To attach a boat to a mooring, dock, post, anchor, etc.

A ship owned and armed by a private individual that is empowered by a government to fight with enemy ships and capture enemy shipping in time of war.

A container fitted with a rear door and a minimum of one side door.

Sailor's term for being about to get married, a splice being used to join two ropes together.

The quantity of contaminant a filter element can trap and hold before the maximum allowable back pressure or delta P level is reached.

The slowest speed at which a vessel steers.

On gaff-rigged sailing vessels the luff of the mainsail is secured to the mast by wooden hoops, which slide up or down the mast as the sail is raised or lowered.

A slang name for a bullying officer on a ship.

Environmental contaminant that ingresses due to the action of the system or machine.

A small boat with the mast stepped far forward, carrying a single sail

A tall cone shaped navigational buoy.

An adjustable section of the rudder that allows the rudder to be corrected for lee helm or weather helm.

To run a line completely through and out of a block, fairlead, etc.

A design in which the forestay runs to the top of the mast.

A person or firm, licensed by the treasury department of their country when required, engaged in entering and clearing goods through Customs for a client (importer).

A pattern or template. Also a shape of metal or wood over or in which an object may be hammered or pressed to fit.

A government document declaring designated goods to be shipped out of the country. To be completed by the exporter and filed with the U.S. Government.

Funds sent by one person to another as payment.

Said to contain.

A knot formed by taking the strands of the end of a line and tucking them over and under each other to prevent them from unraveling.