The helmsman.

To assist or help.

The operation of rinsing out a cask to prepare it for new contents. Casks were once the primary means of carrying on board the necessary water and victuals.

Line on a chart linking points of equal depth. also known as a Depth Contour.

A bulkhead, frame, or longitudinal stiffener, running fore and aft.

A navigational instrument used to measure the altitude of celestial bodies

An extra or additional charge.

In the direction the wind is blowing. A boat sailing downwind, away from the wind source with the sails let out all the way, is running with the wind.

A line connecting points of equal magnetic variation on a map.

The U.S. federal body charged with enforcing acts of the U.S. Congress that affect common carriers in interstate commerce. STB replaced the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in 1997.

(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 ...

A transportation line that hauls export or import traffic between ports and inland points.

Weight of the earth's atmosphere over a unit area of the earth's surface, measured with a mercury barometer at sea level. which corresponds to the pressure required to lift a column of mercury 760 mm.

1) To wear a boat is the operation of bringing a sailing vessel onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern, as opposed to tacking, where the wind is brought around the bow. 2) In respect to the flying of flags, a ship flies her national fla ...

The area of calm which lies inside the trade winds near the equator.

When the two blocks of a tackle have been drawn as close together as possible.

Course Over Ground

To search for a sunken object by towing a grapnel along bottom.

To loose a rope is to let it go

A document issued by the carrier based on the bill of lading and other information; used to account for a shipment operationally, statistically, and financially. An Invoice.