An individual or company selling equipment and supplies for ships.

The borrowing of money by the master using his ship as security.

Any signal that is used to indicate that a vessel is in distress and needs help. Flares, smoke, audible alarms, EPIRB, electronic beacons and others are all types of distress signals.(2) A flag display or a sound, light, or radio signal calling for assist ...

A knot used to fasten a line or cable to the anchor.

To touch bottom.

The large enclosed floor where the lines of a vessel are laid out and the molds or templates made.

Abbreviation for "Container Freight Station." A shipping dock where cargo is loaded ("stuffed") into or unloaded ("stripped") from containers. Generally, this involves less than containerload shipments, although small shipments destined to same consignee ...

The soft sandstone block sailors use to scrub the deck, so-called, because seamen were on their knees to use it.

2,204.6 pounds or 1,000 kilograms.

A group of whales.

Maintenance performed after a machine has failed to return it to an operating state.

An abbreviation for "Cubic." A unit of volume measurement.

Line attached to the bottom of the boom used to flatten the sail by pulling the boom down, and thus tightening the luff of the sail. (2) A line used for hauling down a jib or staysail.

To bind together in order to increase tension or to prevent from blowing loose.

The typical winds for a particular region and time of year.

Loss of effective propeller thrust caused by the blades cutting across the column of water sucked along by the propeller instead of working in it. Can also lead to heavy vibration of the vessel.

Storing on land. Many small boats are placed in dry storage over the winter.

Sailor's slang for anchor.

Let the sail out by easing the sheet.

The space between decks. The name of the deck or decks between the ceiling and main deck.