Permanent pip iron ballast specially shaped and placed along each side of keelson. Name is sometimes given to any iron ballast.

A fix taken by visually observing the location of known landmarks.

Cargo landed in excess of the quantity on manifest.

Bulk Carrier or Motorcar Carrier

Said of a lighthouse not tended.

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

Board, bearing instructions, that comes to a wrecked ship with a life-saving rocket line.

A navigational aid with a light that flashes about once per second.

A solid wharf or structure built of stone along the edge of a harbor used for loading and offloading of cargo, and embarkation and disembarkation of passengers.

The operation of taking a sounding with the hand lead (to find bottom).

To bagpipe the mizzen, is to lay it aback by bringing the sheet to the weather mizzen rigging.

A wind shift that forces a boat to sail below its mean wind course.

Search of a vessel, by Customs authorities, for unreported goods.

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.

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 ...

A pin placed through the head of a rudder to prevent it from being lost.

The highest continuous deck which runs the full length of the ship without a fall or interruption.

The part of the rotating element of a dynamic compressor that imparts energy to the flowing medium by means of centrifugal force. It consists of a number of blades mounted so as to rotate with the shaft.

To haul in or bind something together in order to create more space.