A general handyman in the engine room.

A floating log

Abbreviation for "Please Authorize Delivery Against Guarantee." A request from the consignee to the shipper to allow the carrier or agent to release cargo against a guarantee, either bank or personal. Made when the consignee is unable to produce original ...

To attain headway (to get going or pick up speed).

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

To wrap a small line around another.

The amount by which magnetic variation changes up or down each year in a particular area. The annual increase or decrease is printed in the compass roses on each chart and may make a significant difference over a number of years.

To haul in.

An absolute temperature scale. ((

An officer who attends to the berthing, etc., of ships in a harbor.

A small boat intended to be used only for short sails or racing.

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.

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

To remain nearly alongside another vessel.

Rope made of the fibers of the hemp plant and used for small stuff or less than 24 thread (1.75 inch circumference). (Rope is measured by circumference, wire by diameter.)

An indicator that signals pressure conditions.

To repeat an order for information to the crew.

Tightly woven cloth used for sails, awnings, covers, dodgers and biminis; slang for sails.

A windlass or capstan drum.

Half of a sphere. On the globe hemispheres are used to describe the halves of the earth north or south of the equator.