A type of schooner without a bowsprit.

A line attached to the boom to prevent it from accidentally gybing.

A light sail, such as a spinnaker, used to make the most of light following winds.

When the wind shifts toward the bow. Opposite of lifted.

Abbreviation for "Over, Short or Damaged" Usually discovered at cargo unloading.

Type of mobile crane found on a truck.

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

Filled with water but afloat.

To attach a line to something so that it will not move.

A safe anchorage, protected from most storms; may be natural or man-made, with breakwaters and jetties; a place for docking and loading.

Sailors' term for an old ship that needed a lot of paint and repairs.

A topsail on the main mast.

A document, issued by a bank per instructions by a buyer of goods, authorizing the seller to draw a specified sum of money under specified terms, usually the receipt by the bank of certain documents within a given time. Some of the specific descriptions a ...

Usually refers to intracity hauling on drays or trucks.

A raft used in case of emergencies, such as sinking or fire.

A propeller drawn through the water that operates a meter on the boat registering the speed and distance sailed

Goods floating on surface of sea after a wreck.

A compartment having a watertight bulkhead at each end.

The planning and implementation of strategies designed to encourage consumers to improve energy efficiency, reduce energy costs, change the time of usage, or promote the use of different energy source.

A genoa jib. A large jib that overlaps the mast.