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

Said of a distant ship when her hull is below horizon and her masts and upper works are visible.

Any point of sail with the wind coming from the side of the boat. If the wind is coming from directly over the side, it is a beam reach. If the wind is coming from forward of abeam it is a close reach. If the wind is coming from over the quarter, it is ca ...

An old method of cleaning a vessels bottom by burning off weed, barnacles or other growth while the vessel was in dry dock or careened. Breaming was also known as graving.

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

Shipment of goods to a foreign country.

Also bosun, bos'n, bo's'n, and bo'sun, all of which are pronounced bosun. The highest unlicensed rating in the deck department who has immediate charge of all deck hands, oversees deck crew, maintenance and upkeep of the ship except for the engine room an ...

Electro-mechanical steering device; an instrument designed to control automatically a vessel's steering gear so that she follows a pre-determined track through the water.

A four sided sail bent onto a yard. Similar to a gaff sail, but with a wider throat.

Under ICC and common law, the requirement that a rate not be higher than is necessary to reimburse the carrier for the actual cost of transporting the traffic and allow a fair profit.

To reach the end; to bring one object hard up against another, as when two blocks in a block and tackle arrangement are brought together.

Articles handled only under certain conditions.

The north end of the earth's axis and also called North Geographic Pole. The direction indicated by 000

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

A multihulled boat with three hulls.

The distance from the surface of the water to the main deck or gunwale.

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

The horsepower required to compress adiabatically the air or gas delivered by the compressor through the specified range of pressures.

A form of steam engine where a piston moves back and forth inside a cylinder, transmitting its motion to a driving shaft by a connecting rod and crank.

Air pressure