Light-weight foresail similar to a spinnaker but set without a pole.

A marine hardware store.

The stationary seating surface, the inlet of a valve.

elegant, luxurious. Originally an acronym for Port Over Starboard Home. Created by British travelers to India or Australia, describing the preferred accommodations aboard ship, which lessened effects of the tropical sun on the cabins during the voyage.

A vertical post extending above the deck for securing mooring lines

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.

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.

A volume. Cubic meters per second.

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

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.

Short lengths of line attached to the sail used to tie the extra sail out of the way when reefing.

A document specifying the nation of registry of the vessel.

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

A severe type of food poisoning caused by eating contaminated fish

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

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.

A sudden and violent gust of wind.

A vessel's station bill showing duties of crew.

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.

A long sturdy pole fitted with a blunt hook at one end designed to catch a line when coming alongside a pier or mooring, to facilitate putting a line over a piling, recovering an object dropped overboard, or in pushing or fending off.