imposes a 50-percent tariff on maintenance and repair work done on U.S.-flag vessels in foreign shipyards. Also, U.S.-flag vessels must either be built in the United States or have been a U.S.-flag vessel for at least 3 years to be eligible to carry prefe ...

A drogue or drag device to slow down a boat, hold its bow into the sea in heavy weather, and reduce the boat's drift downwind.

Is one in which the space occupied by the mixture is saturated with water vapor at the mixture temperature.

Cloths hung on the lee side of a berth to keep one from rolling out of their bunk

A mallet used for passing serving around a line.

To haul in.

One of the 4 cardinal compass points. North is the direction toward the North Pole and is at 0

Allows foreign merchandise arriving at one port to be transported in bond to another port, where a superseding entry is filed.

An absolute temperature scale. ((

Pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.

To remain nearly alongside another vessel.

Is the weight of a given volume of gas, usually expressed in lb / cu ft at SPT condition.

Merchant Navy nickname for seaman whose turn of duty it is to keep the mess clean.

To repeat an order for information to the crew.

Ropes used for hoisting gaffs and sails, and signal flags.

The equipment used to sail a boat, including sails, booms and gaffs, lines and blocks, etc.

A thousand.

A windlass or capstan drum.

An ornamental carved and painted figure on the stem of the vessel.

Narrow triangular sail set on a long yard or spar, the forward end of which is hauled down so that it sets obliquely on the mast with a high peak.