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

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

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

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

Any time Day or Night Sundays & Holidays Included.

Consists of a vessel which is a combination of oil sump and oil separator, an oil cooler and an oil filter.

The mount and housing for the compass, usually located on the wheel's pedestal.

A term describing the seamen of a British warship.

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.

The spiral grooves between the strands of rope after it has been laid up.

A boat with a flat bottom and square ends.

Wind coming from the south.

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.

Abbreviation for "Bales."

A device for mounting cylinders.

A "C" shaped fitting which can be slipped over the boom, for example, when the sail has been roller reefed to allow the boom vang to be reattached.

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

The watches aboard ship change at 4, 8, and 12 around the clock. A watch lasts four hours and at each half hour during the watch, a bell is struck. For instance, at 12:30 a.m. there is one bell for the first half hour after midnight; at 1:00 a.m. there ar ...

Finely-divided water swept from crest of waves by strong winds.