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.

To permanently join two pieces of rope. It will not pass through a block since it increases the diameter

Any time Day or Night Sundays & Holidays Included.

Abbreviation for "Bales."

A term describing the seamen of a British warship.

Center point of all underwater area of the hull where the hull's lateral resistance can be said to be centered.

Is a compression in which the temperature of a gas remains constant.

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

The ship's funnel or smokestack.

Large ships dating back to the 17th century typically with three masts carrying rectangular sails mounted on horizontal spars called yards. A sailing-ship rig with rectangular sails set approximately at right angles to the keel line from horizontal yards.

C The international temperature scale where water freezes at 0 (degrees) and boils at 100 (degrees). Also known as the centigrade scale.

A deck dryer composed of a flat piece of wood shod with rubber, and a handle. Stanchions

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 device for mounting cylinders.

To bleed is the operation of draining any water out of a buoy which may have seeped inside after long use at sea.

That part of the water which is diverted from the main stream of a current and as a result flows in the opposite direction.

A line drawn on a chart, as a result of a bearing, along which the boat is positioned

A materials handling/storage facility used for completely unitized loads in containers and/or empty containers. Commonly referred to as CY.

In sailboat racing, to have a controlling position over competitors by staying between them and the next mark or buoy - a tactical maneuver in which the lead boat stays between the trailing boat and the wind or the next mark.

A large balloon shaped lightweight sail used when running or reaching. Spinnakers are made of cloth very similar to that used for parachutes, which is why you may also hear them called chutes, or kites.