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

Any person or entity who, in a contract of carriage, undertakes to perform or to procure the performance of carriage by rail, road, sea, air, inland waterway or by a combination of such modes.

To remove or disassemble gear after it is used.

Broadly, insurance covering loss or damage of goods at sea. Marine insurance typically compensates the owner of merchandise for losses sustained from fire, shipwreck, etc., but excludes losses that can be recovered from the carrier.

A line secured along the deck to lay hold of in heavy weather; a line thrown on board a wreck by life-saving crew; a knotted line secured to the span between life-boat davits for the use of the crew when hoisting and lowering

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

The country in which the vessel is registered.

(1) A nautical instrument, on the arc of which is a finely graduated scale showing degrees and minutes, with adjustable reflectors, etc.; used to find the altitude of heavenly bodies, angular distances, etc. (2) On a steering gear, the rudder quadrant is ...

Slang for getting married. A splice joins two lines together permanently.

A piece of trim, usually wood, used to cover and often decorate a portion of the boat, i.e., caprail.

A compressor belonging to the group of dynamic compressors.

Where meals are eaten

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

The ring bolted to the upper end of the shank of an anchor and to which the bending shackle secures.

To store a yacht away on land for the winter

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

To haul in until the line has a strain upon it.

Also VMG. Actual boat speed after adjusting for such factors as current and leeway.

A hand held pneumatic tool. Designed for light demolition work, digging, making holes etc.

The process of plotting a theoretical position or future position based on advancing from a known position using speed, time, and course, without aid of objects on land, of sights, etc. Term comes from deduced reckoning, abbreviated first to "ded reckonin ...