse-especially that the ship/s galley.

Also rubbing strake or rub strake. An applied or thickened member at the rail, running the length of the boat; serves to protect the hull when alongside a pier or another boat.

A board-shaped swinging vane, controlled by a tiller or wheel, and attached to the rudderpost or stern for steering and maneuvering a vessel.

The post that the rudder is attached to. The wheel or tiller is connected to the rudder post.

That part of a rudder by which it is pivoted to the sternpost.

The rules concerning which vessel has the right of way if there is a possibility of collision between two or more boats; written to prevent accidents and collisions; includes right of way, lights, pennants, and whistle signals

Originally meant "to stow cargo". Now, means "to search a ship carefully and thoroughly".

(1) Sailing away from the wind with the sails let out all the way; going with the wind, downwind sailing (2) To allow a line to feed freely. (3) The shape of the afterpart of the underbody of a ship in relation to the resistance it creates going through t ...

To take a boat into water that is too shallow for it to float in, i.e: the bottom of the boat is resting on the ground.

To collide with a vessel head on.

To put out a mooring, hawser or line from a ship to a point of attachment outside her.

A type of hydroelectric facility that uses the river flow with very little alteration and little or no impoundment of the water.

Sailing in the same direction as the wind with the wind coming from the stern.

Adjustable stays used to support and control tension on the mast when the wind is from abaft the beam; temporary backstays used to stabilize the mast and prevent undue flexing due to the pumping action of the sea.

A type of knot that tightens under load. It is formed by running the standing line through the loop formed in a regular bowline, or by tying around a bight in the line.

A fix taken by taking bearings of a single object over a period of time. By using the vessel's known course and speed, the location of the vessel can be found.

Complementary equipment for terminal and over the road handling containers.