To haul on a rope, to haul up tight, to hoist the last possible inch or so.

A pair of additional backstays temporarily rigged to provide extra support to the masts of square rigged vessels when sailing downwind.

A publication predicting the time and height of high tide and low tide.

A pressure below that of the existing atmospheric pressure taken as a zero reference.

The topmost planking in the sides, next below the gunwale, often thicker than other planking.

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

Air pressure

Imaginary lines drawn through the north and south poles on the globe used to measure distance east and west of the prime meridian at Greenwich, England (designated as 0

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A multihulled boat with three hulls.

The distance the ship's side falls in towards the center line above the load water line. Opposite of flare.

Method of securing a line around a spar by taking the standing part around the spar, then a half hitch around itself and the end tucked three or four times around its own part.

Articles handled only under certain conditions.

The athwartship portion of a hull at the stern. The flat, vertical aft end of a ship.

A spring loaded pressure relief valve actuated by the static pressure upstream of the valve. The valve opens normally in proportion to the pressure increase over the opening pressure.

To unload a shipping container.

Break; e.g., the line parted under strain

Area of high barometric pressure where the wind circulates clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, and counter-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. These are fair weather systems with light or moderate winds.

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A traditional maritime saying to indicate that it is time for a morning drink, it was generally assumed that in northern latitudes the sun would show above the foreyard of a ship by 11.00 which was approximately the time in many ships of the forenoon "sta ...