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

a circular donut-shaped buoy designed to support a person in the water. It is attached to the vessel with a (floating) line so that the person can be hauled back to the boat.

A sailing ship with three to five masts, all of them square-rigged except the after mast, which is fore-and-aft rigged.

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 ...

The direction to which a compass points. Magnetic north differs from true north because the magnetic fields of the planet are not exactly in line with the north and south poles. Observed differences between magnetic and true north is known as magnetic var ...

The total rate from the point of origin to final destination.

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

Ropes hung and used for assistance in ascending and descending.

Transaction or interchange that occurs at the time a container leaves a rail or water terminal.

A tiller or a wheel generally installed on the bridge or wheelhouse of a ship to turn the rudder during manoeuvering and navigation. It is in fact the steering wheel of the ship.

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

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

Kilograms per square centimeter absolute.

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.

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

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

To break loose from a mooring, anchor or docking.

Goods floating on surface of sea after a wreck.

The windward side (from where the wind is blowing).

In sailing, to be lifted by a wind shift that allows your boat to be lifted closer to the wind where by it allows you to sail a shorter distance to the next mark, buoy or finish line