A slot into which the bolt rope or lugs in the luff of the sail are inserted to attach the sail.

The positioning and shape of the sails to the wind; To sheet in or out the sails for the most optimal performance and speed

A boat which uses the wind as its primary means of propulsion.

A fabric, usually synthetic, used to make sails.

Sailing on a run with the wind coming over the stern from the same side as the boom (danger of jibing).

Publications that describe features of particular sailing areas, such as hazards, anchorages, etc.

Sailing other than close; hauled or into the wind (wind astern).

Small masses of drift ice with waterways in which a vessel can sail.

The equipment used to sail a boat, including sails, booms and gaffs, lines and blocks, etc.

Man or boy employed in sailing deep-water craft. Word is sometimes loosely used to include men who go to sea. Used officially to denote a seaman serving on deck.

Any device or instrument for measuring salinity, especially one based on electrical conductivity methods.

Rolling a vessel, that is slightly ice-bound, so as to break the surface ice around her. May sometimes be done when a vessel is lightly aground, but not ice-bound.

Single Anchor Leg Mooring

Also saloon; the main social cabin of a boat

An accelerated corrosion test in which specimens are exposed to a fine mist of a solution usually containing sodium chloride, but sometimes modified with other chemicals.

Consist of three main layers. The top layer is near ambient and has low salt content. The bottom layer is hot, typically 160 F to 212 F (71 C to 100 C), and is very salty. The important gradient zone separates these zones. The gradient zone acts as a tran ...

See salt fog test.

A nautical guy, often a negative connotation.

Recovery and reclamation of damaged, discarded or abandoned material, ships, craft and floating equipment for reuse, repair, re-fabrication or scrapping. Also the property which has been recovered from a wrecked vessel, or the recovery of the vessel herse ...

To save a vessel or cargo from total loss after an accident; recompense for having saved a ship or cargo from danger.