A volume. Cubic meters per second.

Small struts or spars extending toward the sides from one or more places along the mast. The shrouds cross the end of the spreaders, enabling the shrouds to better support the mast. Also known as crosstrees in older vessels.

The senior engineer officer responsible for the satisfactory working and upkeep of the main and auxiliary machinery and boiler plant on board ship.

An organization established by the members of an ocean conference acts as a self-policing force with broad authority to investigate tariff violations, including authority to scrutinize all documents kept by the carriers and their personnel. Violations are ...

A sudden and violent gust of wind.

A severe type of food poisoning caused by eating contaminated fish

The North Star; visible in the northern hemisphere and indicates the direction of north. In the southern hemisphere the Southern Cross is used to find the direction of south.

Placing a container where required to be loaded or unloaded.

(1) The flag traditionally flown by pirate ships. (2) The name given by sailors to the bubonic plague, whose victims were said to turn black.

A marine hardware store.

In sailboat racing, a tactical maneuver to lock in a competitor by tacking on them in close proximity so they can not tack from under your boat and they start to lose speed due to your sails blocking their sails.

Point at which all of the force of the wind can be thought to concentrate; the point in the sail plan that is the balance point for all the aerodynamic forces

On a square-rigged ship, a light weather sail set next above the royal in fair weather.

The location from which the boat is steered, usually in the middle or at the stern of the boat.

The triangle formed by the masthead, the base of the mast at deck level, and the lower end of the headstay.

On a wooden vessel, the outermost deck plank covering the gunwale. also called Covering Board

Once the only method, other than human voice, of passing orders to men on board ship; the instructions to perform certain tasks were conveyed by different notes and pitches on the high-pitched whistle.

To ease away slowly, as in a line, sheet, or falls of a tackle.

The stationary seating surface, the inlet of a valve.

A person or firm performing a consolidation service for others. The consolidator takes advantage of lower full carload (FCL) rates, and savings are passed on to shippers.