Starboard.

Compounds containing chlorine, fluorine or bromine, used as aerosol propellants, refrigerants, foaming agents and solvents and which, on decomposition by sunlight, produce oxides of chlorine responsible for the removal of ozone from the stratosphere.

Any person not a common carrier who, under special and individual contracts or agreements, transports passengers or property for compensation.

A representation on a plane surface of the spherical surface of the earth. The equivalent of a map for use by navigators.

A navigational tool used to measure distances on a chart.

A fitting of wood or metal, with horns, used for securing lines (tying up).

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

A valve that permits flow in one direction only.

A sharp-bowed sailing vessel of the mid-19th century, having tall masts and sharp lines; built for great speed; the generic name used to describe types of fast sailing ships.

Convention on International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea; Rules of the Road. Internationally accepted rules by which vessels at sea must keep clear of each other.

The radio operator.

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 ...

To get spliced is slang for getting married. A splice joins two lines together permanently.

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

An area designated for the stowage of cargoes in container; usually accessible by truck, railroad and marine transportation. Here containers are picked up, dropped off, maintained and housed.

Freight moving under a bond to U.S. Customs or to the Internal Revenue Service, and to be delivered only under stated conditions.

A rope network.

To block the wind from the sails of a boat that is to leeward; a tactical maneuver whereby a boat uses its sails to blanket the competitor's wind, slowing him down; to take wind from a sail.

A machine that compresses air, gases.

Ship's intercom system