A method of docking with a boat's stern to the dock.

Freight that has not been called for or picked up by the consignee or owner.

A platform with or without sides, on which a number of packages or pieces may be loaded to facilitate handling by a lift truck.

Cargo landed in excess of the quantity on manifest.

A call requesting direction in answer to the report of a lookout that an object has been sighted.

A small rail on tables and counters used to keep objects from sliding off when the vessel rolls and pitches.

Gross tonnage is the basis on which manning rules and safety regulations are applied, and registration fees are reckoned. Port fees are also often reckoned on the basis of GT and NT. GT and NT are defined according to formulas which take account, among ot ...

An order meaning sufficient (enough).

A spar used to prevent the spinnaker guy from fouling on the stanchions.

A naval rank next below that of lieutenant-commander, which is next below that of captain (the equivalent of commander).

A small wooden, metal or plastic insertion at the head of a mainsail.

A distinctive fixed reference point that can be used for navigation.

A single turn of rope when a rope is coiled down.

Indirect heat exchanger designed to transfer heat from combustion gas to the air stream added to the combustion zone.

A track or groove in the back of the mast to which the sail is attached by means of lugs or the bolt rope.

The power that is consumed to overcome the frictional losses when operating in an unloaded condition.

After mast on a schooner or sailing ship carrying a spanker; usually the fourth mast of a five or six masted schooner.

An object used as a reference point while navigating.

An entry that allows foreign merchandise arriving at one port to be exported from the same port without the payment of duty.

Said of an object that is secured to another; attached, fixed, secured.