To repair, clean or paint the hull.

CFM flowing through the compressor inlet filter or inlet valve under rated conditions

To prevent contact with an object while bringing the ship alongside.2. To push off when making a landing.

Said of anchor when it is under ship's forefoot, and cable is nearly up and down.

Time and date for payment of a draft.

Uncharted navigational danger that has been reported but has not been verified by survey.

To stand at the mast and pull down on a halyard as another crewmate winches it in.

Dining room facilities and kitchen for crew separate from the passenger dining room and kitchen.

A sighting taken for celestial navigation at noon, when the sun is at its highest point in the sky.

The bearing of an object after magnetic variation has been considered, but without compensation for magnetic deviation.

A barge equipped with tracks on which up to about 12 railroad cars are moved in harbors or inland waterways.

A sailor's trunk; the intake between the ship's side and a sea valve.

A deck exposed to the wind and sea.

A weight attached to a line used to determine depth by lowering it into the water.

U.S. Customs' automated program under AMS. It allows for electronic reporting of inbound (foreign) cargoes in the U.S.

The course of a vessel after magnetic variation has been considered, but without compensation for magnetic deviation.

see Gybe

Circular iron band used to hold a bowsprit on the stem of a sailing vessel.

Distance at sea is measured in nautical miles, which are about 6067.12 feet, 1.15 statute miles or exactly 1852 meters. Nautical miles have the unique property that a minute of latitude is equal to one nautical mile - Measurement of speed is done in knots ...

Sixteenth-century term for a sea distance at which high land could be observed from a ship. Varied between 14 and 22 miles according to average atmospheric conditions in a given area.