Said of a vessel with little stability, whether due to design or to stowage of cargo.

A navigational aid used in the United States and Canada to mark a channel. Green triangular daymarks should be kept on the left when returning from a larger to smaller body of water.

A tall cone shaped navigational buoy.

The tendency in a boat to keep an upright position or to return to it when careened over.

A valve designed to prevent air volume and pressure from escaping the compressor tank back into compressor heads while compressor is not operating.

Containers loaded at port of loading and discharged at port of destination.

A frame that supports a boat when she's hauled out of the water onto shore.

Rum diluted with water. In the 1700s the daily ration of rum in the British Navy was diluted with water with the idea of reducing drunkenness. The term groggy was derived from the effects of drinking too much grog.

A watertight cockpit with scuppers, drains, or bailers that remove water.

Condition that exists when the air, gas, or fluid normally passing through an element is being shunted around the element.

A person whose business is to act as an agent on behalf of the shipper. A freight forwarder frequently makes the booking reservation.

(1) An engine. (2) The act of using an engine to move a boat.

The top of a wheelhouse, forecastle, etc., having the form of a turtle's back.

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 ...

An anchor that is designed to bury itself into the ground by use of its plow shape. Also called a plow anchor.

Sailor slang for marriage.

Abbreviation for "Consumption Entry." The process of declaring the importation of foreignmade goods for use in the United States.

The place to which a shipment is consigned.- The place where carrier actually turns over cargo to consignee or his agent.

Present a rate proposal to a conference meeting for adoption as a conference group rate.

(1) A large casting shaped to allow the propeller blades to revolve. The rudder is fitted on the after post. (2) The principal vertical timber in a ship's stern, upon which the rudder is fastened.