A boom on a jib or staysail.

Openings in a ship's hull for ventilation, light and other purposes.

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 ...

Fast boat used for passenger and cargo traffic in fairly sheltered waters.

A traditional term in the British Navy for serving out an additional tot of rum or grog to a ship's crew. In sailing ship days the main brace was spliced (in terms of drink) in very bad weather or after a period of severe exertion by the crew.

Sailing with the wind coming from the stern or quarter of the boat.

Length of chain used for putting around logs or steel products.

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

Any time Day or Night Sundays & Holidays Included.

A bank that, in its own country, handles the business of a foreign bank.

A device for mounting cylinders.

A term for a circular plank edgewise, to work in the bows of a vessel.

Place where cargo is loaded and leaves a country.

A low vertical lip or raised section around the edge of a cockpit, hatch, etc. to prevent water on deck from running below.

(1) Prospective course over the ground for boat to follow. (2) A strip of metal attached to a mast to take the slides affixed to the luff of a sail.

An articulated five-platform rail car that allows containers to be double stacked. A typical stack car holds ten 40-foot equivalent units (FEU's).

(1) A small coastal inlet generally protected from the worst of the prevailing winds. (2) A thin, hollowed line cut along a yacht's sheer below deck level and traditionally gilded.

On a square-rigged ship, the yards are square by the braces when they are at right angles to the fore-and-aft lines of the ship.

ACRONYM - Compressed natural gas, primarily methane.

Cost of goods, marine insurance and all transportation (freight) charges are paid to the foreign point of delivery by the seller.