The last buoy as a boat heads to sea.

Compressors of 20 HP or less, generally combined with all the components required to put the into operation.

Abbreviation for "Not Otherwise Indexed By Name."

Seaman's term for the period of work on board ship for which he has been paid in advance when signing on.

The sovereign power to take property for a necessary public use, with reasonable compensation.

(1) To adjust the sails for best advantage. (2) Fore and aft balance of a boat. If either the bow or stern is depressed, the vessel is said to be down by the bow or down by the stern. (3) To trim is to adjust. It does not just apply to sheets. You can tri ...

Sailing vessel with three or more masts. Square rigged on foremast, fore and aft rigged on all others.

Sailing beyond a racing mark or buoy whereby you sail a greater distance

A lower-than-usual tariff rate assessed because a shipper offers a greater volume than specified in the tariff. The incentive rate is assessed for that portion exceeding the normal volume.

Gossip, usually about other people or events. The term scuttlebutt evolved from the name of a keg containing water and alcohol that sailors used to gather about before meals.

Customs form permitting in bond cargo to be moved from one location to another under Customs control, within the same Customs district. Usually in motor carrier's possession while draying cargo.

Steering; keeping the ship on the course given (no lazy steering).

A sailboat with two masts. Generally, the shorter mizzen mast is aft of the main mast, but forward of the rudder post, while a similar vessel, the yawl, has the mizzen mast aft of the rudder post. The mizzen mast of a ketch is larger than that of a yawl.

A volume. Pounds per hour.

An agreement to hold a carrier harmless with regard to a liability.

The position of a flag when lowered halfway down.

Book in which is kept a reckoning of items of cargo received or discharged from a hatch or vessel.

Change direction so as to point closer to where the wind is coming from. The opposite of falling off.

Said of cable when it extends vertically and taut from anchor to hawsepipe.

To make secure