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

A line led to a sail, but is not currently in use. The line currently in use is known as the working sheet. Usually the working and lazy sheets change when the boat is tacked.

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

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

Time and date for payment of a draft.

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

The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978.

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

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

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

To repair, clean or paint the hull.

Those frames of a ship's hull which are equal in area, one forward and one aft of the ship's center of gravity.

A salt or ester of carbonic acid.

An absolute temperature scale. (

A term used to describe the hot gas pressure on the outlet side of the refrigeration compression.

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

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.

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

Said of a lighthouse not tended.

The toal temperature at the intake flange of the compressor.